King's College London

About us:

King’s Sport & Wellness have a mission of delivering unique sport and wellness experiences to unite our communities and optimise our people and their potential. Honor Oak Sports Ground is a fundamental part of our service delivery – providing our students and student sports clubs with pitches and facilities to enjoy their sport. 

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join King’s Sport & Wellness, where this role will be pivotal in helping us achieve our mission to deliver unique sport and wellness experiences that unite our communities and optimise our people and their potential.

The post holder will support the delivery of outstanding Sports Grounds pitches and operations as part of the King’s Sport - Sports Grounds Team. Working with the Senior Grounds Persons to enhance the quality of our pitches and facilities to ensure world class user experiences for our student sports teams and our customers

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week) and you will undertake a L2 sports turf qualification during your employment.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria 

1. Be practical and methodical
2. Be patient and pay attention to detail 
3. Work well alone and as part of a team
4. Be aware of health and safety issues
5. Customer focused and ‘can do’ attitude

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working in the landscape/maintenance industry would be advantageous although full training would be provided
2. First Aid Qualified

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information on what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found  here.

 

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

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