The role is to assist in the care and daily maintenance of grass courts, clay courts, hard courts, covered courts, other grass areas and car parks across all venues to support the delivery of The Championships and other events.

What you will be doing

• Assisting in the care and daily maintenance of grass courts to include applying nutrition (granular and liquid), mowing, marking out, operating pedestrian and tractor mounted machinery, Spring and Autumn grass court renovations across all venues.
• Identifying and controlling of weeds, pests, diseases and disorders.
• Assisting in the care and daily maintenance of clay courts, hard courts, covered courts, croquet lawns, ornamental, other grass areas and car parks across all venues.
• Ensuring grounds, paths and areas surrounding courts are tidy and weed free.
• Assisting in the care and maintenance of all equipment, tools and benches.
• Setting up courts for play to include – erecting permanent and temporary netting, operating grass court covers, maintaining cups and water on courts, maintaining and moving benches.
• Driving buggies and other required machinery according to site rules.
• Maintaining health, safety and security in the workplace and complying with company procedures and guidelines.
• Taking personal responsibility to be in clean and presentable AELTC uniform during working hours.
• On a day-to-day basis offering flexibility to work across the Horticultural Services Department and Groundstaff Department as required across all venues.
• Any other duties within the department deemed necessary by the Lead Groundsperson.

What part your role will play in The Championships

• The Groundstaff Department delivers year-round maintenance and state of the art preparation for The Championships which sees around 3,500 hours of use during The Championships.
• During The Championships period your role will help to support the AELTC’s goal of delivering the world’s premier tennis tournament and to support one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs.
• Your role will help to provide support across all venues to include The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited (Wimbledon), The All England Lawn Tennis Club Community Tennis Centre (Raynes Park), The Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Centre (Roehampton) and surrounding areas.

About you

• Strong turf knowledge and qualifications to include level 2, or equivalent, in sports turf and PA1 and PA6A.

• Proven knowledge and practical experience gained in a professional environment with grass tennis courts and other tennis court surfaces to competition standard.

• Current full driving licence (Category B).  It is a condition of employment the successful applicant holds, and continues to hold, a current full driving licence and be able to demonstrate the ability to safely operate vehicles including, for example, tractors, ride on machinery, buggies and company vehicles (list not exhaustive) to the required standard and in accordance with our site rules.

• Recognise all events and matches are important to the image and the operation of the AELTC.

• Flexibility to include weekends, evenings and a different pattern of hours to cover events across all venues with the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to ensure effective communication and collaboration combined with excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build good working relationships within the team and other departments and venues.

• Organised, efficient, professional, reliable, strong attention to detail and able to meet deadlines with a positive and flexible approach.

• Year-round the role is based on 40 hours per week with a requirement to work in accordance with a rota and shift pattern to cover the day-to-day requirements of the role including additional hours, days, weekends and evenings.

• To support the delivery of all events across all venues there is a requirement to work in accordance with a different rota and shift pattern to cover the additional requirements of the role including extended hours, days, weekends and evenings.

About us

• The Groundstaff Department works across our venues.
• The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited (AELTC) is a 42-acre site based in Wimbledon.  It organises and stages The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, widely regarded as the world’s premier tennis tournament and are home to one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs.
• Our business has grown in recent years and we expect that success to continue. We have plans to further improve our facilities and invest in our people in future years. Our success is important to us and we are guided by our key values of Heritage, Integrity, Respect and Excellence.
• The Groundstaff Department’s role is to maintain grass, clay, hard and covered courts and the croquet lawns for year-round use by Members and guests and to fully prepare the courts for The Championships using the latest technology combined with extensive experience and skills.
• This supports the AELTC’s goal of delivering the world’s premier tennis tournament and to support one of the world’s most prestigious tennis clubs.
• The Groundstaff Department delivers year-round maintenance and state of the art preparation for The Championships which sees around 3,500 hours of use during The Championships.