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Assistant Greenkeeper

4 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom BIGGA Full time

GOLF IT - GLASGOW - SCOTLAND

GREENKEEPER 13 SEPTEMBER 2023

**The Role - Assistant Greenkeeper**

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Golf It team as Assistant Greenkeeper, reporting to the Golf Course Manager and working as part of the Greenkeeping team.

Duties will include:

- Carry our course maintenance of the renovated Golf Course, Golf Course Maintenance Facility and associated facilities including driving range, putting greens and adventure golf course, following departmental procedures and best practice at all times.
- Implement daily course set-up requirements.
- Implement all cultivation operations.
- Operate equipment and machinery when required.
- Work with external community groups and project partners on collaboration activities and initiatives.

This is a full time role, 35 hours per week, spread over 7 days, working on a rota-based system to include weekends.

We offer a great benefits package which includes:

- Competitive salary in line with industry recommendation
- Opportunity to volunteer at championships
- Further training and development
- Company pension scheme and sick pay
- Life insurance cover
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- 35 days holiday per year
- Free tickets to The Open and AIG Women’s Open each year (and other relevant R&A championships)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Discounts at a variety of businesses

**Who we are looking for**
- NVQ Level 2/3.
- PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates.
- Full, clean driving license.
- Significant experience in a previous similar role.
- Practical experience in operation and maintenance of all modern turf maintenance machinery.
- Experience of community engagement and working with local volunteer groups.
- Member of BIGGA and other relevant trade organisations.
- A keen interest and empathy with the natural world and its relationship with golf course management and preparation.
- Ability to Embrace novel solutions, innovations and technology.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
- Good communication skills.
- A hands-on work ethic.
- Committed to developing themselves through training and CPD.
- Flexible and willing to work outside normal working hours when necessary.
- Excellent time management.
- Experience of volunteering at golf championships.
- CS30 and CS31 chainsaw certificates.

**About Golf It**

The R&A’s purpose is to make golf more accessible, appealing and inclusive and to ensure it is thriving 50 years from now and Golf It plays a huge part of that ambition. Golf It is The R&A’s first golf facility which opens in Glasgow in Summer 2023 and will create a new “pathway to golf” that is open and accessible focusing on delivering fun and being community and family orientated. The venue, located in the north east of Glasgow, aims to attract a new audience to the game, and make people challenge everything they thought they knew about golf, inspiring future generations to say ‘I love playing golf’”.

Golf It will be accessible to people from all walks of life. It will have a 9 Hole Golf Course, a 52 Bay two-tiered Driving Range, 3 Adventure Golf Courses, Park Golf, Simulators and many more activities. There will be a street food outlet, provided by Big Feed Street Food an onsite Nursery operated by Lullaby Lane and three Padel Tennis Courts operated by Game4Padel. Coaching facilities include Toptracer technology in every bay of the Driving Range, as well as Trackman in our Golf It simulator.


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