ACS International Schools are recruiting a Grounds Operative to work at ACS International School Egham. The Grounds Operative will work as a part of a team to ensure that the school grounds and gardens are maintained to a high standard. Situated on 20 acres of glorious English countryside adjoining the Royal Savill Garden, and only 25 miles from central London, ACS Egham is an IB World School of more than 500 students (ages 4 to 18), and 160 expert faculty and staff from over 50 countries. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Undertaking routine grounds maintenance work of playing surfaces and landscapes as detailed in work schedules, job tickets or as directed by manager. Undertaking all preparatory and cultivation work to maintain safe quality playing surfaces. Setting up sports pitches or amenity surfaces. Maintaining the surrounding areas and carry out general duties. Undertaking minor repair and landscaping work. Ensure irrigation and drainage systems are maintained. The safe operation of equipment and machinery used in grounds maintenance such as hedge cutters, strimmer’s and ride-on mowers. Inform the manager or where appropriate, take corrective action on mechanical defects or breakdown of equipment. Executing duties in the correct manner and completing the assigned workload. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with managers, colleagues, and end users. Ensuring the work area is kept clean, tidy, and secure at all times. Assisting in the upkeep of hedgerows and specimen trees. Attending meetings, seminars and courses as required by the Head Groundsman. To participate with other team members and the Grounds Manager to provide ideas and plans for future visual enhancements. To undertake all appropriate Risk Assessments associated with their tasks. To be responsible for ensuring that all tasks are undertaken in a safe manner and comply with the ACS Health and Safety guidelines. To ensure all work is carried out in a cost effective and competent manner to the required standard. To effectively communication with all internal and external customers to ensure that tasks cause minimal disruption to the normal activities of the school. To carry out visual inspection only of power machinery and portable equipment prior to use. Faults should be reported immediately to the Grounds Supervisor. To ensure that adequate provision of warning notices is provided when carrying out cutting/spraying operations. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Trade qualified person trained to City & Guilds levels or equivalent. Basic knowledge of various ground maintenance procedures required. Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work autonomously. Good customer service skills in dealing with a wide range of individuals at varying levels. Be a good communicator. This is a full time, permanent, all year round role working Monday to Friday from 7am- 3pm. ACS is committed to inclusion across race, gender, faith, identity, and abilities. We believe that diversity helps us to fulfil our purpose, realise our vision and exemplify our values. ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, as an employee of ACS, you are expected to share this commitment. This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
About the role: As we continue to grow at great speed, we need an energetic Junior Designer to join the team. Bursting with ideas and a hunger to learn on the job. This role sits within a multidisciplinary team, covering a range of work from social content to IRL activations. The perfect candidate will be hardworking and willing to roll their sleeves up and do whatever is needed to deliver for our clients – this can involve long hours when deadlines are due. Reporting to the Senior Designer, you will be responsible for delivering assets to engage and delight our clients’ followers. You’ll need to be motivated & positive; a can-do mentality is a must. We have a flat structure and believe no idea is a bad idea so there is lots of room to make your mark when it comes to design, ideation, process and structure. So if you’re hungry to make a positive mark, come on in. Key Responsibilities: Creative ideation and rollout of brand assets across digital and social platforms. A high attention to detail with an eye for typography and layout. Actioning feedback and amends to a high standard. Positive attitude with a desire to learn new skills, inquisitive mind for new tools. Maintaining client brand assets and filing system. Staying up-to-date with visual trends. Shaping our of brand through a variety of touch points like internal comms and social content. Chip in to all levels of the process, whether it be artworking, making amends, coming up with new concepts for a campaign or art direction ideas. Nothing is too big or small when the job needs to be done! You’ll work within the design team with the opportunity to learn from a diverse, multi-disciplinary team. What do I need to have to deliver this role: 1-2 years design experience Working knowledge of the Adobe suite (bonus if you have motion or video editing experience). A portfolio filled with ideas, experiments and some brand work. We want to see your personality not just a client list! Organisational mind for tackling versioning and owning it. Solid knowledge of social media platforms and what content works and why. Adept at taking briefs and working on your own initiative, having the confidence to ask questions, turning to your peers for support and guidance where needed Ability to work under pressure and deliver on time. A hard worker who’s not afraid to pull your sleeves up and get on with it. We’re a client service business and from time-to-time we have to work late to meet deadlines. Ambitious, growth mindset, hungry to succeed, with a passion for best-in-class creativity and perfection in delivery. An excellent communicator able to work with people at all levels from different functions. Have your own voice, we want to hear it. A superb sense of humour Key attributes and responsibilities: Craft, create and design across social media content plans, social media creative assets, presentation decks and creative campaigns Work with other Mid-Weight Designers and Senior Designers to support on social media design craft and capability, ensuring deliverables are of the highest quality Help to define creative concepts and establish design assets that are feasible and innovative in the social media space Excellent knowledge of social media and digital design as a discipline and a practice - from a standalone asset for social to a multi-social platform campaign, under the guidance of a more senior member of the design team Passion for innovation (particularly in the design for sport) and pushing the boundaries of client design work Excellent attention to detail when creating social media design assets Work with the strategy, digital and social media teams to deliver the requirements of each brief against the deadline A team player, who has a proactive, positive can-do approach with a willingness to work hard and learn new skills Self-sufficient and able to work independently in a fast-paced social media environment when required Great communication skills, from giving/receiving feedback and wider team communications. The role is for you, if: A graduate with a design degree