Horticultural Project Officer

5 months ago

Preston, United Kingdom Lets Grow Preston Full time

**Job title**: Part Time Horticultural Project Officer (Lets Grow Preston)

**Responsible to**: CEO - Line Manager

**Responsible for**: Stakeholders, community groups, volunteers and participants

**BACKGROUND INFORMATION**
- Let’s Grow Preston (LGP) is a community environmental charity that aims to create and support environmental projects and activity across Preston and the wider PR postcode in Lancashire.
- We promote physical, mental and social wellbeing through volunteering, following the principles of social therapy in horticulture.
- We deliver food growing and gardening activities across Preston, promote networking and sharing of expertise, support individual food growers, community gardeners, friends of open spaces and allotmenteers.
- LGP has 3 sites in Preston; Ashton Walled Garden, Grange Community Garden and The Hub on Grange Park.
- We are a charitable incorporated organisation, charity number is 1159007.

**PURPOSE OF A HORTICULTURAL PROJECT OFFICER**
- The role is centred with the volunteers and participants in promoting physical, mental and social well being, the activities you deliver will also maintain, improve and develop the sites.
- The balance between activities for the volunteers and maintenance of the garden means that the role is both demanding and extremely rewarding. A typical day might include delegating tasks, teaching and encouraging volunteers, weeding, potting on and planting out and keeping the workspace tidy while selling plants to the general public who are regular visitors to the gardens.
- Safeguarding is paramount to ensure the safety of all visitors to the garden and you will frequently be expected to supervise volunteers whilst also dealing with the general public.
- This is a post requiring significant horticultural experience and excellent record keeping. Typical examples of record keeping would be seeds sown, labelling correctly, being aware and proactive of stock levels and writing up assessments and evaluations for funders and stakeholders.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**

1. To provide an effective welcome point of contact for everyone who wants to take part in Let’s Grow Preston activities.

3. Work with and support the Staff Team.

4. To co-design and lead volunteer activities and training courses to the standard LGP requires, based around food growing ,gardening and horticulture.

5. To provide advice to community gardening and food growing groups.

6. To promote the work of Let’s Grow Preston

7. Supporting and evaluating the work of Lets Grow Preston against project indicators, reviewing activity and making recommendations for revised activity.

8. To comply with, develop and implement robust health and safety procedures and working practices including keeping of relevant records.

9. Supporting the Staff Team to keep accurate records of equipment provided, activities undertaken, location of activities and number of participants.

10. To keep an accurate record of volunteers and groups involved including contact details, volunteer time and any specific needs required. Also keep an accurate record of time spent and monitor project performance.

11. To help keep the Let’s Grow Preston sites clean and tidy including the office spaces and other buildings. The work will include spraying invasive weeds.

12. To work with all staff, as a team, on the schedule of activities programme and growing schedule, ordering stock and materials appropriate to these activities and ensuring that the charitable aims and core values of the charity are embedded within the activities, training, development and use of materials.

13. Develop income streams in and around sale of plants, training, workshops and any other streams that fit within our charitable aims and core values.

14. To observe, uphold and contribute towards our policies, procedures and written plans so that the team of staff are all aware of activities and plans.

15. To recognise, follow and uphold our core values and charitable aims to such an extent that all of activities reflect the aims and values.

16. Attend and participate in staff meetings, training and relevant personal development.

17. Any other duties commensurate with the post

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

This section details the experience, skills, knowledge and personal qualities required for the post.

**Essential**
- 1 years’ experience in either managing, volunteering and/or coordinating community food growing projects, that have involved partnership working, particularly with Local Authorities and community empowerment activities
- Experienced in working with a diverse range of audiences and a good knowledge of issues affecting communities in Preston
- Experience of providing advice to community groups on a range of environmental projects, specifically food growing, general gardening, wildflower meadow creation, woodland management, invasive weed control.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience delivering horticultural training, including training

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