Assistant Grounds & Greenkeeper

Job Opportunities within Sports Grounds Team at Epping Forest

City of London Corporation – Environment Department

Chingford Golf Course & Wanstead Flats Playing Fields

 

Required: Assistant Grounds and Green Keeper

Are you passionate about outdoor work and take pride in maintaining sports facilities for visitors to enjoy? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Grounds and Greens Keeper to join our Sports Team within Epping Forest.

Working across Chingford Golf Course and Wanstead Flats Playing Fields, you'll help maintain one of London's busiest public golf courses and a large portfolio of football pitches at the 2^nd largest concentration of football pitches in Europe, ensuring they remain safe, presentable and ready for play throughout the year.

About the Role

As part of a dedicated grounds team, you will carry out a wide range of sports turf maintenance and greenkeeping duties, including:

• Maintaining golf course greens, tees, fairways, bunkers and football pitches to a high standard.
• Operating and maintaining a variety of specialist grounds maintenance machinery and equipment.
• Marking out football pitches and preparing sports facilities for matches and training.
• Carrying out daily inspections, repairs and routine maintenance to playing surfaces.
• Maintaining buildings, changing facilities and compounds to ensure they are clean, safe and welcoming.
• Supporting the delivery of sporting events and providing excellent customer service to visitors and sports clubs.

This is a hands-on role requiring outdoor work throughout the year in all weather conditions.

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience in sports turf maintenance, greenkeeping or grounds maintenance.
• Holds an NVQ Level 2 in Sports Turf Maintenance (or equivalent).
• Holds, or is willing to obtain, relevant NPTC/LANTRA qualifications, including tractor operation, brush cutter/strimmer and hedge trimmer certificates.
• Holds, or who is willing to obtain PA1, PA2 and PA6 pesticide certificates (or equivalent).
• Has experience operating and maintaining grounds maintenance machinery.
• Holds a full UK driving licence.
• Has good communication skills, basic IT knowledge and enjoys working as part of a team.
• Takes pride in their work, maintains high standards and provides excellent customer service.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work across two unique and historic sports facilities.
• A varied role with no two days the same.
• Training and development opportunities.
• A supportive team environment.
• Weekend working on a rota (minimum one weekend in four), with appropriate unsocial hours salary recognition.

If you enjoy working outdoors, have a passion for sports turf and want to make a real difference to the quality of facilities enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year, we'd love to hear from you.

 

To Apply: Click the 'Apply now' button below to complete an online application

Closing Date: 14th October 2026