Apprentice Grounds Person

Kings College London; England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

L2 Sports Turf Qualification during_em

Job summary

King's College London – King's Sport & Wellness is hiring a Grounds Maintenance Assistant to support the delivery of pitches and operations at Honor Oak Sports Ground. This full-time role (35 hours per week) includes undertaking a Level 2 sports turf qualification during employment.

You will work with the Senior Grounds Persons to enhance pitch quality and facilities, ensuring excellent experiences for student clubs and customers. A proactive, safety-conscious approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Be practical and methodical.
• Essential criteria: Be patient and pay attention to detail.
• Essential criteria: Work well alone and as part of a team.
• Essential criteria: Be aware of health and safety issues.
• Essential criteria: Customer focused and 'can do' attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of Sports Grounds pitches and operations.
• Assist Senior Grounds Persons to maintain pitches and facilities for students and customers.

Skills

Practical

Detail-oriented

Team player

Health and safety

Customer-focused

Job description

About us

King's Sport & Wellness have a mission of delivering unique sport and wellness experiences to unite our communities and optimise our people and their potential. Honor Oak Sports Ground is a fundamental part of our service delivery - providing our students and student sports clubs with pitches and facilities to enjoy their sport.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join King's Sport & Wellness, where this role will be pivotal in helping us achieve our mission to deliver unique sport and wellness experiences that unite our communities and optimise our people and their potential. The post holder will support the delivery of outstanding Sports Grounds pitches and operations as part of the Kings Sport - Sports Grounds Team. Working with the Senior Grounds Persons to enhance the quality of our pitches and facilities to ensure world class user experiences for our student sports teams and our customers. This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week) and you will undertake a L2 sports turf qualification during your employment.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Be practical and methodical


2. Be patient and pay attention to detail


3. Work well alone and as part of a team


4. Be aware of health and safety issues


5. Customer focused and 'can do' attitude

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working in the landscape/maintenance industry would be advantageous although full training would be provided


2. First Aid Qualified

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information on what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

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