About the role
Here at Liverpool Football Club, we are recruiting for an Assistant Manager to join our Grounds Team. Based out of our Melwood Training Ground, you will help provide the best possible pitch standards for football. You will have direct reports of apprentices and casual colleagues and be responsible for mentoring and supervising members of the grounds team, deputising in the absence of Grounds Manager.
What will you be doing?
- Carry out daily pitch maintenance duties including mowing, aerating, line marking, divoting, chemical foliar spraying, and fertilising.
- Ensure that all daily maintenance work is recorded accurately and logged in accordance with Company procedures.
- Be proactive in pitch maintenance programmes and looking for solutions to issues, support and advise colleagues around grass health.
- Operate irrigation systems, set up irrigation programmes to match requirements. Carry out maintenance, report issues, oversee repairs.
- Understand drainage system and undersoil heating systems. Book in servicing and repairs.
- Effectively maintain all synthetic surfaces, following the required maintenance regime, ensuring hygiene and safety standards are always met. Develop maintenance programmes for these areas.
- Support in the completion of all end of season pitch renovation works across all pitches within the necessary timeframes, to ensure that all playing surfaces are to the required standards ahead of the new season starting, oversee staff and contractors working on the pitches. Manage colleagues and contractors and liaise with coaches and other departments when needed.
- Ensure that all Club equipment is maintained and cleaned to the highest standard, escalating any equipment issues/damage to the management team where necessary. Book in servicing and repairs of faulty equipment.
- Ensure all work areas and equipment storage areas are properly cleaned, are always accessible, and comply with all Company Health & Safety guidelines.
- Safely use all chemical and fertiliser products as required, in line with Club procedure and all relevant Health & Safety law.
- Order materials necessary for the routine operation of the Grounds team
- Ensure that all Health & Safety responsibilities are adhered to, including goal post safety checks, proper use of all PPE, adherence to manual handling guidelines and attending regular refresher courses on all aspects of Health & Safety and industry best practice. Order required PPE.
- Safely operate a range of horticultural equipment and machinery ensuring all is maintained in accordance with routine operating requirements.
- Understand Risk and Method Statements and work to these and write them.
- Write reports relevant to the department.
- Set up and manage staff rotas.
- Assist Manager with performance reviews.
Who are we looking for?
Essential
- Experience working within a ground’s maintenance role within a sporting environment.
- Completed NVQ level 3 in Sports Turf or equivalent relevant experience.
- Qualified in the safe use of pesticides to levels PA1, PA2 and PA6.
- Understanding in COSHH responsibilities.
- Ability to lead a small team and work in collaboration with other departments.
- Be able to represent the line manager in meetings with contractors or other departments.
- Be able to manage small projects on behalf of the line manager.
Desirable
- 5 years’ experience in working in sports grounds.
- Been trained to safely operate relevant machinery such as hedge trimmers.
- Been trained to maintain artificial surfaces.
- Been trained to maintain reinforced pitches.
- IOSH Managing Safety course.
Why should you apply?
This is a full-time permanent role working 40 hours per week on a 5 from 7 days basis.
To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme. You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.
At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch.
We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.
Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment.
This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
