Location
Chingford Golf Course and Wanstead Flats Playing Fields, City of London

Hours
37.5 hours per week, Monday – Sunday as per rolling 4-week rota

Salary
£31,578 - £36,914 inclusive of unsociable and contractual hours payment

About the Role
Are you passionate about outdoor work and take pride in maintaining sports facilities for visitors to enjoy? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Grounds and Greens Keeper to join our Sports Team within Epping Forest.

Working across Chingford Golf Course and Wanstead Flats Playing Fields, you'll help maintain one of London's busiest public golf courses and a large portfolio of football pitches at the 2nd largest concentration of football pitches in Europe, ensuring they remain safe, presentable and ready for play throughout the year.

As part of a dedicated grounds team, you will carry out a wide range of sports turf maintenance and greenkeeping duties, including:
- Maintaining golf course greens, tees, fairways, bunkers and football pitches to a high standard.
- Operating and maintaining a variety of specialist grounds maintenance machinery and equipment.
- Marking out football pitches and preparing sports facilities for matches and training.
- Carrying out daily inspections, repairs and routine maintenance to playing surfaces.
- Maintaining buildings, changing facilities and compounds to ensure they are clean, safe and welcoming.
- Supporting the delivery of sporting events and providing excellent customer service to visitors and sports clubs.

This is a hands-on role requiring outdoor work throughout the year in all weather conditions.

Weekend working on a rota (minimum one weekend in four) with appropriate unsocial hours salary recognition.

If you enjoy working outdoors, have a passion for sports turf and want to make a real difference to the quality of facilities enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year, we'd love to hear from you.

Experience
Experience in sports turf maintenance, greenkeeping or grounds maintenance is essential.

About you
You should have good communication skills, basic IT knowledge and enjoy working as part of a team.
You take pride in delivering high standards and providing excellent customer service.
You are motivated, enthusiastic and able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Qualifications
NVQ/SVQ Level 2 in Sports Turf Maintenance (or equivalent).
Relevant NPTC/LANTRA qualifications including tractor operation, brush cutter/strimmer and hedge trimmer certificates.
PA1, PA2 and PA6 pesticide certificates (or equivalent).
Full UK driving licence.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and the successful applicant will be required to obtain a Basic Disclosure & Barring Service check.