Grounds Assistant

7 days ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE03 (£22,214-£24,248) + 5% Premium Band**

**Corporate Services Group, Sport & Exercise, Peffermill Playing Fields**

**Full-time, 35hrs p/w**

**Permanent, open-ended**

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The University of Edinburgh Sport and Exercise seeks to appoint a hardworking, diligent and enthusiastic individual to help manage, maintain and deliver the grounds maintenance programme at the University of Edinburgh’s Peffermill Playing Fields, helping to ensure all surfaces (grass and synthetic) are delivered to a world-class standard.

**The Opportunity**:
As a member of the grounds team, reporting to the Grounds Manager, you will work a rotating shift pattern, with occasional weekends and share responsibility for the care and condition of Peffermill Playing Fields premium sports pitches. You will respond to changing conditions, including seasonal peaks and inclement weather, with the need to make play / no-play decisions.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Possess a ‘Can-do’ attitude and a flexible approach to work duties.
- Deliver ‘best in class’ service. Live by our values of being ‘Open to EveryBody’. Believe that ‘Anything is Possible’. Help us by ‘Enabling Excellence’.

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**As a valued member of our team, you can expect**:

- A competitive salary of **£22,214-£24,248 + 5% Premium Band**:

- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our **staff benefits page **(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

**Championing equality, diversity and inclusion**

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work webpages **(opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

**Key dates to note**

**Interviews will likely be held w/c 24th June.

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