Sessional Community Gardener

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Groundwork Full time

**Location: Working on projects pan London, office base is in Hackney or Chiswick**
**Contract: Sessional contract**
**Salary: £13.08 per hour basic plus pro rata leave and bank holiday allowance**

**Hours: Variable working hours available** (Some projects will include a requirement to work on weekends and evenings)
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Groundwork London are seeking a passionate and experienced community gardener to work as part of the Community Team. The team aims to empower residents, stakeholders and grassroots groups, including those who may be under-represented in mainstream services, to build their confidence, skill and capabilities to become agents of change.

As a sessional Community Gardener, you will work in a variety of settings, ranging from social housing land, in parks, at nurseries, primary and secondary schools, faith hubs, and meanwhile sites, as well as at partner organisation venues or one-off events. You will be responsible for encouraging all sections of the local community to get involved, supporting participants and residents to develop their own gardening projects and offering support to ensure that they can effectively help to look after open spaces in the longer term. You will relish the challenge of getting people of diverse backgrounds excited about gardening, food growing and getting their fingers dirty.

Groundwork London’s community gardening programme delivers practical horticultural and conservation workshops and training, ranging from food growing, garden maintenance, nature conservation, garden crafts, plot-to-plate cooking and therapeutic well-being sessions. In addition, our Community Gardeners support the delivery of corporate partnership volunteer task days.

Please contact us if this sounds like you and you have:

- Level two RHS qualification or equivalent, plus 2 years experience in community gardening
- Excellent communication skills to inclusively engage individuals and groups of all ages, backgrounds and capabilities in gardening activities.
- Creative workshop design skills, to support cohesion and integration in group settings, for example using creative solutions to integrate participants who speak English as an additional language.
- Use of horticulture expertise to support groups and individuals to build their own skills and confidence to grow their own and make healthy and sustainable choices.
- Ability to work to a project brief, timeline and budget, providing monthly timesheets and occasional reporting.

This role is sessional. Project work is allocated based on the needs of each project. The project needs are matched and allocated to members of the sessional gardening team based on their availability and skill set.

Groundwork London works with communities across the capital to transform their lives and the places they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration in London for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working. We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no one is held back by their background or circumstances.

Download the Job Description, Person Specification, Application Form and Groundwork London Prospectus, via these links:
Application Form

**Job Description**:
Groundwork London Careers Prospectus

**Applications received for this job will be considered throughout the recruitment process. Appointment to the jobs may potentially occur before the closing date.**

**Interview date: Throughout the recruitment process. Interviews to take place at Groundwork London Hackney office, E5 0PD.

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