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Warehouse Operative
Bishop Sports & Leisure Ltd.
Assistant Groundsperson
Work Model
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
🛡️ Direct to HR Pipeline
Role Overview & Responsibilities
Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools (ESMS) are recruiting 3 full-time permanent Assistant Groundspersons to join our existing team. The people that work for us are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.
The role will involve maintenance of sports pitches (both natural grass and artificial surfaces), ornamental lawns, shrubberies, and other landscaped areas. The postholder will be required to possess a full, clean driver’s license and have experience of driving tractors, using petrol mowers, hedge trimmers, strimmer’s and ride-on mowers.
This is a permanent position available immediately. The core hours of work are:
- Monday to Thursday – 7.00am to 4.00pm
- Friday – 7.00am to 3.00pm
- Saturday – 8.00am to 12.00pm (every second Saturday on a rota during term time)
The postholders will be contracted for 39 hours per week plus 4 hours every second Saturday during term time.
The salary range for this role will be on the ESMS Support Staff Salary Scale point 8 - 11 which is from £24,450 to £26,330 per annum, and the salary appointment will be dependent upon relevant experience. Further pay awards are pending in August 2023 and January 2024.
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Tuesday 13 June 2023. Interviews will likely be held week commencing 19 June 2023.
Applicants must complete the Support Staff application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form to be considered for this position which can be found on the ESMS website. www.esms.org.uk/about-esms/staffvacancies
Please note CVs and cover letters will not be accepted. Please submit both forms before the closing date. Please also indicate in your application if you are interested in being considered for the additional responsibilities at Inverleith, Aboretum and the Grandstand sites.
ESMS reserves the right to withdraw this position at any time
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £24,450.00-£26,330.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 13/06/2023
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