Greenkeeper

YesGolfing; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleeve Hill Golf Club in Cheltenham is seeking a full-time Greenkeeper to maintain the golf course while preserving its natural landscape and ecological significance. The role emphasises sustainable practice, safe machinery operation, and support for conservation projects.

Ideal candidates will have practical greenkeeping skills, a passion for ecology, and the flexibility to work weekends. Salary is dependent on experience, reporting to the Head Greenkeeper.

Qualifications

• A real interest in ecology, conservation and environmental sustainability
• Strong practical skills and a positive, ‘can do’ attitude
• Confidence talking with Members, the public and partners alike
• Flexibility for early starts, weekends and changeable weather
• Pride in looking after somewhere genuinely special

Responsibilities

• Lead daily course preparation: greens, tees, bunkers, markings and set-up
• Work within SSSI rules alongside Cleeve Common Trust and the graziers
• Keep fertiliser, chemical and water use to a minimum
• Operate and maintain machinery safely and support renovation projects
• Be a courteous face of the Club to Members, visitors and the public

Skills

Greenkeeping skills

Ecology & conservation

Weekend flexibility

Communication with members/public

Positive can-do attitude

Job description

Cleeve Hill Golf Club is seeking a full-time Greenkeeper to maintain and prepare the golf course while preserving its natural landscape and ecological significance. Responsibilities include daily course maintenance, safe machinery operation, and supporting conservation and renovation projects. The ideal candidate will have strong practical greenkeeping skills, an interest in environmental sustainability, and flexibility to work weekends.

Full Time

Location:Cleeve Hill Golf Club, Wickfield Lane, Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, GL52 3PW

Description:

Become a keeper of the Hill - where the land came first.

Golf has been played on Cleeve Hill since 1891, high on Cleeve Common: Gloucestershire’s largest common and a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its rare limestone grassland. Sheep graze the fairways, walkers cross on the Cotswold Way, and the views stretch across the Severn Vale. This isn’t a manicured parkland course. It’s natural, open, upland golf - and we’re looking for a Greenkeeper who wants to work with it.

Role - Greenkeeper (full time)

Salary - Dependent on experience

Reports to - Head Greenkeeper

The role:

• -Lead daily course preparation: greens, tees, bunkers, markings and set-up
• -Work within SSSI rules alongside Cleeve Common Trust and the graziers
• -Keep fertiliser, chemical and water use to a minimum
• -Operate and maintain machinery safely and support renovation projects
• -Be a courteous face of the Club to Members, visitors and the public

You’ll bring:

• - A real interest in ecology, conservation and environmentalsustainability
• -Strong practical skills and a positive, ‘can do’ attitude
• -Confidence talking with Members, the public and partners alike
• -Flexibility for early starts, weekends and changeable weather
• -Pride in looking after somewhere genuinely special

What makes Cleeve different:

Nature first - Fine, firm, fescue-led turf on thin limestone soils, kept with a light touch.

Shared ground - Sheep, cattle, walkers and riders are part of every day on the Common.

Big weather - At over 300 metres, wind, fog and frost arrive fast.

Plans adapt - Real heritage Over 130 years of golf on a hill with three Scheduled Monuments