Deputy Head Grounds Person

40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary:  £27,980

We are seeking to appoint an astute and dependable Deputy Head Grounds Person to work as part of a team to ensure that the site is maintained to the highest possible standards in accordance with the contract and good horticulture practice for the enjoyment, recreation and safety of site employees and visitors.

Please note that due to the nature of the position, a valid driving license is required.

As a Deputy Head Grounds Person your responsibilities would include:

• Deputise for the Foreman/Supervisor/Head Groundsman in his/her absence or as directed by them.
• Undertake training and instruction of newer and less experienced team members
• To undertake the full range of grounds maintenance duties as instructed by your line manager as follows:
• Horticultural operations including formative pruning for a range of plants, annual seasonal bedding operations, pest & disease control, general grass cutting, watering of trees, shrubs and bedding plants
• Hedge cutting, irrigation, strimming, edge reformation.
• Litter picking operations.
• Weed control.
• To work as part of a team with the aim of ensuring productive and professional relationships within team, with other employees, managers, clients and external agencies.

What we are looking for:

• City and Guilds/NVQ Amenity Horticulture Stage I and II or equivalent (essential)
• HND Amenity Horticulture or equivalent (essential)
• RHS General Horticulture or equivalent (essential)
• National Certificate in Horticulture or equivalent (essential)
• PA1/PA6 in Spraying (essential)
• Holds valid driving licence preferably with legal and practical ability to use a trailer (essential)
• Chainsaw Certificate (desirable)

The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.

How to Apply:

Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department. Please add a Covering Letter and CV when applying.

Please ensure that you give a comprehensive outline of your experience for all positions held to date. The Worth School Application is attached and needs to be completed, thereby ensuring that your application is considered.

If there are any questions please let me know. The quality of the applications that we are receiving is appalling in general as most of the information requested in the Tes application is not being completed in full.

Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk

Telephone: 01372 710215

Closing date for applications: 31 December 2025

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.