Sports Grounds Manager

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Active Lifestyle & Sport
Location:  Egham
Salary:  £32,621 per annum - including London Allowance
Post Type:  Full Time
Closing Date:  23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 11 February 2024
Reference:  0124-012

Full-Time, Permanent 

Applications are invited for the post of Sports Grounds Manager in the Active Lifestyle and Sport Team.

At Royal Holloway University, Active Lifestyle and Sport is an essential element of the student experience and belonging.  The Active Lifestyle & Sport team is responsible for encouraging participation in sport, health, and fitness activities across campus to enhance student, staff, and visitor wellbeing, whilst working closely with both Student Life colleagues and the Students’ Union. It is not only about running facilities but also about the activities and programmes that are delivered to build a sense of belonging and community at Royal Holloway.   

Active Lifestyle and Sport is committed to delivering effective physical activity services that enrich the student experience. To contribute to the emerging RH2030s Strategy, your focus will be on supporting opportunities to play sport in our outdoor facilities to enhance the student experience and build community engagement with local community clubs and teams.  Your role will focus on the managing, maintaining and developing the outdoor sports grounds with line management responsibility for the Sports Grounds Person.

The postholder will be able to demonstrate significant ground management experience or have achieved IOG Certified Grounds Manager status (Level 4) in winter, summer, and artificial pitch preparation.  The postholder will be able to demonstrate their abilities for planning and delivering annual grounds maintenance plans and be able to do this within budget and posses the skills to use various IT systems to manage budgets, facility bookings and acquire goods and services.

We would like to fill the role as quickly as possible to ensure a handover from the outgoing retiring post holder.

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement 
• Training and Development opportunities
• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution 
• Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing. 
• Free parking 

The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London. 

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Adam Sams [email protected]  

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: [email protected]  

Please quote the reference: 0124-012

Closing Date:  23:59, 11  February 2024

Interview Date: To be Confirmed  

Please note that it will not be possible for the University to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for successful candidates as the pro-rata salary will not meet the minimum threshold set by UK Visas and Immigration. Successful candidates will therefore need to be eligible to work in the UK or have limited leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the University, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. 

This position is not eligible for hybrid working.

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our Equality and Diversity Intranet page .