Senior Nursery Worker

London (with some travel to all our client’s sites)

The Organisation

Our client manages green spaces across London.

They are now looking for a Senior Nursery Worker to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working Thursday to Monday.

The Benefits

- Salary of £29,849 per annum, depending on experience

- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service

- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)

- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan

- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders

- Learning and development opportunities

- Cycle to work scheme

- Workplace in a beautiful location

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and qualified horticulture professional with extensive production experience to join our client’s renowned organisation.

What’s more, with plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development, you’ll be able to develop your skill set and lead a great work/life balance whilst making a real impact on the horticultural quality of green spaces in the heart of London.

So, if you’re ready to take on a rewarding role, grow your horticultural career and make a real difference in preserving the beauty of London’s iconic sites, our client would love to hear from you!

The Role

As a Senior Nursery Worker, you will support the management and operational delivery of plant production and volunteering at our client’s nursery.

With a growing area, you will help produce a variety of plants, ensuring the successful cultivation, health and distribution of seasonal bedding plants across our client’s sites.

You will lead weekend duties, supporting pest control, delivering on weekend volunteering and other public engagement, conducting crop inspections and overseeing watering tasks. Additionally, you will assist in monitoring the health and growth of plants, providing technical advice where needed.

Your role will also involve:

- Managing and mentoring apprentices

- Maintaining seed and cutting stock and reporting any issues

- Supporting crop spraying and specialist plant growing techniques

- Assisting in propagating plants, including sowing, potting and taking cuttings

- Participating in the despatch of stock to sites, ensuring safe working at all times.

About You

To be considered as a Senior Nursery Worker, you will need:

- Extensive production horticulture experience

- An understanding of propagation

- The ability to identify pests and diseases and knowledge of control methods

- PA1 and PA6 qualifications

- To be first aid trained

Other organisations may call this role Senior Horticultural Worker, Senior Plant Nursery Worker, Senior Horticulturalist, Senior Gardener, or Senior Horticultural Technician.

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Our client is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. They value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. They believe that the more inclusive they are, the better their work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Senior Nursery Worker, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.