Seasonal Gardener & Propagation Assistant
- Employer
- Chelsea Physic Garden
- Location
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £21,929 FTE (Full Time Equivalent)
- Closing date
- 13 Mar 2020
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- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs, Grower Jobs
- Sector
- Charity & Voluntary, Groundskeeping & Maintenance, Growing
Seasonal Gardener/Propagation Assistant
Our Seasonal Gardener helps the horticultural team to ensure the exceptionally high standards of maintenance are consistent across the Garden. We are looking for a Gardener to join our team March to September 2020, inclusive, taking responsibility for the day-to-day up-keep of the turf and hard landscaping of the Garden, as well as any other maintenance as directed. Additionally, this role will involve routine propagation tasks as required by the Propagation Manager, such as seed sowing and pricking out.
The role will be split approximately 80% maintenance, 20% propagation but this will change according to need and season.
The successful candidate will be self-motivated, have excellent attention to detail, able to work independently as well as being organised and efficient. They will have some horticultural experience and be happy to use machinery such as mowers, blowers and shredders. A Level 2 horticultural qualification is desirable or you should be currently studying for this level of qualification.
You would be joining a friendly, knowledgeable and hard-working team and whilst this role isn’t directly responsible for a plant collection, you will gain exposure to a wide range of ethnobotanic, unusual, tropical and rare plants.
This post is a fixed term contract, full-time from March to September 2020 including taking part in a rota of weekend working (normally one weekend in six). The team is made up of 5 gardeners, 2 trainees and up to 30 volunteers.
Salary £21,929 PRO RATA (contract length 7 months)
Annual Leave: 19 days’ holiday including 5 statutory holidays
Closing date: Friday 28th February
Provisional Interview date: Wednesday 11th March
For further details please go to our website to view the full Job Description.
https://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/vacancies
If you would like to be considered for the role, please fully complete the application form and return to the specified address.
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