WHALE Arts is looking to recruit a gardener to coordinate their Community Garden Project.
The post is fixed term until the end of March 2021 and part-time working 14 hours per week with a salary of £20,500 pro-rata.
Key Responsibilities and duties
Garden maintenance
- Ensure the maintenance of the garden grounds at WHALE Arts, working alongside the Enterprise and Facilities Manager, staff and volunteers
- Help develop and implement a Garden Maintenance Plan liaising as appropriate with the Enterprise and Facilities Manager, gardening groups and volunteers
- Assist with the development and management of the organisation’s food waste and composting system
- Manage and maintain garden resources and equipment at WHALE Arts, ensuring these are correctly stored
- Contribute to the maintenance and planning of green spaces developed outwith our venue with other local partners.
Garden Volunteer Coordination
- Sustain positive relationships with all staff, volunteers, participants, partners and others
- Share skills and knowledge related to organic horticultural production with volunteers including sowing seeds, setting out plants, planting out, lawn mowing, soil preparation and pruning
- Provide regular updates and attend regular meetings with the Enterprise and Facilities Manager relating to ongoing gardening maintenance and activities
- Propagate, grow and harvest vegetables, fruit and herbs from WHALE Arts garden with the support of volunteers
- Participate in feedback gathering as well as evaluative processes of the horticultural and environmental activities by facilitating regular gardening meetings
Other
- Communicate and update the WHALE Arts team on garden development and activities
- Ensure and implement a safe working environment within the Garden, in line with health and safety legislation and highlight any concerns to management
- Update knowledge and skills relevant to the job by attending relevant training, workshops, conferences or similar
- Other reasonable duties as required
You can apply in writing or by email, enclosing/attaching:
- An up to date CV detailing relevant education and employment experience. No longer than two pages.
- A covering letter demonstrating how your skills meet the Essential and Desirable Skills criteria of the job description. No longer than two pages.
- Details of two referees, including your most recent employer
If you have any questions about the role please contact Laura Delahunt, Enterprise and Facilities Manager, by emailing recruitment@whalearts.co.uk or call: 0131 4583267. You can apply to:
Laura Delahunt
Enterprise and Facilities Manager
WHALE Arts Centre,
30 Westburn Grove,
Edinburgh
EH14 2SA
0131 458 3267
recruitment@whalearts.co.uk
Applications are open until Wednesday 9.00am, 10 June 2020. You can read the full person specification on WHALE Arts’ website here.
