Sports Operations Supervisor

2 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom University of Reading Full time

Occupying three beautiful campuses (Whiteknights, with its early 19th century planned landscape, London Road with its formal gardens and ceremonial Great Hall, and Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, with its riverside garden landscape) the unique "University within a Park" setting of the University of Reading is an inspiring place to come to work.


With such a varied range of habitats, gardens and other offsite properties, there is an ever changing cycle of grounds maintenance tasks carried out by the Grounds Maintenance Team here at Reading.

As well as being responsible for the management and maintenance of the grounds surrounding the academic teaching and research buildings, we also care for a significant collection of trees, meadows, woodlands an expansive lake and the university SportsPark pitches.


The Sports Operations Supervisor principal role is to act as a working grounds person with responsibility for sports pitch maintenance and providing match ready facilities for the Sportspark.


You will be:

  • Able to undertake all lifting and manual tasks associated with the role
  • Able to deliver match ready facilities at times at short notice
  • Able to operate a range of sports maintenance equipment
  • Able to plan and schedule sports maintenance tasks Competent in basic office IT

You will have:

  • An unlimited UK valid driving licence enabling you to drive light vans
  • GCSE or equivalent pass grade in English Language
  • Previous experience of managing natural and artificial pitches
  • Previous experience of managing sports / grounds maintenance teams
  • A range of NPTC/ LANTRA certificates of machine and pesticide use competence
Closing date: 14/06/24

Interviews will be held: 21/06/24

Informal contact details

Alternative informal contact details

Contact role:

Head of Grounds Maintenance

Contact role:

Deputy Head of Grounds Maintenance

Contact name:

Rupert Taylor

Contact name:

Lucy Jellis

Contact phone:

Office hours only and no voice mail please)

Contact phone:

(Office hours only and no voice mail please)


The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a leading LGBT+ rights organisation.

We are also a Disability Confident Level 1 employer Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.



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