Job Title: Deputy Head of Grounds
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
Salary: 25k -30k depending on qualifications and experience.
Job Type: Full time, Permanent. Hours: 40-hour week, normally 8.00am – 4.30pm.
The College has an incredible sense of community among its staff which can be felt immediately. The fascination of our setting is lasting and the Good Schools Guide describes the College as: “A successful, flourishing, dependable school with real spiritual heart.”
Our 400-acre site with its large leafy grounds, impressive playing fields and attractive school buildings offers modern facilities in a country setting, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. With excellent transport links and only 30 minutes by train to central London stations, the College is 20 minutes’ drive from junction 25 of the M25, immediately off the A10. Also within easy access is London Stansted airport, which is a 20-minute drive.
The Role
St Edmund’s College offers modern facilities in a magnificent country setting in rural Hertfordshire, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Deputy Head of Grounds to assist the team of Grounds staff with looking after the grounds and sports facilities.
The successful candidate will also assist the Head of Grounds with coordinating landscaping efforts and related outdoor maintenance services, to train/manage grounds staff and ensure performance and quality.
Whilst not in a teaching role, as Deputy Head of Grounds you will be working on a regular basis in a school in a role which gives opportunity for contact with children. As such, you will be in regulated activity and an enhanced DBS check (which includes children’s barred list information) will be required in advance of appointment
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. As with all College staff members, you will therefore be responsible for providing a safe environment in which children can learn.
Ideal candidate
Applicants must have good communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative.
A basic knowledge of sports pitch set up / layouts would be desirable but is not essential.
Benefits:
Additional benefits include free lunch during term time, free parking and pension scheme.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Head of Estates, Groundskeeper, Caretaker, Groundsman, Groundsperson, Grounds Keeper, Property Maintenance Supervisor, Property Maintenance, Maintenance Technician, Handyman, Property Maintenance, Grounds Maintenance, Site Maintenance may also be considered for this role.
