Landscape Operative
Advert Close date: Friday 25th July 2025
Landscape Operative – The Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park
Purpose of Role:
Join the team that helps care for one of the UK’s most iconic landscapes. As a Landscape Operative at The Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park, you’ll play a hands-on role in maintaining and enhancing this historic and much-loved green space. From tree planting to turf care, your work will help ensure the Park remains a beautiful, safe, and welcoming place for all.
Main Accountabilities:
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dedicated and supportive team, working outdoors in a unique and inspiring environment. You will:
- Carry out a wide range of landscape maintenance tasks including grass cutting, hedge trimming, tree planting, and path repairs.
- Support seasonal and long-term development projects across the Park.
- Operate and maintain a variety of tools and machinery safely and effectively.
- Engage with visitors in a friendly and professional manner, representing The Crown Estate with pride.
- Follow health and safety procedures to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and others.
- Contribute to the wider goals of the Windsor Estate team.
Most Important Skills-Based Requirements:
We’re looking for someone who is practical, proactive, and passionate about working outdoors. You’ll bring:
- Previous experience in land management or horticulture.
- A relevant qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Horticulture) is desirable.
- Strong awareness of health and safety in outdoor environments.
- Confidence using a range of tools and machinery (training provided where needed).
- A flexible, team-oriented approach and a willingness to learn.
- Good communication skills and a positive, approachable attitude.
- Physical fitness and the ability to work in all weather conditions.
- A full UK driving licence.
- Ideally, some relevant certifications (e.g. chainsaw, tractor, pesticide use)—but don’t worry, we’ll support your training if needed.
Why Join Us?
At The Crown Estate, we’re committed to creating inclusive, sustainable, and thriving places. We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This is your chance to work in a truly special setting, where your contribution will help preserve and enhance a national treasure.
Ready to grow your career in a place that matters?
Apply now and help shape the future of Windsor Great Park.
Our Offering / benefits:
As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from market leading family policies and shopping discounts, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.
Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk
- Department
- Windsor & Rural
- Locations
- Windsor
- Employment type
- Full-time
Windsor
Our Perks & Benefits
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28 days paid holiday
We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday.
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Flexible working
We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies.
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Market leading family friendly policies
We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life.
Workplace, Culture & Diversity
It’s our ambition to be an inclusive organisation that reflects our society, one where all feel welcome, able to be themselves and belong.
A workplace where you’re empowered to be yourself, diverse thinking is encouraged, and a place where you can realise your potential.
About The Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is a unique business with a distinct heritage and a portfolio unlike any other.
It includes some of central London’s best places to work, shop and spend time, retail and leisure destinations across the country, and a substantial rural portfolio. As manager of the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we play a role in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector as well as marine aggregates, cables and pipelines. We are also responsible for the Windsor Estate, including the world-renowned Windsor Great Park.
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