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Deputy head gardener

Département de la Seine-Maritime · Local government

En français : Adjoint au chef jardinier

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This job in plain words

You are deputy head gardener at the Clères animal and botanical park in Seine-Maritime. You look after the green spaces, supervise apprentices and trainees, and stand in for the head gardener when he is away.

Open to non-civil servants

Can you apply?

Civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff can apply. The post is open to the grades of agent de maîtrise and agent de maîtrise principal.

Category
Category C (staff)
Diploma
Vocational certificate (CAP, BEP) · CAP/BEP or bac pro in gardening
Experience
Experience in similar work.
Contract
Open to civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff. A contract worker may be hired while waiting for a civil servant: contract of one year at most, renewable up to 2 years in total.

The profile they want:

  • Experience in similar work.
  • Good knowledge of botany.
  • Skilled at pruning hedges, trees and shrubs.
  • Able to use tractors and ride-on mowers.
  • Management skills, rigour, team spirit.
  • Driving licence B essential.

What you would do

  • Do all gardening work: mowing, weeding, hedge and tree pruning, planting.
  • Monitor park facilities, visitors and outside contractors.
  • Design and build the flower beds.
  • Supervise apprentices and trainees.
  • Stand in for the head gardener when he is absent.
  • Manage the botanical collection of over 2500 species.

How to apply

Apply on the employer's website, the Seine-Maritime recruitment platform, from the official offer.

Documents to send:

  • CV
  • Cover letter

Good to know:

  • Driving licence B essential.
  • You will travel between the different sites.
  • Remote work not possible.
  • Benefits: meal vouchers, free entry to departmental parks and museums.

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.