Weekend Greenkeeper - Seasonal

The Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club is set in peaceful Warwickshire countryside and is well placed for access to Birmingham, Coventry, and other major centres. Birmingham Airport, the National Exhibition Centre and motorway links to the M6 and M42 are all within a few miles of the hotel.

We are currently recruiting for a Weekend Greenkeeper to join our Truly Talented team.

What we offer

• Part-Time, Fixed Term contract
• Friday to Monday, 4 hours per day

Benefits

• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Stream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at 500 per successful hire;
• Free meals while on shift;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

Essential Functions
• Maintain greens, fairways, bunkers and rough to ensure course meets standards.
• To perform routine set up to ensure the golf course is prepared for golfers.
• Switch and brush greens, apply top dressing and fertiliser, identify/control pests and diseases, and renovate worn and damaged turf.
• Perform general maintenance to all course areas, to a set standard.
• To undertake project work on designated areas for improvement of the course.
• Maintain good standards of health and safety for self and others.
• To comply with all statutory requirements and other instructions regarding the safe storage and use of chemicals, materials machinery and equipment.
• To operate machinery and carry out pre-start checks.
• To carry out all other duties as may be required to ensure the hotel operation is properly maintained to provide total guest satisfaction.

Competencies
• Pro-active and reliable, ability to start early shifts
• Must be able to work in all weather conditions
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Weekend availability
• High attention to detail
• Innovative

Preferred Education and Experience
• Greenkeeping qualification, PA1, PA2, PA6, Chainsaw (preferred but not essential)
• Greenkeeping experience preferred, but training will be given
• Driving licence
• A practical mindset with a hands-on approach to hard work and pride in presenting the best facility possible

Other Duties
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice, at the reasonable request of management.

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club.

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.

Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.