Assistant Groundsperson

Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for an Assistant Groundsperson to join ESMS on a temporary basis, from 7 October 2024 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks) to 7 April 2025. The role is full time, working 39 hours per week plus 4 hours every second Saturday during term time. The salary will be from £26,843 to £28,627 per annum dependent on qualifications and experience. The role is based across all three ESMS sites and therefore the candidate must have a full, clean driving license to use the ESMS vehicles.

The role primarily involves grounds maintenance and gardening, such as keeping the grounds in good order, pruning, planting, and mowing. It also includes general maintenance tasks like litter collection, sweeping, drain upkeep, de-icing in winter, and ensuring equipment is maintained. Additionally, the role involves providing grounds security as needed and carrying out other tasks as requested by the Head Grounds Person.

The successful candidate will have experience with pedestrian and petrol engine rotary and cylinder mowers, petrol engine hedge trimmers and strimmers, and operating amenity diesel tractors with various attachments, such as gang mowers, rotary mowers, turf aerators, sand spreaders, trailers, and drag brushes.

To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.

Eligibility

ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.

 Benefits

Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.

Values

We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

In order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.

Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at recruitment@esms.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday, 13 September 2024. We anticipate shortlisting to be held the week commencing 16 September 2024, with interviews later that week or the week after.