Job Description

Job details

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Job reference
REQ6193
Date posted
11/09/2025
Application closing date
25/09/2025
Location
Humberstone Heights Golf Course
Salary
26,403 - 28,142 Per Year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): 38,374
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
City Services
Attachments
Job Specification .pdf

Golf Course Greenkeeper

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Job description
Full-time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed term for 6 months



Play a key role in ensuring our public golf course is safe for all users to access and enjoy.



Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, gardens, country parks, nature areas,150,000 individual trees and 107 hectares of woodlands, canal, and riverside, 150 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways, and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares. It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents' quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 9m visitors per annum.



Join our small team of specialist Greenkeepers to work under the guidance of the Local Area Manager, and keep our golf course clean, attractive and for visitors. You'll have the opportunity to work in our friendly and supportive team. You'll be provided with the appropriate uniform and equipment to carry out your duties effectively and safely.



This is a full-time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday 07.30am - 15.30pm (for six months due to backfilling secondment). You'll be required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota system. You'll be based at Humberstone Heights Golf Course.



We will consider this vacancy on a secondment basis for Leicester City Council employees. If you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis then please make your line manager aware before applying.

What you'll be doing

You'll operate and maintain hand and mechanical specialist equipment as well as prepare and apply chemicals such as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides etc. By maintaining horticultural features as well as hard landscape features including buildings, you'll be ensuring our green infrastructure are free of barriers to access and safe to use. You'll provide advice and support to customers using our facilities, ensuring a high quality service is provided at all times.

What you'll need

You'll have substantial previous experience ideally in greenkeeping or groundsmanship. With experience of using specialist equipment, you'll have experience in applying pesticides. You'll have a good understanding of COSHH regulations and knowledge of health & safety issues (including HAWSA) relating to the area of work. Physically fit, you'll be able to carry out manual handling and lifting heavy equipment and materials.



A full driving licence is essential as you'll be required to carry out driving duties.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.



For an informal discussion, or further information regarding this job please contact Mark Humphrey by email to mark.humphrey@leicester.gov.uk or call 0116 454 3774.



Assessment/Interviews will take on Monday 6th October 2025.