Gardner : SOS Hermann Gmeiner Maizelands Primary School
General Work Jobs
- SOS Children's Villages Zimba…
- Expires 17 Apr 2025
- Bindura
- Full Time
Job Description
GARDNER SOS HERMANN GMEINER PRIMARY SCHOOL MAIZELANDS
(Job Ref: SOSMZ/3/4/25)
Position title: Gardner
Working location: SOS Hermann Gmeiner Maizelands Primary School.
Context of the position
Established in 1949, SOS Children's Villages International (CVI) is a dynamic, international social development organization working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children without parental care and those who are at the risk of losing it.
SOS Children's Villages Association of Zimbabwe is a member of SOS International - a worldwide children's social welfare organisation, providing vulnerable children without homes with a family home and educational opportunities as well as strengthening families to reduce poverty
Mission of the position:
The person holding the position of Gardner is responsible for the up-keep of grounds and gardens of the school premises thereby creating an environmentally clean and pleasing environment for the children, staff and maintain a good image to the public.
Duties and Responsibilities
Key performance areas and main responsibilities:
• Keeps the surrounding clean and the garden always look good.
• Digs and adds fertilizer and manure the grass and the plants in the garden.
• Regularly water the garden with and removes weeds.
• Cuts, waters and maintains lawns in good condition. Trims and edges around pavements, flower beds and walls.
• Plants, tends and waters trees, shrubs, flowerbeds and rockeries.
• Cleans grounds and removes litter, leaves and plants. Replaces dead plants and discards waste matter in a neat and orderly manner.
• Cleans the drainage line and the burn the wastes
• Dispose waste matter and litter timeously
• Any other duties as instructed by the supervisor
Qualifications and Experience
Requirements
•Five Ordinary level education including English is a prerequisite;
•1 -2 years grounds men experience in a similar and child friendly environment
Attributes
•Team Player
•Can work with minimum supervision
•Communication skills
How to Apply
SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes.
If you believe you are the right candidate for any of the above position, please send your application letter, curriculum vitae (CV), and photocopies of academic certificates.
E-mail: Applications including at least three traceable referees should be sent to:
Resourcing.SOS@sos-zimbabwe.org
or
Applications should be submitted indicating the position you are applying for in the subject line and send to the address given. All applications should be submitted not later than 17 April 2025.
The Headmaster
SOS Hermann Gmeiner Maizelands Primary School
P.O Box 49
BINDURA
