Who We Are

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change — creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We’re at our brightest when we’re all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role

We’re currently recruiting an Assistant Groundsperson based at the Training Centre to help us take things to the next level.

Job Purpose

• To assist with the preparation and smooth operational running of the Club’s Training Centre pitches and lawns to the highest level of professional standards
• To show proactiveness and be able to work well within a team to deliver exceptional standards
• To pay attention to Health and Safety procedures in order to work safely

Key Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the efficient day-to-day maintenance of the pitches and surrounding landscape of Tottenham Hotspur’s Training Centre, showing both proactiveness and teamwork
• Ensure that the pitches meet the exceptional quality standards required by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
• Use pedestrian and ride on mowers on football pitches and lawns
• Assist in the renovation of pitches and grass areas
• Mark out pitches
• Clean equipment and wash down areas
• Monitor pitches on a daily basis, record all appropriate information and act promptly to resolve issues
• Take reasonable care concerning own health and safety and that of persons who may be affected by the performance of these duties
• Ensure equipment and materials are available when required
• Keep all equipment and materials in good condition
• Keep abreast of all relevant industry developments
• Undertake any other duties designated by your Line Manager to ensure the smooth running of all operational aspects of the business
• Able to work across multiple sites if required

What you will bring

• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
• Experience within a similar role
• Spraying certificates PA1, 2 and 6 desirable but not essential
• Previous experience of using a wide range of turf care equipment
• Full driving licence
• Thinks ahead, generates ideas and thinks of creative solutions to problems
• Values & respects others, builds relationships and collaborates
• Gets things done, delivers to high standards and takes responsibility
• Proactive, energetic, and self-sufficient

The Tottenham Hotspur Way

Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, to produce exceptional on and off the pitch. Every day brings us opportunities to improve and make the impossible, possible.

Our values that bind us

DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE – Impossible made possible when we think outside the box

DARE TO CHANGE THE GAME – Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world

DO IT OUR WAY – Win the right way, never at all costs.

Our Responsibility to you

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS, and reference checks for this role.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.