Senior Groundsperson

Senior Groundsperson

**Location**: Coram’s Fields, Kings Cross

**Salary**:£30,000 per annum

**Benefits**: Defined contribution pension scheme, tax free childcare scheme, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, discounted childcare (holiday clubs)

**Hours**: Full-time, 37.5hrs per week, some evening and weekend work required.

Coram’s Fields is one of the most unique open spaces in London. Located in the heart of Bloomsbury, opposite Great Ormond Street Hospital, our seven acre park has existed for the sole benefit of children and young people for 86 years.

A lot has changed during this time. Our park, playgrounds, sports facilities, and community green spaces now welcome around 150,000 visitors every year. Whilst our Grade II listed buildings, the only lasting remains of the Foundling Hospital built in 1739, are home to a wealth of community services, providing essential support for children, young people and families living across Camden, Westminster, and Islington.

Our objective is quite simple. To ensure our park and facilities continue to provide a safe haven for local children, where they can benefit from some of the best facilities available, whether that be our playgrounds, community growing spaces and wildlife garden, sports facilities, or indoor community hubs. Coram’s Fields is a space for children and children alone.

To enable us to achieve our goal, we are now recruiting to the new role of Senior Groundsperson.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Managing the development and enhancement of the grounds, leading the development and implementation of a systematic programme of hard and soft landscape management and maintenance, specifically focussing on our park, play areas, lawns, and green spaces, to ensure consistently high standards of maintenance across the site.
- Head up the day to day running of Coram’s Fields park, including to supervise and coordinate the work of the grounds team responsible for hard and soft landscaping, providing clear direction and allocation of tasks. You will also need to develop an understanding of the maintenance programme and deliver staff training in the use of maintenance systems and processes (including the use of online management systems)
- You will take a lead role in supervising the work of ad-hoc park volunteers
- Customer service skills are paramount as you will be a visible public presence across the park, ensuring that users respect the park and facilities, which may mean handling difficult situations appropriately and reporting and recording incidents as appropriate.
- You will contribute to the production of risk assessments in relation to the hard and soft landscape management elements of the site. This role requires a satisfactory DBS check and registration with the DBS tracker service, given the nature of the work and regular interaction with children.
- From time to time, you may be asked to do other tasks to ensure the successful running of the site.

If this all sounds interesting, we’d love to hear from you.

**How to apply**

Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK in order to apply.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Full-time

**Salary**: £30,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person