Sports Grounds Apprentice — Build Top-Quality Pitches

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s Sport & Wellness at Honor Oak Sports Ground invites an enthusiastic grounds operative to join our team. This full-time role (35 hours per week) focuses on delivering high-quality pitches and facilities for student sport and customers, with on-the-job training to achieve an L2 sports turf qualification.

You will work with the Senior Grounds Persons to maintain safe, well-presented playing surfaces and surrounding amenities, contributing to exceptional user experiences and community sport

Qualifications

• Be practical and methodical in daily tasks.
• Be patient and pay attention to detail.
• Work well alone and as part of a team.
• Be aware of health and safety issues in a busy environment.
• Customer focused and ‘can do’ attitude.
• Experience in landscape/maintenance is advantageous with full training provided.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of outstanding Sports Grounds pitches and operations as part of the King’s Sport - Sports Grounds Team.
• Work with the Senior Grounds Persons to enhance the quality of pitches and facilities to ensure world class user experiences for student sports teams and customers.

Skills

Practicality

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Health & safety awareness

Customer focus

Landscape/maintenance experience

Job description

King’s Sport & Wellness at Honor Oak Sports Ground invites an enthusiastic grounds operative to join our team. This full-time role (35 hours per week) focuses on delivering high-quality pitches and facilities for student sport and customers, with on-the-job training to achieve an L2 sports turf qualification.

You will work with the Senior Grounds Persons to maintain safe, well-presented playing surfaces and surrounding amenities, contributing to exceptional user experiences and community sport