Grounds Person / Gardener

Frome College is looking to appoint a grounds person/gardener to maintain our sports pitches and school grounds. The college grounds feature sports pitches as well as areas of lawn, trees, shrubbery and borders with different planting schemes. Working hours are Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm and Fridays 8:30am - 4pm with a 30-minute lunch break. Working as part of a small team, your main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and maintaining sports pitches (rugby and football)
• Operating and maintaining the grounds equipment and machinery
• Providing a garden maintenance service including leaf clearance, weeding, spraying, trimming and tidying of hedges, trees and shrubs, border tidying and planting
• Preparation of the school site for events, e.g. Open Days, Parents Evenings
  
  Be happy to work outdoors in all weather and conditions
• Be reliable, hardworking and self-motivated with a 'can do' approach to ensure the job is completed on time and to a high standard
• Have good organisational skills
• Have a friendly and helpful personality with a smart, presentable appearance
  
  Frome College is a successful, vibrant, and forward thinking 13-19 Upper School with approximately 1300 students. It is a fast-moving College within the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership. We are based on a stunning campus in easy reach of Bath and Bristol. Frome itself is a thriving market town, with a vibrant artistic community with the renowned Frome Festival, monthly Sunday market and many restaurants and 2 theatres, one of which is on campus.