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Over Rankeilour Walled Garden (Cupar, Fife)
Aiming to provide a safe and supportive green space environment, Over Rankeilour Walled Garden has been open to volunteers since June 2022. We run twice weekly volunteer sessions in the 2.5 acre walled garden and are open to all. We receive some informal referrals from NHS organisations and third sector groups and are listed with Fife Voluntary Action and Trellis Scotland.
We are looking for a new volunteer co-ordinator to lead the twice weekly sessions alongside support from the current team. We are ideally looking for someone with experience in therapeutic horticulture and gardening, confident in managing groups of up to 10 volunteers. The role will involve organising and supporting volunteers in the day to day activities of the garden. Alongside flower, fruit and vegetable growing, we are also slowly restoring the 200 year old garden and so continue to create new areas and plan future developments. We organise a number of craft activities in addition and there is plenty of scope within the role to develop individual interests within the garden. We are a small project in its infancy looking to expand and improve upon what we are currently offering, so a new team member has a real opportunity to make their mark on this project.
The position, currently funded by the Fife Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund, is available from October 2024. The current hours are 9.30am - 1.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays year round. There may be the possibility to extend these hours going forward into 2025.
Please send a covering note and CV to info@ourwalledgarden.co.uk
For any questions, please contact Louise Crombie on 07968387498
Closing date for applications 9th September 2024
Lothlorien Therapeutic Community
Lothlorien is a therapeutic community near the village of Corsock. Set in 17 acres of woodlands, gardens and meadows, for over 40 years Lothlorien has demonstrated the value of organic gardening and nature based therapeutic activities to support people recovering from mental illness.
We are now looking for an Outreach Coordinator to develop a pilot project from our quiet rural site in south west Scotland.
This exciting new role is for 15 hours per week and involves both working remotely and being at Lothlorien Community in person as required. Building on the recent scoping study led by Propagate ‘Nature Connection at Lothlorien’, this role will take forward some of the ideas and recommendations from the report.
These include: external activity providers for the community, workshops for residents and the local community in nature and land based topics, developing a social prescribing programme, and building partnerships and collaborations with other organisations.
The role is currently funded by the Glenkens and District Trust for a 6 month pilot period. There may be a possibly to extend both hours and length of contract if funding allows. One of the duties of the role holder will be to find additional resourcing to continue the project.
How to Apply:The application pack is available on our website www.lothlorien.tc/vacancies
Please email completed applications to lucy@lothlorien.tc
Any questions about the role, please contact us on 01644 440602.
Closing date: 16/08/24
Interviews to be held week beginning 02/09/24
Closing Date: August 16, 2024 Interview Date: Monday, 2 September, 2024Working For Gardeners Assocation (WFGA)
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Lothian and Borders
Anyone looking to change career into Horticulture. The WRAGS (Work and Retrain as a Gardener Scheme) is a well recognised route into the gardening world. Trainees spend two days a week in a garden either private or public over the course of a year. You would work with the Head Gardener and the gardening team, learning everything from pruning to propagation, composting to cuttings, plant disease, vegetable and flower growing, plant ID, roses, shrubs and much more. This is a paid traineeship. Please look at our website wfga.org.uk or contact Caroline Straker on 07719 627481, or by email scotland-south@wfga.org.uk.
Closing Date: August 13, 2024
MOUNT STUART, ISLE OF BUTE
A wonderful opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled hands-on Head Gardener to lead an energetic team to manage and maintain the beautiful Mount Stuart gardens on the Isle of Bute.
RESPONSIBILTIES :
- People Management. Responsible for effectively managing and motivating the Gardens team members, creating individual training and development plans, nurturing team spirit and collective ownership of team goals.
- Planning & Delivery. Lead discussions on development plans for the gardens and landscape and be responsible for creation of their delivery plans.
- Safe Place. Ensure the gardens team works in a safe, secure and compliant environment including appropriate use of PPE.
- Environment and Sustainability. Work to deliver sustainable gardening activities, including energy, water, peat and pesticide use.
- Education, Learning and Community. Play an active role in the Trust’s wider learning activities.
- Finance and Project Management. Setting, phasing, monitoring, pro-active and re-active adjustments of allocated budgets.
- Production Horticulture. Expand food production activities.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE :
- The successful candidate will hold a suitable formal professional qualification in horticulture/landscape management or equivalent with extensive practical experience in horticultural techniques.
- Excellent plantsmanship and the ability to identify a wide range of plants, pests and diseases.
- Excellent leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, team development, motivation and communication.
- Competency and self-sufficiency in use of IT and excellent written, verbal, administrative and communication skills.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements.
- Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence.
Please apply by submitting a c.v. with an accompanying cover letter to fiona@mountstuart.com
Closing Date: August 2, 2024
The Seed Box
Due to our continued growth, The Seed Box is excited to announce an opportunity for a Full-Time Horticultural Support Worker (36.25 hours/week)!
Are you:
- Practical and enthusiastic?
- Knowledgeable in gardening?
- Caring, positive, and adaptable?
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
For more information and a detailed job description, email us at enquiries@theseedbox.org.uk or call 013398 86633
Closing Date: July 31, 2024
Campy Growers
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Hours: 37.5 hrs/week with flexible hours for seasonality. I
Salary: Full Time £23,000 –£26,000 (equivalent) per annum.
Type of Contract: Initially a fixed term 6 month contract, however our intention is this will become a long term contract with renewed funding
Dundee
Responsible to: You will work as part of a co-operative staff team, overseen by the Campy Growers Committee (collectively)
Campy Growers is a newly-established SCIO whose main purpose is to grow food on an area of degenerated land within Dundee’s Camperdown Park. This is a unique opportunity to help develop an urban community market garden using sustainable methods of food growing to enhance the environment, local food production and to work positively with the local community. Our aim is to build climate and ecological resilience through local chemical-free food production, and build empowerment through volunteering opportunities and education. We are very much about food equality and making fresh produce available across the community.
You will have good experience of market gardening and its systems, and also have a flexible approach to growing. In a community garden setting you will be adaptable enough to work with people of all ages and abilities: you will be keen to work with our garden volunteers, be interested in their ideas in the running of the garden and willing to educate people in food growing techniques and sustainable growing systems.
Enhanced disclosure checks will be needed.
Main Duties
- Market garden planning, multi-crop production, harvesting and packing of vegetables and fruit ready for delivery (to community organisations and CSA customers).
- Working to improve the structure and functionality of the market garden.
- Managing rotations, building soil fertility and biodiversity on site.
- To work with and empower volunteers to help out in the Garden in ways they feel able.
- To collaborate with others in the running of the Garden.
- Welcoming visitors and volunteers to the site.
- Contribute to the delivery of garden seasonal events, fundraisers and open days
- Contribute towards practical food-growing workshops.
- To work in a cooperative staff team in the running of our community enterprise, and in ensuring the site runs smoothly and safely.
Personal Specification
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Market gardening skills: – sowing, bed preparation and crop planting; tending to and protecting crops, harvesting techniques; packing for delivery...
- Experience with garden planning processes such as crop planning, propagation
plans, rotations…
- A confidence / familiarity working in the market garden environment, including an adaptability and flexibility to changing weather, pest pressures...
- The organisation and prioritisation of work
- A good listener and an open-mindedness to others’ views and ideas, including
learning from others.
- Basic IT skills
- A good co-ordinating presence in the garden!
Desirable
- Social Media
- Food preparation and cooking skills
- Practical DIY skills
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Competence in all aspects of food growing, crop planning and managing rotations
- Good experience in a community or commercial market garden environment
Desirable
- Working in a community environment, including an awareness of ‘governance’ –
finding appropriate ways for others to input into decision-making.
- Supporting volunteers (individuals and / or groups).
- Running workshops
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- The needs of different vegetable crops, including during propagation
- Techniques to manage (organically) pest pressures
- Soil health and the no-dig system
- Understanding the value of biodiversity in maintaining the pest-predator balance
Desirable
- Composting techniques
- Plant / animal identification
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND OTHER REǪUIREMENTS
Essential
- Open mindedness and valuing co-operation and collaboration
- Friendly and personable with an interest in others.
- Happy to work in all weathers
- A passion for growing sustainably with nature, increasing biodiversity and nurturing the land
- Valuing the aims and objectives of Campy Growers
Desirable
- Willingness to work some weekends / evenings as required.
Please send your CV and Personal Statement to campygrows@gmail.com by: Monday 22nd July.
Closing Date: July 22, 2024
The MAXwell Centre’s Community Garden
In the heart of Coldside in Dundee, our community led charity provides a vibrant community centre, well used by groups and individuals, young and old. The services we provide adapt continually as we all work together to provide activities that meet ever-changing needs. Our thriving project, with a footfall of over 2,400 a month provides groups and individuals opportunities to take control of their lives by being able to address the difficult day to day issues affecting them such as poverty, debt, unemployment and poor health.
Our well established, award winning garden provides the local community with the skills and confidence to grow their own food and the equipment and resources to do so. The majority of local housing has no access to private outdoor space. Our community project is regularly showcased not only across Dundee but the whole of Scotland as an example of good practice.
We have identified a need within our project to create a role for someone to work with us to improve our outreach, capacity and increase our ability to support people with additional needs. We also need to further evaluate the impact of Community gardens and the benefits of integrating them into neighbourhood services.
The successful candidate will have experience and/or skills in community development, advocacy and mentoring. Experience in working with children and adults with additional needs in a therapeutic/community setting would be an advantage. You may have a background in community studies, youth work, social sciences or evaluation.
Your work will address 3 of our strategic priorities:
- Build our capacity so we can respond to the demand of offering therapy garden sessions to people in recovery, those with mental and physical health issues and children in poverty, many with additional needs. Support our volunteers with their own life goals.
- Support and empower our community, especially those in challenging circumstances to be represented in important forums or participate in consultations that will affect their lives.
- Identify community groups to support their development by sharing with them the lessons we have learnt from our experience in community-led neighborhood-based approaches and how we integrate our work with green spaces. Then host or visit groups.
Main Duties
- Support the development of new community growing spaces across the city.
- Research, plan, deliver and evaluate a series of pilot projects for adults and children with additional support needs to inform future services and activities.
- Collect volunteer case studies and provide one to one support for individual development.
- Set up a new system for evaluating the impact of our work and support staff to do this.
- Co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate learning exchanges, sessions with schools/nurseries out with the local Coldside area and new community groups.
- Ensure our local community voices are heard in all relevant local, Scottish and national consultations.
- Build a MAXwell case study to be used for presentations and other materials as required to showcase our work.
- Support MAXwell communications to increase our reach and impact
Other Duties
This job description is a broad general picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.
The position is subject to Disclosure Scotland PVG Membership
Person Specification
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Qualification in or working experience of community development research. |
Ability to engage with underrepresented groups. |
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Experience of supporting and motivating volunteers. |
Drivers Licence. |
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Strategic thinking and an ability to develop and report on project plans. Ability to produce succinct and accurate reports. |
Experience of developing income generation for financial sustainability.y |
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Project evaluation experience. |
Experience of working with adults and children with additional needs. |
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Good organisational / time management skills. A ‘can do’ attitude. |
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Excellent communication skills. High level of computer skills and use of social media. |
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Good knowledge of Dundee’s Third Sector. Experience of community engagement and partnership working. |
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Flexible approach to working (e.g. occasional evenings and weekend days). Ability to travel between locations for meetings and events. |
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How to Apply:
Please send CV and covering letter to agmaxinfo@gmail.com
Closing Date: July 17, 2024
Cyrenians
Do you want to work outdoors, explore your creative flair, and make a real difference to your local community?
If youhave a passion for growing plants and supporting people to grow this could be the perfect role for you! Would you enjoy contributing and implementing new innovative ideas in our walled garden, helping to develop a ‘growing and maintenance’ plan?
A new opportunity for a Community Gardener within our Falkirk services has arisen that could be perfect for you!
About the Walled Garden
The Walled Garden is one of Cyrenians public facing services, where we support people on Community Payback Orders to put back into the community and develop their own horticultural skills.
Set in a public space of half an acre within Dollar Park, the walled garden is valued by the local community, offering a space for events, volunteering and simply enjoying the tranquillity the garden has to offer.
About the role
You’ll be part of a small garden team who work closely with those on community payback orders and community volunteers. As community gardener you’ll:
- Contribute to the design and maintenance of the walled garden
- Support those on community payback orders to learn new skills
- Help create a community space where everyone feels welcome
About you
You’ll be an experienced and passionate gardener with a dynamic ‘can-do’ attitude. You should also have:
- A genuine interest in people, gardening and working outdoors.
- Experience of supporting individuals in a garden environment
- A flexible and creative approach to problem solving
How we’ll support you
You’ll be part of an experienced, knowledgeable team, with a supportive manager, who will help you develop and grow in your role. You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning programme, and staff wellbeing services.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness by taking a Public Health Approach to Homelessness Prevention. We take a values-led and relationships-based approach to delivering all our services.
You can find out more about our impact and our values online.
Website
How to Apply:How to apply
Visit www.cyrenians.scot/jobs, or e-mail recruitment@cyrenians.scot.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: July 1, 2024
The MAXwell Centre’s Community Garden
The MAXwell Centre’s Community Garden is located at the heart of Coldside area in Dundee. The garden project and outreach programme has attracted schools, community groups and individual residents to take up the challenge of growing their own food using the allotment plots, raised beds and polytunnel facilities.
The successful candidate will have knowledge of fruit and vegetable cultivation in a therapeutic/community setting. Formal qualifications are not essential as the ideal candidate will have the personal qualities needed to engage people and grow edible crops successfully.
You will have a flexible approach to gardening and be adaptable enough to work with people of all ages and abilities. Your excellent interpersonal skills will be exercised every day as we welcome everyone into the garden.
Main Duties
You will be required assist the garden mentor. This involves supporting them to run the community garden and outreach activities, deliver training sessions, facilitating groups’ and individuals’ food production. Some of the sessions take place out with normal working hours so you will be flexible enough to work evenings/weekends as needed.
Support and develop active community involvement in the Project’s activities through the appropriate use of the media, posters, leaflets and outreach work.
Assist with the evaluation and monitoring of the Project including the maintenance of records, statistics etc.
Together with the Board of Directors ensure that all policy and procedures are in line with the organisations current policy and procedures.
- Garden maintenance and improvement
- Run volunteer and small group gardening sessions and support their learning and development
- Assist with the Tool and Seed Library and Harvest Boxes
- Assist, organise and deliver workshops and events
- Run garden tours and help improve visitors experience
- Communications and administrative support
- Support fortnightly Youth Council meetings.
Other Duties
This job description is a broad general picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time.
Funding to 31st March 2025.
How to Apply:
To apply please send a CV and covering letter to info@maxdundee.org.uk
Closing Date: June 10, 2024
Lothlorien Therapeutic Community
Lothlorien Community is looking for a sessional support worker to join us at our quiet rural setting in South West Scotland.
We are a therapeutic community providing the opportunity for people facing mental health challenges to develop their potential through living alongside others who are relatively well, in an atmosphere of friendship, acceptance and mutual support.
Lothlorien has been run since 1989 by the Rokpa Trust, an international charity founded by Dr. Akong Rinpoche of Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Dumfriesshire. Buddhist values of compassion and tolerance are the basis of our approach, but we are not a religious community and are open to everyone.
We’re now looking for a sessional support worker to get involved in all aspects of community life, including therapeutic gardening, art, qigong and relaxation.
Our ideal candidate will have a compassionate and trauma informed approach to mental health support, a keen interest in therapeutic gardening as well as having the skills to help out with administrative tasks.
It’s a sessional job and salary will be £12 per hour. We’d like someone to be able to do around 3 days per week and be available for holiday cover as needed.
How to Apply:If this sounds like you and you’re looking for a job where you can share your passion for great mental health support and therapeutic gardening, please get in touch with lucy@lothlorien.tc. We’d love to hear from you.
Closing Date: May 29, 2024