Senior Groundsperson

**The Role**
- Full time - 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, (with occasional weekends at overtime rate)
- 52 weeks per year

Are you passionate about creating and maintaining exceptional outdoor spaces? We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Groundsperson to join our team at the Dean Close Foundation. As a Senior Groundsperson, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the daily grounds maintenance operations, focusing on the development and care of our sports pitches and external areas.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead and manage a dedicated grounds team to ensure the highest standards of maintenance.
- Undertake routine preparation and maintenance of sports and amenity surfaces.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of sports facilities.
- Provide hands-on support for the maintenance of school grounds as needed.
- Collaborate with the Head of Groundscare to ensure grounds are in good and safe condition.
- Lead a small grounds team, providing training and guidance.
- Implement and adhere to Health and Safety regulations, promoting a safe working environment.
- Participate in continuous professional development, staying updated on industry best practices.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of 3 years' practical experience in supervising a grounds team.
- Hold a Pa1 & Pa2 qualification.
- Hold a valid driving licence.

For further details please see the attached job description below.

**Internal applicants**

Dean Close School is a co-educational day and boarding school which provides continuity of education from age 2 to 18. The School was established in 1886, and is set in 50 acres of parkland in the centre of Cheltenham. In 2015 the Dean Close Foundation was formed, when the School acquired St John’s on-the-Hill Preparatory School and three nurseries in the Chepstow area. In 2017 the Foundation purchased a further two nurseries, Tree Tops in Cheltenham and Gloucester, taking its total to five.

Dean Close is renowned for focusing on individual development. Small classes, excellent learning facilities plus a 550-seater professional theatre, amphitheatre, 2 floodlit astro-turfs, 25m indoor pool, climbing wall, indoor rifle range, dance studio and fully equipped gymnasium all help to nurture each child’s strengths and talents. With around 300 pupils in the Prep School and 500 in the Senior School, Dean Close is small enough to allow everyone to know one another and to feel valued. It also allows everyone to get fully involved in the life of the School. However, it is large enough to have an extremely strong boarding community, vibrant and exciting creative arts, impressive academic results and great sports achievements across all ages.

Visitors to Dean Close regularly comment on the atmosphere, saying how warm and friendly they find it, and we believe that this positive environment can be attributed directly to the Christian heart and principles of the School.