Seasonal Groundsperson

To support the delivery of The Championships, Pre-Wimbledon Qualifying, the Members’ events calendar and other events by assisting with the care and daily maintenance of all playing surfaces and surrounding areas. This includes grass, clay, hard and covered courts, as well as other grass areas and car parks across all venues.

What you will be doing:

• Assisting in the care and daily maintenance of grass courts to include applying nutrition (granular and liquid), mowing, marking out, operating pedestrian and tractor mounted machinery, Spring and Autumn grass court renovations across all venues.
• Identifying and controlling weeds, pests, diseases and disorders.
• Assisting in the care and daily maintenance of clay courts, hard courts, covered courts, croquet lawns, ornamental, other grass areas and car parks across all venues.
• Ensuring grounds, paths and areas surrounding courts are tidy and weed free.
• Assisting in the care and maintenance of all equipment, tools and benches.
• Setting up courts for play to include erecting permanent and temporary netting, operating grass court covers, maintaining cups and water on courts, maintaining and moving benches.
• Driving buggies and other required machinery according to site rules.
• Maintaining health, safety and security in the workplace and complying with company procedures and guidelines.
• Taking personal responsibility to be in clean and presentable AELTC uniform during working hours.
• Offering flexibility to work across the Horticultural Services Department and Groundstaff Department as required across all venues.
• Any other duties within the department deemed necessary by the Lead Groundsperson.

What part your role will play in The Championships:

The Groundstaff Department delivers year-round maintenance and state of the art preparation for The Championships which sees around 3,500 hours of use during The Championships. Your role will help to support the AELTC’s goal of delivering the world’s premier tennis tournament and to support one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs.

About you:

• Strong turf knowledge and qualifications to include level 2, or equivalent, in sports turf and PA1 and PA6A.
• Proven knowledge and practical experience gained in a professional environment with grass tennis courts and other tennis court surfaces to competition standard.
• Current full driving licence (Category B).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to ensure effective communication and collaboration combined with excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build good working relationships within the team and other departments and venues.
• Organised, efficient, professional, reliable, strong attention to detail and able to meet deadlines with a positive and flexible approach.
• Year-round the role is based on 40 hours per week with a requirement to work in accordance with a rota and shift pattern to cover the day-to-day requirements of the role including additional hours, days, weekends and evenings.

About us:

The Groundstaff Department works across our venues. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited (AELTC) is a 42-acre site based in Wimbledon. It organises and stages The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, widely regarded as the world’s premier tennis tournament and are home to one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs. Our success is important to us and we are guided by our key values of Heritage, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.