Groundsperson
Harrow School
Harrow
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 27 May 2018
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Groundsperson to join our fully comprehensive in-house Estates team, which oversees the maintenance and upkeep of the School’s historic estate.
The School has extensive high-class sports facilities including cricket, rugby and football pitches, an athletics track, tennis courts, a nine-hole golf course and two newly re-laid AstroTurf pitches. There are also areas of woodland, farmland, a lake set in a Capability Brown listed landscape, and undeveloped ground including public rights of way that need to be managed.
The Harrow School Estates team prides itself on providing the highest standard and quality of workmanship across its estate. We are seeking a proactive individual who is keen to take on this opportunity and develop in all areas of groundsmanship.
Candidates should hold a NVQ Level 2 Sports Turf qualification (or equivalent), have working knowledge of natural and synthetic sports surfaces and the ability to operate a variety of grounds maintenance equipment.
Applicants should be enthusiastic, be able to work outdoors in all weathers and to work unsupervised.
Benefits include free lunch, automatic enrolment into the School’s pension scheme and use of the School’s sports facilities. There is also the opportunity for subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.
For an application pack visit www.harrowschool.org.uk/work-at-harrow or contact the HR department on 020 8872 8314 or at recruitment@harrowschool.org.uk
Closing date: week commencing 28 May 2018
Interviews: week commencing 4 June 2018
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all successful applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with any past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Harrow School is an equal opportunities employer.
About Harrow School
Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill in north-west London. The School is located on a 324-acre estate which encompasses much of Harrow on the Hill and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 837 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. Employees particularly value the School’s beautiful green estate, the positive working environment, and good relationships with their colleagues.
Harrow School is an independent boarding secondary school for boys aged 13-18. It was established, by royal charter, in 1572 during the reign of Elizabeth I. It is operated as a Royal Charter Corporation, which is a charitable trust whose trustees are the school’s governors. The school licenses the Harrow name to a number of schools in Asia.
Head Master
Alastair Land
Values and vision
Harrow School believes that the success of students should not be measured purely by grades, but by their influence on the wider world.
The school believes that all organisations need strong and clearly expressed values to create identity, focus, unity and drive, and in order to answer the questions: “what do we belong to?”, “what’s important to us?”, "why do our collective efforts matter?”, and “what holds us together?”.
Harrow’s values of courage, honour, humility and fellowship aim to help the school to make decisions from day-to-day that mean members of its community behave and perform better. These four Values link closely to Harrow School’s Christian foundation, and the principles of “Godliness and good learning” established by its founder, John Lyon.
ISI report
“Pupils are high achievers in all areas of their academic lives. Their success owes much to the strong and supportive boarding community to which they all belong and which gives the encouragement to work hard and aim high, and the confidence to set themselves ambitious goals.”
“Pupils invariably work hard and utilise their strong motivation and desire to succeed, and this is one of the main drivers in their success. The strong progress they make, and their all-round excellent achievement is enabled by many innovative approaches and initiatives introduced by school leaders.”
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