Groundsperson

Location: Godalming

Salary: circa £31,000 depending on qualifications, skills and experience of the successful candidate

Vacancy Type: Full-time, all-year round role, 40 hours per week. Normal days are Monday to Friday, 07.00 – 16.00 hours (with an unpaid lunch hour).

Charterhouse is a beautiful school in a 250-acre campus – a wonderful setting for the whole community to live and work together and a splendid backdrop for teaching and learning.  

Charterhouse seeks to appoint a Groundsperson to undertake the maintenance of sports surfaces including artificial playing surface, amenity areas and woodland areas to a high standard.

Overall Purpose and Responsibilities 

• To undertake routine preparation and maintenance work on a range of sports facilities and surfaces (this will include football, cricket, golf, artificial surfaces etc.)        
• To set up sports pitches and amenity surfaces and undertake minor construction and landscaping work.
• To operate a range of modern turf machinery, ensuring vehicles and equipment used by yourself and others are regularly maintained, in accordance with routine operating requirements.
• To operate a range of powered hand tools such as strimmers, hedge cutters and flymo.
• To undertake a range of horticultural operations such as spreading of fertilisers (granular or liquid)
• To maintain hedges around the estate.
• In autumn/winter ensure leaves are cleared.
• To clear snow and apply salt in icy conditions during the winter months.
• To undertake a range of tree and woodland maintenance operations.
• To maintain and repair boundary and internal fencing as and when required.
• To work outside normal school hours, including regular weekend duties, with due notice being given.

Person Specification

Relevant Experience/Knowledge & Technical Competencies  

 Essential:

• A can-do attitude and a readiness to work
• Experience in sports turf maintenance Desirable:
• Basic Health and Safety training

 Qualifications

 Essential:

• Hold recognised groundskeeping/ greenkeeping qualifications e.g. Level 2 in sports turf management

Desirable:

• Qualifications and/or training in the use of powered machinery, COSHH, manual handling although training can be given in these areas if required
• Chainsaw or Spraying certificates 

 Personal Competencies / Skills 

• Physically fit as this role requires extensive manual handling
• Able to understand and follow instructions
• Able to work on own initiative and unsupervised
• Thrives on attention to detail and a completer-finisher
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Enjoys teamwork and is a team player

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Charterhouse School, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

https://www.charterhouse.org.uk/about-us/employment-opportunities

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