Sports Turf Grounds Operative
Uppingham School
Rutland
- New
- Salary:
- Up to £27k depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 17 January 2025
Job overview
Do you possess skills and experience in sports grounds maintenance? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within Uppingham School's Estates team, helping to maintain 56 acres of playing fields and sports facilities.
Games and a full sporting curriculum form an integral part of school life at Uppingham. As a Sports Turf Grounds Operative, you will be key to ensuring the maintenance and upkeep of our playing fields, pitches and facilities, ensuring they are safe, functional, and visually appealing for use in sporting activities.
In this varied role, you will undertake a range of maintenance responsibilities including mowing, fertilising, aerating, irrigating, repairing turf surfaces, and maintaining artificial pitches/courts. Your work will help provide high-quality playing surfaces that meet the needs of the school while adhering to safety standards and regulations.
You will need previous experience of sports grounds maintenance and associated work, including experience of marking pitches, mowing, aerating, fertilising and weed control. You will be capable of using a range of machinery and equipment and will also possess a full driving licence.
Qualifications including PA1, PA2 and PA6 spraying certificates and an NVQ Level 2 Sports Turf qualification or similar is desirable, but not essential.
Benefits
In return Uppingham offers a community that values people. We are warm, compassionate and mutually supportive.
This is reflected in our working environment and the benefits we are able to offer:
- 50% Contribution towards premiums for the School’s private health scheme
- Discount on School fees
- Discount at a local nursery in Uppingham
- 25% Discount on holiday club fees for children of Uppingham or Maidwell Hall staff
- Westfield healthcare
- Westfield Rewards which gives discounts at various retailers, gyms, cinemas, and restaurants
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- In house Occupational Health Service
- Membership to dual-use Sports Centre (with a £25 annual joining fee)
- Free staff lunches during term-time
- Free annual Flu vaccinations
- Complimentary staff ticket for select School performances
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Recognised as a “Disability Confident” employer
- Recognised as a “Mindful” employer
- Recognised as “Investors in Diversity”
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 17th January 2025.
Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo full screening in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE), including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils will be explored at interview.
About Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a mixed, Church of England independent secondary school with sixth form and boarding, located in Leicestershire. The secondary school, situated in Uppingham has approximately 791 students on record.
Uppingham School was founded in 1584, originally as a school for boys. In 1975 girls were admitted, and it became fully co-educational as of 2001. The majority of students attending the secondary school are boarders.
Headmaster
Dr Richard J Maloney
Values and vision
Uppingham School wants to provide students with a varied and stimulating curriculum, while nurturing them to become happy, responsible and respectful members of the community. The Leicestershire secondary school focuses on developing individual talents and nurtures students to achieve to the highest of their ability to reach their full potential. Extra-curricular activities are encouraged for pupils to gain experience outside of the classroom across sport, theatre and the arts. The school’s main vision is for all students to feel a sense of belonging.
Independent School Inspectorate
“Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards work and study. They have good literacy skills at all ages and articulate ideas and opinions fluently. Work is generally presented neatly and pupils’ note-taking is effective. They develop good numeracy skills and their capacity to think critically is notable. Creative abilities are well developed and their exploration of ideas is particularly marked in their enrichment activities. Pupils’ study habits are good. In the lessons observed, pupils worked very well with each other, and also worked well independently. They enjoy their work and this stems in part from the good-natured atmosphere in lessons. Pupils use information and communications technology (ICT) proficiently.”
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