Grounds Person

Organisation: Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Salary: Depending on skills and experience
Location: Lancing
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 17 September 2025
Job Description: Role: Grounds Person
Salary: Dependent on qualifications
Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, Lancing
Contract Type: Permanent
Deadline Day: 17th September 2025

About Brighton & Hove Albion FC
We compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage while embracing our Sussex community spirit. At the heart of everything we do is our commitment to high performance, professional excellence, and making a positive impact.

Where elite performance begins from the ground up
Join our dedicated team responsible for ensuring our elite training pitches are maintained to the highest standards, ready for our players to perform at their best.

In this hands-on role, you will carry out essential maintenance across the training ground pitches and surrounding facilities, always upholding the highest Health and Safety standards. This isn’t your typical 9–5 job, it’s a year-round commitment where you will experience all seasons, hot and cold! You will work hard, but the great thing about football is that you’ll see the results.

To find out more about this role, click here to read the job description

About you
You don’t need formal qualifications to thrive in this role, we’re committed to supporting your development. You’ll have the opportunity to attend relevant training courses, including tractor driving, spraying, and operating ride-on mowers. Ideally, you’ll bring some experience in grounds maintenance within an elite sports environment, but what matters most is your enthusiasm, reliability, and willingness to learn. If you take pride in your work and enjoy being outdoors in all seasons, we’d love to hear from you.

Our values are essential to our success
Our values serve as guiding principles for how we connect with one another, our fans, partners and sponsors. As a club, we embody these values in everything we do:

🔵 Treat People Well
⚪ Exceed Expectations
🔵 Aim High. Never Give Up
⚪ Act with Integrity
🔵 Make it Special

How we say thank you
In appreciation for your hard work and dedication, we are pleased to offer you a range of additional benefits, including but not limited to:

🥗 Complimentary breakfast and lunch at both sites
🏝️23 days holiday rising with length of service (pro rata for part time staff)
⚡Rewards platform, which includes access to 900+ retailers, a wellbeing centre and more!
👶 Enhanced family policies
🏋️‍♀️Access to a gym and padel court at our training ground
🎫 Priority access to match tickets and access to free WSL tickets for 2025/26 season
🎓 In-house training programme and CPD opportunities
💰 Exclusive discounts and benefits from our partners and local businesses

Our commitment to EDI
We take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Our core values foster a strong ethical culture, enabling us to meet the needs of our diverse audience, both on and off the pitch. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact teamtalent@brightonandhovealbion.com

Safeguarding is part of everything we do
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is UK-based and requires proof of the right to live and work in the UK. All job offers are conditional upon background checks, including a full 3-year reference history, DBS checks, and verification of your eligibility to work. Please note, we do not sponsor applicants without the right to work in the UK.
How to apply: To apply for this role, please follow the link to our careers page to make an application: https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/pages/en/careers