Gardener/veggie Grower

Do you love gardening and working with children? Are you self motivated, creative and take pride in making natural aesthetically beautiful spaces?

Kids Love Nature Kindergarten at Lytchett are seeking an enthusiastic Gardener to develop and maintain our wonderful outdoor learning environment which has beautiful 2 acre allotments and garden spaces. We require a knowledgeable and skilled gardener to add the detail in making the space both beautiful to look at and a fabulous sensorial experience for the children at the kindergarten.

This will include; extensive planting to add colour and scents, maintaining a large allotment space, working collaboratively with our Chef to create produce for the childrens home cooked lunches, introducing areas and plants to ensure the garden attracts a wide variety of local birds and insects, the usual garden maintenance and supporting creating new and exciting learning spaces for the children.

You will also be passionate about sharing your knowledge and skills with the children and adults of the kindergarten so they are fully immersed in the experiences you are creating, including a deep understanding of seed to plate growing, cultivating and looking after plants, understanding the important role of living things to support the rich biodiversity in the habitats you create.

You will have a generous budget for development and maintenance of the space.
- **This is a full time position requiring some flexibility in hours to ensure maintenance of the space at the weekend during the hotter months.**_

**Start date**: TBC

**Salary**: £28,044.90

**Hours**: 42.5hrs per week, working 08.00-16.30 Monday-Friday.

**Closing date**:Monday 29th April 2024

**Interviews**: TBC

Visits are encouraged as at interview we will be asking you to share your vision for development of the site.

**SAFER RECRUITMENT NOTICE**:
Kids Love Nature are committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children in our care. All applicants therefore must be willing to undergo effective child protection and safeguarding screening, this will include references from previous employers and an DBS check and then registered with the Update service. We shall also seek compliance with sections 15-25 of the immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (eligibility to work in the United Kingdom of Great Britain).

All our posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions, cautions, repremands and warnings including those regarded as ‘spent’, must be declared.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,044.90 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Free parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

**Experience**:

- Gardening: 1 year (preferred)
- Allotment: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person