At a Glance
- Tasks: Help maintain stunning sports turf and ensure site safety across our beautiful campuses.
- Company: Join the award-winning ESMS, a vibrant family of independent schools in Edinburgh.
- Benefits: Enjoy free school lunches, generous holidays, and discounts at 130,000 locations.
- Other info: In-house training provided; embody our values of kindness, confidence, and resilience.
- Why this job: Be part of a dedicated team making a real impact on students' outdoor experiences.
- Qualifications: Experience in grounds maintenance and a full UK driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 29823 - 30410 £ per year.
Erskine Stewart Melville are renowned for its high-quality sporting facilities and prestigious landscaped campuses. These roles will be directly involved in maintaining and presenting our high-level sports turf surfaces and campuses to a high standard, whilst ensuring Site Safety across our School sites. We welcome applications from a diverse range of outdoor professionals, including those with experience in school grounds, golf course greenkeeping and commercial landscaping. In-house training will be available.
We are currently seeking a motivated Assistant Groundsperson to join our dedicated Grounds Teams for the following positions on a full-time basis:
- 1 x Permanent position, working 39 hours per week Monday to Friday, including four hours on Saturday mornings, on a rota basis to assist with setting up of sports equipment, with a salary of £29,823 to £30,410 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
The successful candidate must have a full UK driving license, to operate school vehicles on and between sites. Experience of using amenity range diesel tractors with various mounted implements, such as trailed gang mowers, rotary mowers, turf aerators, sand spreaders, trailers, and drag brushes.
Qualifications in NC Horticulture, City and Guilds Horticulture Level 2-3, NVQ/SVC level 2-3 in Greenkeeping/Sports turf maintenance or equivalent experience.
We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.
ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland. All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant family of independent schools, set in beautiful grounds in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education, and a co-educational sixth form. We are a consistently award-winning School, with an educational legacy that stretches back more than 300 years. Our Schools have always been pioneers of rounded education. Children’s education is underpinned by our values: kindness, confidence, resilience, integrity and curiosity. From virtual reality headsets in the classroom to developing one of the first outdoor learning programmes in Scotland, we are always searching for new ways to develop the whole child.
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.
Benefits include:
- Fee remission from Nursery to S6
- Free school lunches
- Generous holiday allowance
- Generous pension
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave
- Membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
- Annual professional review process
- Regular salary reviews
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Erskine Stewart Melville is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work environment in the heart of Edinburgh, where you can contribute to maintaining prestigious sporting facilities and landscaped campuses. With a strong commitment to employee growth through in-house training, generous benefits including free school lunches, a robust pension scheme, and family-friendly policies, we foster a culture of kindness, resilience, and ambition, ensuring that our staff thrive both professionally and personally.
