Job Title: Groundsperson
Location: Portsmouth
Salary: Salary competitive and dependent upon the skills, qualifications and experience of the successful candidate
Job type: Permanent, Full Time
The Portsmouth Grammar School is a leading co-educational school located in the heart of historic Portsmouth.
The Role
We have a full time vacancy for a Groundsperson to join our team at Hilsea Playing Fields.
Our Grounds team provide high quality and well maintained sports facilities to support the school's busy sporting programme and lettings programme. They also support a programme of planned work throughout the year and tasks in support of future development and improvement of the site.
We welcome applications from candidates who are either developing their career in groundskeeping and who are looking for a new role in which they can upskill and develop their specialism, or from more experienced grounds staff who can bring relevant qualifications and specialist skills to the role. The hours of work will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with some Saturdays during school terms. Where Saturday working is required, it is expected that a day off during the week will be taken in lieu.
The normal school hours of work are 8.30am to 4.30pm, inclusive of a 30 minute unpaid lunch break each day, however the role holder will be required to work flexibly on a regular basis as required by our Head Groundsperson to cover some mornings and evenings in suppor...