To be responsible for delivery of grounds maintenance associated services and processes that support the operation of all sites, setting and ensuring the highest standards of safety, landscaping, and grounds maintenance for MCFC’s employees and customers.

Role Title: Assistant Groundsperson

Reports to: Grounds Manager

Division: City Football Academy

Department: Facilities

Closing Date for Applications: 17th March 2022

Role specific accountabilities:

• To deliver high-quality grounds maintenance services at all MCFC sites to the highest standard, in line with MCFC policies, legislative, environmental and certifying authorities’ compliance and best practice.
• To be responsible for ensuring all Health and Safety requirements for each task is inline with H&S legislation, best practices and MCFC H&S policy.
• To be responsible for allocated ground maintenance tasks from start to completion including scoping the task, undertaking the work personally or coordinating and supervising others to ensure its timely completion.
• To ensure that the weekly/day to day operation for the delivery of grounds services at MCFC sites are to the highest standard, in line with health and safety, legislative, environmental, and certifying authorities’ compliance and best practice.
• Monitor the results of the grounds maintenance service and suggest and deliver improvements.
• To ensure that all projects you are involved with are managed to the highest standards, working where required with sub-contractors and that the quality of site provision meets the needs of employees and customers.
• To work closely with partners and stakeholders to provide the most suitable environment for the users of grounds facilities.

To be available and/or remain on site in the case of emergency repairs/situations until as a minimum, a temporary and safe situation is achieved.

Role specific knowledge, skills and experience:

Essential:

• Ability to work flexibly
• Strong communication skills
• Highly self-motivated whilst able to work within a teamwork
• Ability to self-evaluate with the scope to develop

Desirable:

• Health and safety in relation to sports turf
• Basic IT skills
• Work-Based Diploma Level 2 (or equivalent) or higher, PA 1,2 and 6
• Understanding of fertiliser products and method of their application, granular and liquids.
• 3 years of sports turf and grounds maintenance experience.

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If you have any further questions about the role or your application, please contact Careers@CityFootball.com