Assistant Grounds Person

Barnsley Football Club; Cleethorpes; Híbrido; GBP 18.000 - 24.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Grimsby Town Football Club is seeking an Assistant Grounds Person to support the delivery of high quality grounds maintenance across Blundell Park, the Training Ground and Oasis Wintringham.

The role involves completing tasks from start to finish, mowing, marking pitches, tractor work and general maintenance, requiring a proactive team player with a commitment to safety and high standards.

Formación

• General grounds maintenance experience.
• Effective communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to work using own initiative.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• A positive attitude to work.
• Motivated and driven to achieve.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out grass cutting using ride on and pedestrian mowers.
• Mark out lines on pitches using battery or wheel marker.
• Drive tractor and operate linked equipment (aerating, fertiliser, grass cutting).
• Repair any damage to grass pitches from training schedule.
• Tidy and cut back bushes and shrubs with hand and power tools.
• Maintain and operate equipment such as strimmers and mowers.
• Carry out general maintenance tasks as required.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

Conocimientos

General grounds maintenance

Effective communication

Initiative

Team player

Positive attitude

Motivated

Descripción del empleo

The Assistant Grounds Person will assist with the delivery of high quality groundsmaintenance services across our facilities at Blundell Park, the Training Ground and our Academy facility at Oasis Wintringham.

In line with relevant policies, legislative, environmental andcertifying authorities’ compliance and best practice t he successful candidate will;

• be responsible for completing allocated ground maintenance tasks from start to finish with required time frames.
• carry out grass cutting using ride on and pedestrian mowers.
• mark out the lines on the football pitches at the training or academy facility using a battery marker or a wheel-to-wheel marker .
• drive the tractor and use the machines that are attached via a 3-point linkage such as aerating, fertiliser application, grass cutting etc.
• repair any damage caused on the grass pitches by the training schedule.
• tidy and cut back the bushes and shrubs on the training ground using hand tools and power tools.
• maintain and operate equipment such as strimmers and mowers.
• carry out general maintenance tasks as required.
• undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

About The Candidate

To be able to deliver this role, the skills and experience we are looking for are:

• General grounds maintenance experience.
• Effective communication and customer service skills
• Ability to work using own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team
• A positive attitude to work
• Motivated and driven to achieve.

About The Club

Grimsby Town Football Club is committed to operating in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way. As part of our ongoing efforts, we are proud to be working towards the goals of the EFL Green Clubs scheme — a league-wide initiative to improve environmental practices across football.

We strive to reduce our environmental impact, promote sustainability in our operations, and encourage awareness and positive action across our staff, fans, and wider community. All employees, workers, and volunteers are expected to support the Club’s environmental values and contribute to building a greener future for football.

Safeguarding Statement

Grimsby Town Football Club is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees, workers, students and volunteers to endorse this commitment.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Grimsby Town Football Club’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is to confront and eliminate discrimination whether by reason of age, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status or civil partnership, nationality, ethnicity (race), religion or belief, ability or disability, pregnancy or maternity and to encourage equal opportunities (Protected Characteristics, Equality Act 2010).

Employees, workers and volunteers of Grimsby Town Football Club must ensure a positive commitment towards equality, diversity and inclusion by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.

Disability Confident Committed Employer

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Grimsby Town Football Club is dedicated to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all. We actively support our employees, workers, students, and volunteers by making reasonable adjustments where needed and ensuring that individuals with disabilities or long-term health conditions are supported to remain in and thrive within their roles. This commitment reflects our ongoing efforts to promote equality, remove barriers, and value the contributions of everyone in our community.