Example Job Description - Manager
Golf Course Manager Job Specification:
The person managing a team of greenkeepers should be qualified to fulfill the range of duties of a supervisor plus the day-to-day management of the greenkeeping team. This could include:
- Managing meetings
- Communicating to staff, colleagues, other managers, golfers and the general public (Oral and Written)
- Briefing Teams, other managers and golfers
- Managing Budgets and Finance
- Training staff
- Assessing staff
- Appraising staff
- Determining golf course development policies
- Managing physical resources
- In addition, Managers could be competent to:
- Design basic golf course features and specify materials
- Evaluate golf courses
- Develop golf courses
- Develop, negotiate and agree proposals
- Commission projects
- Promote the values and characteristics of the golf club
- Develop teams of greenkeepers to enhance performance
- Allocate work to teams and individuals
- Evaluate performance of teams and individuals
- Develop trust with managers and subordinates
- Make presentations to staff, managers, customers and public
- Communicate with the media and general public
- Make decisions and recommendations in accordance with Employment Law, Health and Safety Act, and Accountancy Law
- Appendix 1 to Annex A to Training and Development Manual
The following is an example job description for an estate manager.
It is not a current vacancy.
Example of GOLF COURSE MANAGER JOB DESCRIPTION
Golf Club Name: Sunnygreen Golf Club
Title: Golf Course Manager
Reports to: General Manager
Based at: Sunnygreen Golf Club, Rolling Hills, Hampshire, RH56 7YT
Job purpose:
To manage the golf course and the greenkeeping team, as directed by the General Manager, in accordance with the Club’s Golf Course Maintenance Policy, its Health and Safety Policy and the Greenkeepers Code of Conduct.
- Appraise, train and assess greenkeeping staff
- Manage budgets, finance and resources
- Manage golf course policy
- Manage environmental policy
- Design golf course features
- Evaluate golf courses
- Negotiate and commission projects
- Communicate with staff, golfers, other managers, the media and the general public