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Community Outreach Advisor

Employer
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Location
Woking, Surrey
Salary
£26,000pa
Closing date
11 Sep 2019

Job Details

Community Outreach Advisor

1 post

RHS Garden Wisley and South East

Based at Wisley, Woking, Surrey

£26,000 per annum

Join our Communities team …

Your horticulture and community outreach skills will enable us to tangibly increase our impact and profile in communities local to RHS Garden Wisley. You will be passionate about the role that plants and gardening can have in improving people’s lives, and have the creativity and determination to work as part of small team to build relationships with key local partners to deliver these benefits. With a track record delivering horticultural training, workshops and skills, you will also have an understanding of community development and consultation.

The RHS has been the force behind gardening for more than 200 years.  Our charitable work is diverse and includes connecting millions of children, young people, adults and families with nature through our campaigns Greening Great Britain and Campaign for School Gardening; supporting RHS Britain in Bloom, Europe’s largest community gardening campaign, and conducting pioneering horticultural scientific research. We believe everyone in every city, town and village, should benefit from growing plants to enhance lives, build stronger, healthier, happier communities and create better places to live. 

Full time permanent contract, 37.5 hours per week

Our Community Outreach Team is recruiting for a post based at RHS Wisley working as part of a team of three with the Senior Community Outreach Advisor and Community Outreach Manager South and East. This role is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and will help deliver and shape a program focusing on increasing the impact of the RHS to benefit local people; inspiring people to grow, connecting groups and helping them to discover Wisley, empowering them through horticulture skills and celebrating achievements together. Working with a broad network of education providers, community groups and partners, the role will facilitate access to Wisley and participation in RHS community growing, Wisley events and education programmes. To achieve maximum impact, the role will help us build strong relationships with external partners and internal teams across the RHS as well as assisting with budget monitoring and project reporting to help highlight our positive impact.

If you are a passionate about community engagement through growing, a professional horticulturalist with experience inspiring audiences new to gardening and the next generation of gardeners, then this is the role for you.

Experience of working with community organisations, volunteers, young people, children, families and schools is essential. With excellent communication and reflective skills and the ability to work collaboratively and in partnership with stakeholder organisations you should have experience of training and a qualification in practical horticulture (minimum of Level 2).

For more information on this post and to apply, please visit our website via the link.

Closing date: Wednesday 11th September 2019.

Interviews will be held at RHS Garden Wisley on Friday 20th and Monday 23rd September 2019.

Company

The Royal Horticultural Society is the world’s premier gardening charity, dedicated to promoting the love of gardening and excellence in horticulture. As a charity, the RHS reaches a wide range of audiences by providing information, advice, ideas and inspiration; at our shows and gardens, in our publications and online, and through our work in the community

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0207 821 3197

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