Seasonal Gardeners & Seasonal Groundstaff
Seasonal Gardeners & Seasonal Groundstaff
The Seasonal Gardener and Groundstaff roles support the delivery of the Championships as required across all venues to include The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited (Wimbledon), The All England Club Community Sports Ground (Raynes Park), The Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Centre (Roehampton), Wimbledon Queue, Hospitality and surrounding areas.
What you will be doing
Seasonal Gardeners
- Planting and plant management to include feeding, watering, weeding, clearing, pruning, strimming, blowing and hedge cutting across all venues.
- Operating machinery and equipment and assisting in the care and daily maintenance of all equipment and tools according to the site rules.
- Keeping the grounds tidy and weed free.
Seasonal Groundstaff
- 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 of 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.
General Responsibilities
- Maintaining health, safety and security in the workplace and complying with company procedures and guidelines, including manual handling procedures.
- Driving buggies and other required machinery according to site rules.
- Taking personal responsibility to be in clean and presentable AELTC uniform during working hours.
- On a day-to-day basis offering flexibility to work across the Horticultural Services Department and Groundstaff Department as required across all venues.
- Any other duties that the respective departments deem necessary.
What part your role will play in The Championships
Seasonal Gardeners
- The Horticultural Services Department designs and delivers the landscaping in accordance with the Strategic Plan to encompass multiple venues. We provide landscaping at the heart of ‘Tennis in an English Garden’ adding up to 19,000 additional plants to enhance all the venues and experience for spectators, members and visitors.
Seasonal Groundstaff
- 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.
About you
Seasonal Gardeners
- Motivated with strong levels of autonomy and ability to work within agreed guidelines with excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build good working relationships at all levels across all venues.
- RHS Level 2 Horticultural qualification or equivalent.
- PA1 and PA6 qualification or equivalent.
- Experience of operating machinery ie forklift/MEWP e.g. Genie or Scissor lift qualification or equivalent.
- Horticultural knowledge and practical experience gained in a professional environment.
- Year-round the role is based on 35 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.
- To support the delivery of all events across all venues there is a requirement to work in accordance with a different rota and shift pattern to cover the additional requirements of the role including extended hours, days, weekends and evenings.
Seasonal Groundstaff
- 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.
- Recognise all events and matches are important to the image and the operation of the AELTC.
- 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.
- To support the delivery of all events across all venues there is a requirement to work in accordance with a different rota and shift pattern to cover the additional requirements of the role including extended hours, days, weekends and evenings.
General
- Organised, efficient, professional and reliable with a pro-active, with strong attention to detail and a solution-focused approach to meet deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to ensure effective communication and collaboration with ability to build good working relationships within the team and other departments and venues.
- Current full driving licence (Category B). It is a condition of employment the successful applicant holds, and continues to hold, a current full driving licence and be able to demonstrate the ability to safely operate vehicles including, for example, tractors, ride on machinery, buggies and company vehicles (list not exhaustive) to the required standard and in accordance with our site rules.
About us
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 business has grown in recent years and we expect that success to continue. We have plans to further improve our facilities and invest in our people in future years. Our success is important to us and we are guided by our key values of Heritage, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.
The Groundstaff and Gardener Department’s role is to prepare the grounds for The Championships using the latest technology combined with extensive experience and skills.
This supports the AELTC’s goal of delivering the world’s premier tennis tournament and to support one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs.
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