Grounds Operative
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- £12.49 per hour
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 January 2025
Job overview
St Edward's Oxford is looking for an enthusiastic individual to a play a key role within our Grounds Department, helping to maintain our vast 100-acre estate.
As a Grounds Operative, you will assist with a range of grounds maintenance and landscape duties on school grounds and lawns, residential areas and sports surfaces. This will involve:
- Assisting with the preparation and presentation of all sports pitches and related sports equipment
- Undertaking hedge maintenance and planting
- Carrying out general tasks including turf care, planting shrubs, pruning, general maintenance of footpaths and collecting litter
This is a full-time role for 40 hours per week. You will be required to work approximately 13 Saturday mornings (8.00am to 11.45am) during the school year, subject to the school's calendar and in accordance with the grounds work rota.
You will be a hard-working and committed individual, with excellent communication skills and a good command of the English language. Previous relevant experience or an interest in grounds work/gardening is essential.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to begin your career in grounds work, gaining vital skills, experience and knowledge, whilst working on our stunning school estate.
For further details and to download an application form from the school website please click the apply button.
The deadline for applications is Thursday 23rd January 2025.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.
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About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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