Deputy Grounds Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - Horticruitment UK Ltd

Horticruitment UK Ltd

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Manchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Deputy Grounds Manager to work within a large independent school, with an established reputation as one of the top academic schools in the country based in the Manchester area.

The school grounds cover an extensive area and consist of 35 acres of sports grounds including several football and rugby pitches, cricket squares, training areas and tennis courts.

Sport is a very important part of school life.

Sports teams have extensivefixture lists with other schools and the school teams take part in a wide range of local and national competitions in many different sports.

The Grounds team take great pride in the quality of the pitches.

Applicants for this position should hold a level 3 qualification in sports turf maintenance or of a similar nature, equally a good level of experience within this industry would be considered.

PA1& PA2 spraying licenses, ideally a tractor operation license,basic health and safety qualification, manual handling and a full clean driving license.

The working hours for this position are 40 hours per week Monday to Friday, you will be expected to work Saturdays in which will be considered as overtime.

This position also offers a very generous benefits package including specified school closure days,19 days holiday rising to 24 over 5 years and a school pension plan in which a 6% contribution is matched by a 14% employers contribution.

SALARY:
£32,000 depending on experience

LOCATION:
Manchester

JOB No:
EC51323