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Assistant GroundsGreens Keeper

City of London

City of London£31,578 - £36,914Closes: 20 August 2026

 

Salary: £31,578 - £36,914 inclusive of unsociable and contractual hours payment 

 

Contractual Hours: 37.5 hours per week 

 

Hours of Work/Work Pattern:  Monday – Sunday as per rolling 4-week rota    

 

Basis: Full -Time, Permanent 

 

Workplace category: Workplace based 

Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance.  

 

 

 

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications. We therefore encourage you to apply early. 

 

Are you passionate about outdoor work and take pride in maintaining sports facilities for visitors to enjoy? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Grounds and Greens Keeper to join our Sports Team within Epping Forest. 

 

Working across Chingford Golf Course and Wanstead Flats Playing Fields, you'll help maintain one of London's busiest public golf courses and a large portfolio of football pitches at the 2nd largest concentration of football pitches in Europe, ensuring they remain safe, presentable and ready for play throughout the year. 

 

About the Role 

 

As part of a dedicated grounds team, you will carry out a wide range of sports turf maintenance and greenkeeping duties, including: 

 

  • Maintaining golf course greens, tees, fairways, bunkers and football pitches to a high standard.  

  • Operating and maintaining a variety of specialist grounds maintenance machinery and equipment.  

  • Marking out football pitches and preparing sports facilities for matches and training.  

  • Carrying out daily inspections, repairs and routine maintenance to playing surfaces.  

  • Maintaining buildings, changing facilities and compounds to ensure they are clean, safe and welcoming.  

  • Supporting the delivery of sporting events and providing excellent customer service to visitors and sports clubs.  

 

This is a hands-on role requiring outdoor work throughout the year in all weather conditions. 

 

About You 

 

We're looking for someone who: 

 

  • Has experience in sports turf maintenance, greenkeeping or grounds maintenance.  

  • Holds an NVQ/SVQ Level 2 in Sports Turf Maintenance (or equivalent).  

  • Holds relevant NPTC/LANTRA qualifications, including tractor operation, brush cutter/strimmer and hedge trimmer certificates.  

  • Holds PA1, PA2 and PA6 pesticide certificates (or equivalent).  

  • Has experience operating and maintaining grounds maintenance machinery.  

  • Holds a full UK driving licence.  

  • Has good communication skills, basic IT knowledge and enjoys working as part of a team.  

  • Takes pride in delivering high standards and providing excellent customer service.  

 

What We Offer

 

  • The opportunity to work across two unique and historic sports facilities.  

  • A varied role with no two days the same.  

  • Training and development opportunities.  

  • A supportive team environment.  

  • Weekend working on a rota (minimum one weekend in four), with appropriate unsocial hours salary recognition.  

 

If you enjoy working outdoors, have a passion for sports turf and want to make a real difference to the quality of facilities enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year, we'd love to hear from you. 

 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain a Basic Disclosure & Barring Service check.  

 

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. 

 

 

Closing date: 23:59pm on 20 August 2026  

 

To apply online please click the Apply online button below.   

   

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1365 if you experience any difficulties.  A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.  

  

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  

  

  

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.  

 

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.    

  

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.    

  

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