Community Gardener

Sja's West; London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Community Gardener in the heart of London, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing community wellbeing through gardening. This part-time position offers the chance to develop and deliver engaging volunteer activities in a serene Cloister Garden, while ensuring its upkeep and reflecting its medicinal heritage. You'll be supported by a passionate team committed to making a difference and providing a nurturing environment for both personal and professional growth. If you are enthusiastic about horticulture and community engagement, this role is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause.

Benefits

Generous pension

33 days holiday pro rata

Blue Light and NHS discounts

Life assurance

Eye care

Mental health and wellbeing tools

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and delivering horticulture volunteer activities.
• Ability to work independently with good initiative.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the garden and manage inventory of equipment and resources.
• Develop and deliver seasonal training and activities with volunteers.

Skills

Horticulture experience

Community engagement

Independent working

Job description

The Community Gardener will play a vital role in the delivery of our Audience Development Strategy, developing and delivering training and volunteer activities in the small, medicinal Cloister Garden and recently reclaimed green area behind the Priory Church. With support and guidance from the Learning and Engagement Manager, you will work to maximise the health and wellbeing benefits for our local community and provide opportunities to learn new skills whilst ensuring that the garden is well maintained. This is a part-time permanent position for 3 days per week.

Do you want to make a difference and be part of an organisation that has been helping save lives for more than a century? Excellent opportunity to work in a walled oasis in the heart of London as part of the St John Ambulance’s Heritage team based at the Museum of the Order of St John.

The Community Gardener will play a vital role in the delivery of our Audience Development Strategy, developing and delivering training and volunteer activities in the small, medicinal Cloister Garden and recently reclaimed green area behind the Priory Church. With support and guidance from the Learning and Engagement Manager, you will work to maximise the health and wellbeing benefits for our local community and provide opportunities to learn new skills whilst ensuring that the garden is well maintained. This is a part-time permanent position for 3 days per week.

The role benefits from a competitive salary, generous pension, 33 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays), options to buy and sell holiday, Blue Light and NHS discounts, life assurance, eye care and mental health and wellbeing tools. It will also provide opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About you:

• Experience of developing and delivering a variety of horticulture/ gardening volunteer activities
• Experience of community consultation, engagement and partnership working
• Ability to work independently, exercising good initiative and judgement

About the Role:

• Ensures that the garden is well maintained, keeping an up-to-date inventory of equipment and resources, ordering seeds, plants, compost and equipment as required.
• In collaboration with volunteers, develops, promotes and delivers seasonal training and activities.
• Researches and develops planting schemes and interpretation, ensuring that the Garden reflects the Order’s medicinal heritage.
• Attend regular meetings with the wider Heritage team and provide progress reports.

About Us:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 30,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

Find out more about us, including our new Ask Me campaign, at www.sja.org.uk

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive. We do nottolerate any form ofdiscriminationandengendera sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equity, diversity and inclusion.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies:We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.