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**Grounds Person** **(**Job Number**:25001083**)**
Estates and Facilities
Grade 4: - £24,843 - £26,093 per annum
Open-Ended/Permanent - Full Time
**Contracted Hours per Week**: 35
**Working Arrangements**: Onsite working only
**Closing Date**: 24-Aug-2025, 5:59:00 PM
**Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement**: Not Applicable.
**Job Title**: Grounds Person
**Department** Estates and Facilities Directorate
**Estates Operations
**Grade**:**Grade 4
**Salary range**: £24,843-£26,093
**Working arrangements**: Permanent
**Full time (35 hours)
Five days out of seven
Some requirement to work evenings and weekends, as business demands
Participation in the on-call rota for out-of-hours emergency situations, particularly in relation to the University’s winter maintenance programme.
Onsite working only
**Closing date**: 24 August 2025
**The University**
At Durham University, we are proud of our people, because they are at the heart of our globally outstanding institution, which is a key part of our local community. We inspire our people to do extraordinary things and we invite you to join our fantastic team.
Across the University, we have a huge variety of roles and responsibilities, which together make us one large and successful community. Whether you are at the very start, middle or end of your career, there is a role for you. We believe everyone has their own unique skills to offer.
At the University we promote and actively champion equality, diversity and inclusion. It is crucial that everyone can be themselves and can flourish in an environment where everyone respects each other and is treated fairly. We want our people and wider community to feel happy, secure and proud to be a part of Durham. We are looking for the same values in you.
**The Role and Department**
Durham University owns an estate covering 251 hectares (ha), including; woodland and scrub (112ha), farming and grazing land (53ha), amenity grassland (27ha), as well as wetlands and riverline habitats.
It supports a rich diversity of species and habitats, including many red listed species of conservation concern and numerous areas of species
- rich habitat.
As Grounds Person, you will undertake all aspects of gardens and grounds maintenance including college grounds and heritage planting at Palace Green linking in and working collaboratively with the Biodiversity Team, in line with DU Biodiversity Strategy,
You will become a member of a professional, customer focussed team, delivering exemplary standards of grounds and landscape management.
The Estates and Facilities Directorate provides essential services to Durham University and is responsible for managing, maintaining and developing the infrastructure and building fabric of the various campuses.
Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.
**Working at Durham**
A competitive salary is only one part of the many fantastic benefits you will receive if you join the University, you will also receive access to the following fantastic benefits:
- 27 Days annual leave per year in addition to 8 public holidays and 4 customary days per year - a total of 39 days per year, including time off between Christmas and New Year.
- No matter how you travel to work, we have you covered. We have parking across campus, a cycle to work scheme which helps you to buy a bike and discount with local bus and train companies.
- Discounts via our benefits portal including money off at supermarkets, high street retailers, IT products such as Apple, the cinema and days out at various attractions.
- An onsite nursery is available and children’s clubs in the summer holidays.
- Lots of support for health and wellbeing including discounted membership for our state-of-the-art sport and gym facilities and access to a 24-7 Employee Assistance Programme.
- The opportunity to take part in staff volunteering.
- Family friendly policies, including maternity and adoption leave, which are among the most generous in the higher education sector (and likely above and beyond many employers).
- If you are keen on advancing in your role or career, we have a genuine passion for developing our colleagues from qualifications to IT skills, courses and apprenticeships.
- Generous pension schemes.
**What you need to demonstrate when you apply**
To be considered for this role, here are the skills/experience we’re looking for:
**Essential Criteria**
**Qualifications and Experience**
1. Five GCSEs at least Grade C or level four (or equivalent) including English Language and Mathematics or equivalent experience.
2. NVQ Level 2 in amenity horticulture (or equivalent) or significant experience of working in a similar environment.
3. Full driving licence.
4. Experience of working in a team including apprentices, trainees, or volunteers
5. Experience of managing time to meet deadlines.
6. Experience of working within an organisation that proactively promotes and
