Description:

The Role – Assistant Greenkeeper

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Course Operation team as Assistant Greenkeeper. The successful candidate will work as part of the Greenkeeping team, liasing with external machinery partners when required, and assist in the maintenance of the renovated Golf Course, Golf Course Maintenance Facility and assosicated facilities at Golf It!, including driving range, putting greens and adventure golf course, ensuring that the facilities are fit for purpose and meet agreed expected standards.

To follow the departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs) and best practice and to escalate any issues to the Golf Course Manager, or relevant team member when appropriate, to ensure that all issues are resolved in a timely fashion.

This is a full-time position working 35 hours per week.

You may be required to work across weekends. You will work 5 out of 7 days per week.

Please note, we may close applications early should we receive sufficient applications.

What We Offer

We offer a great benefits package including the following:

- Competitive Salary
- Company Pension Scheme and Sick Pay
- Life Insurance Cover
- Enhanced Maternity/Partner Pay
- 35 Days Holiday Per Year
- Free tickets to The Open and AIG Women’s Open each year (and other relevant R&A Championships)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Contribution towards glasses for VDU use
- Discounts available across 800 UK retailers and local businesses

Who We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and attributes:

- NVQ Level 2/3, or equivalent, in Turfgrass Science, or related discipline
- PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates
- Full, clean driving license
- Significant experience in a previous similar role
- Practical experience in operation and maintenance of all modern turf maintenance machinery
- Experience of community engagement and working with local volunteer groups
- Member of BIGGA and other relevant trade organisations
- A keen interest and empathy with the natural world and its relationship with golf course management and preparation 
- Ability to Embrace novel solutions, innovations and technology

About Golf It!

The R&A’s purpose is to make golf more accessible, appealing and inclusive and to ensure it is thriving 50 years from now and Golf It! plays a huge part of that ambition. Golf It! is The R&A’s first golf facility which opened in Glasgow in August 2023 and will create a new “pathway to golf” that is open and accessible focusing on delivering fun and being community and family orientated. The venue, located in the north east of Glasgow, will attract a new audience to the game, and make people challenge everything they thought they knew about golf, inspiring future generations to say ‘I love playing golf’”.
 
Golf It! is accessible to people from all walks of life. It has a 9 Hole Golf Course, a 52 Bay two-tiered Driving Range, 3 Adventure Golf Courses, Park Golf, Simulators and many more activities. There is a street food outlet, provided by Big Feed Street Food, an onsite Nursery operated by Lullaby Lane and three Padel Tennis Courts operated by Game4Padel. Coaching facilities include Toptracer technology in every bay of the Driving Range, as well as Trackman in our Golf It! simulator