Assistant Greenkeeper

Pyecombe Golf Club - Assistant Greenkeeper

The Club is seeking to recruit a Qualified Assistant Greenkeeper to join our established, knowledgeable, friendly, enthusiastic and hardworking team.

Required qualifications:

Driving licence. Owing to the Club’s location, public transport is not viable.

Minimum NVQ level 2 in sports turf maintenance.

• A positive, ‘can-do’ attitude
• A strong work ethic
• The ability to work well as part of a team
• Motivation to work in all weather conditions
• An interest in golf

• Full-time contract, based on an average 40 hours per week – with an expectation to undertake overtime as required
• Competitive salary, reviewed annually. We aim to follow BIGGA salary recommendations
• Competitive overtime pay / time off in lieu arrangements
• 28 x days’ annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Continued professional development programme. We aim to map future training and education out over a 5-year rolling period
• BIGGA membership / golf days
• Enrolment onto pension scheme
• Staff golf privileges and ability to obtain an official handicap
• 50% discount on food, when ordered during breaks from work
• Uniform and PPE

Description of role

You will carry out all operations in line with the Club’s course management plan, Health & Safety policies / operational safe systems of work, environmental policies and our employee handbook.

Subject to any training / development that is considered necessary, you will undertake course maintenance tasks set by the Head Greenkeeper / Deputy:

• Cutting greens, green surrounds, fairways, semi-rough
• Undertaking bunker maintenance
• Routine greens maintenance (aeration, top-dressing)
• Bi-annual greens maintenance (verti-draining, hollow-coring, etc)
• Repairing divots
• Pest, disease and weed control
• Equipment checks
• Some construction, tree work and conservation activities
• Maintenance of clubhouse, swing studio and buggy store surrounds
• Maintenance of the car park areas
• Maintenance of tree compounds, storm shelters and the like
• Setting of tee markers
• Cutting holes
• Emptying bins
• Maintaining facilities such as the shoe cleaner and ball washers
• Ensure good housekeeping in all areas of the course and greenkeeping complex

You will communicate effectively with our Head Greenkeeper, Deputy Head Greenkeeper, Assistant Greenkeepers and the wider Pyecombe Team.

You will follow the training program that has been set out and agreed. This will include both ‘on the job’ and off-site training, at college.

Background information:

Our greenkeeping team generally consists of:

• Head Greenkeeper
• Assistant Head Greenkeeper
• Assistant Greenkeeper x 3
• Apprentice Greenkeeper
• Regular volunteers for bunker raking, tee markers etc

• Private members’ Club
• Founded in 1894
• James Braid designed course
• Located just to the north of Brighton, in the South Downs National Park (area of outstanding beauty)
• Highly rated and amongst the best downland courses in the UK
• Approximately 660 members, across all categories
• We offer year-round golf, with the course rarely closing in the winter for inclement weather
• We pride ourselves on maintaining high standards of playability and presentation all year round. This is done hand in hand with managing the course in an environmentally positive and sympathetic way to enhance its true downland character and creating up to 50 Acres of Wildflower Meadows (roughs) throughout

Club awards / achievements:

2013:                    Southern Counties Golf Club of the Year                      

Winners

2014:                    Conservation Greenkeeper of the year

Finalist

2016:                    STRI UK Environmental Golf Club of the Year

National Winners

2023:                    Golf Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Employer of the Year (Plumpton College)

National Winners

2023:                    Employer of the Year (Plumpton College)

National Winners

2023 & 2024:       County Scratch team Knockout

Winners

2024 & 2025:       County Handicap team Knockout

Winners

2025:                    County Gilbert Print team Knockout

Winners

2026:                    Operation Pollinator (creating environments for pollinators to flourish)

National Winner

To apply for this position or for more information, please email a covering letter and C.V. to [email protected] with ‘Assistant Greenkeeper’ in the subject heading. Closing date for applications is 13/03/2026. This might be closed early, if a suitable candidate is found.