Permanent | Full-time | All-year Round (52 weeks per year)

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and talented individual who is looking to undertake a Groundsperson role within our Grounds and Gardens team.

The main responsibilities of the role will be to undertake all grounds related activities in order to meet the needs of the Schools’ Sports Department and to ensure that the ninety acre School Campus is maintained to an excellent standard to provide an excellent impression to all visitors to the School. To carry out any tasks within the job holders skill and ability.

Further information and a full job description can be found on our website.

This role is a permanent position working full-time, all-year round. The hours of work are Monday to Thursday from 8:00am to 4:30pm and Fridays from 8:00am to 3:30pm, totalling 39 hours per week, with a thirty-minute unpaid lunch break each day.

Benefits include free life assurance, uniform and parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); free lunch on full days worked; free hot drinks supplied and lunch/dinner provided; annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities; subsidised on-site Coffee Shop; and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards.

Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 190 teachers and 460 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.

We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

**Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.