Grounds Maintenance Team Leader

Sanctuary provide in-house repairs and maintenance services for an extensive portfolio of properties across Sanctuary organisations. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to achieve outstanding results for our customers based on our values - working in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing a first-class customer service.

Grounds Maintenance Team Leader

Lancing

£29,362 - £30,908 per year

40 hours per week – Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Grounds Maintenance Team Leader to join our team. This is a hands-on role where you will lead a team of Operatives in delivering high-quality grounds maintenance services across a range of sites in Sussex, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and to an excellent standard.

As a Team Leader, you will play a key role in motivating staff, maintaining client satisfaction, and ensuring all work is completed in line with company standards and health and safety requirements.

The role of Grounds Maintenance Team Leader will include:

• Leading and supervising a grounds maintenance team on a daily basis

• Allocating work and monitoring performance to ensure tasks are completed efficiently and to a high standard.

• Carrying out a variety of grounds maintenance duties including: grass cutting and lawn care, hedge trimming and pruning, weed control, planting and landscaping activities and leaf clearance along with seasonal maintenance
• Conducting site inspections and quality checks
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety policies and procedures
• Carrying out basic maintenance checks on vehicles, machinery, and equipment
• Communicating effectively with clients, residents, and management teams
• Completing relevant paperwork, job records, and timesheets accurately
• Carrying out all hazardous tasks such as spraying, in accordance with supplier guidelines and in a safe manner, ensuring relevant records are maintained to comply with health and safety and legal requirements

Skills and experiences:

• Literacy and numeracy equivalent to grade C GCSE English and Maths
• NVQ3 or equivalent in Horticulture or similar discipline
• Pesticide Application Certificate PA1 – PA6 (or equivalent)
• Some experience in supervising others
• Recent experience of undertaking a similar role
• Some practical experience of operating machinery
• Ability to use and update computerised systems (including PDA) for work scheduling
• This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence

About us

We provide in-house repairs and maintenance for a wide range of properties, as part of a not-for-profit organisation. We foster a diverse and inclusive culture. Our customers are at the heart of all we do, and colleagues help make a real difference to people’s lives.

Our Benefits

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• £29,362  per annum (rising to £30,908 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

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Closing Date: 1 September 2026

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – View email address on jobs.sanctuary-group.co.uk

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Maintenance Contractors Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.