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Tiphereth
Address:
55 Torphin Road Colinton Edinburgh EH13 0PQ
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,403 rising to £26,535
Tiphereth Day Service has an exciting and rare opportunity for a Team Leader who will lead, organise and manage the Garden group within the day service. The post holder will provide direct support to adults with learning disabilities and autism in the garden group, and will also lead and manage the staff team. The work of the Garden Group is to maintain and cultivate an aesthetically pleasing garden through weeding, mowing, sowing; to grow vegetables, flowers and plants for use in Tiphereth and for the summer fair; and to be responsible for the local Green waste collection which is used to produce our compost. We are looking for someone with relevant care and support experience, ideally with prior leadership experience, and knowledge and enthusiasm for horticultural work.
How to Apply:

Application pack: recruitment@tiphereth.org.uk or www.tiphereth.org.uk


Closing Date: January 20, 2020
Interview Date: Monday, 27 January, 2020
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Address:

Arboretum Pl, Edinburgh EH3 5NZ

Hours: 22.2 hrs per week
Salary: Starting salary £30,652 (Band D – pro rata)
Type of Contract: Part-Time fixed term (12 months) based in Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is looking for a Community Engagement Manager to join our Public Engagement team. The role is a job share 12 month fixed term contract, covering maternity leave (22.2 hours per week).

Reporting to the Head of Public Engagement, your role will cover working across the Botanic Cottage and Demonstration Garden. You will manage of 2 staff and approximately 30 volunteers. You will be involved in planning and delivering RBGE’s community programme including the Edible Gardening Project. You will also be involved in developing and supporting the strategy and programme for community use of the Botanic Cottage.

Applicants should be educated to degree level or have equivalent experience, be highly organised, have strong project planning and management experience, confident communicators and have prior budget management experience. You should also have previous experience of managing staff and volunteers. You should have an interest in horticulture and some practical knowledge. It is not essential to have any formal horticultural training.

A full job description and person specification which outlines the key and specific responsibilities as well as the essential and desirable criteria for this post can be downloaded from our website.
Web Link: http://www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/vacancies


How to Apply:

Applicants should send a CV and covering letter which outlines their suitability for the post along with a completed equal opportunities questionnaire to recruitment@rbge.org.uk by noon on 29 November 2019.


Closing Date: November 29, 2019
Dundee Therapy Garden
Address:
Dudhope Park Dundee
Hours: This is Full time position but part time or job sharing options may be available
Salary: £27,000 per annum.
We are looking for a therapist with experience in psychological counselling to join our team at our site in Dudhope Park. An interest in gardening would be useful. We work with military and emergency service veterans who experience a variety of mental and physical health problems
Contact Name: Dundee Therapy Garden
How to Apply: Send covering letter and CV to: Dundee Therapy Garden The Birches High Street Edzell Brechin DD9 7TF
Closing Date: October 1, 2019
North Glasgow Community Food Initiative
Address:
Royston Primary School, Glasgow
Hours: 7 hours per week
Salary: £21,350 pro rata
Type of Contract: Sessional
Community Gardener needed for planning and running gardening sessions for Royston Primary. Duties include maintenance of site, report writing, liaising with teachers and NGCFI staff and general gardening duties.
Contact Name: Julia Boswell
How to Apply:

Please apply via the Good Moves website by following the link.


Closing Date: August 12, 2019
Interview Date: Thursday, 15 August, 2019
Camphill School Aberdeen
Address:
Bieldside, Aberdeen
Hours: 39 hours per week
Salary: T.B.A
Type of Contract: Permanent
Full Time Gardener Camphill School Aberdeen now have an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Gardener to join their team. Camphill School Aberdeen work to create communities in which vulnerable children and adults, many with learning disabilities, can live, learn and work with others in healthy social relationships based on mutual care and respect. As a Gardener, you will be required to take over the day to day running of our walled gardens on our Murtle Estate. This role involves working with young people with additional support needs, and the successful candidate will work with the wider CSA community to provide meaningful opportunities and workplace activities. The Gardener will care for all aspects of the walled garden as well as working directly with young people, based on Murtle Estate, Bieldside, Aberdeen. Experience in vegetable growing, soft fruit, top fruit and salad crops would be required. The ability to work directly with young people with additional support needs is a requirement, however full training and support will be available to the right person. Further opportunities are available to be involved in a variety of support roles, group activities. This is a young organic garden which would lend itself to someone who has a passion to develop and strengthen the garden. This position will be subject to a PVG Membership check
Contact Name: Donna Mckessick
How to Apply: http://www.camphillschool.org.uk/recruitment-volunteering/full-time-oppo...
Closing Date: August 9, 2019
greenspace scotland
Address:
Greenspace Scotland Jubilee House Forthside Way Stirling FK8 1QZ
Salary: £26,000 - £30,000
Type of Contract: Fixed term appointment for two years (with possibility of extension)
The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of delivery in health, greenspace and/or community development settings. You will be a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills, and extensive experience of managing and coordinating partnership projects. The postholder will be employed by greenspace scotland and co-managed by the Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation. The post is based with the Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation at the NHS Lothian offices at Waverley Gate, Edinburgh. This is a two-year fixed term appointment, with the potential for extension. https://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/greenspace-nhs-lothian
How to Apply:

Download application here 

The Green Health Strategy, action plan and other supporting documents can be accessed here


Closing Date: July 29, 2019
The Hidden Gardens
Address:
Training delivery located offsite in Castlemilk
Hours: Variable - 313hours or 45 days per year plus additional hours for development, support and supervision
Salary: £18,362 - £20,425 (pro rata)
Type of Contract: fixed term to 28 June 2020; with possible extension to 31 Dec 2020
We are seeking experienced and motivated trainer(s) to join the team delivering gardening skills and learning opportunities (offsite) for people with a learning disability. The successful candidate will be delivering training starting in August 2019. We particularly welcome applicants with experience of delivering within a training framework, workshops for young people and adults with a learning disability, and knowledge of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Grow & Learn Awards. PVG Scheme Membership will be required for all successful candidates.
Contact Name: Amanda Patterson
How to Apply:

Download the application pack from our website https://thehiddengardens.org.uk/vacancies.php, by following the link provided, and submit a completed application form, by email, to administrator@thehiddengardens.org.uk


Closing Date: July 24, 2019
Interview Date: Thursday, 1 August, 2019
Tiphereth
Address:

Colinton, Edinburgh

Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £18,076 rising to £19,656
Type of Contract: Full time; Permanent

At Tiphereth we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Day Service Co-Worker in our, outdoor land, estates and community gardening group, the Peregrine Group.
You will provide support and motivation to people with learning disabilities to participate in meaningful work on the land, in community gardening and estates maintenance. You will be enthusiastic and positive about the potential of people to participate, learn and grow. You will bring experience of support work and knowledge of land based work such as gardening or conservation. You need to work well as part of a team, have good communication skills and be motivated by Camphill’s values and ethos. A full driving licence including willingness to drive a minibus is an essential requirement.
The Peregrine Group works in partnership with other social organisations, helping to make a difference by contributing their skills and time for social good and the benefit of others. Tiphereth is a Camphill community in Edinburgh based around supported accommodation, social enterprises and day services for adults with learning disabilities and other support needs.


How to Apply:

Please visit the Tiphereth website to download the application form: https://www.tiphereth.org.uk/career/#vacancies
Please send your filled out application form to daria.listos@tiphereth.org.uk


Closing Date: July 12, 2019
Interview Date: Thursday, 1 August, 2019
Lothlorien Therapeutic Community
Address:
Lothlorien Therapeutic Community (Rokpa Trust) Corsock, Dumfries and Galloway DG7 3DR 01644 440602
Hours: Full time post, live-in (37.5 hours per week), relief positions also available
Salary: £23,000
Type of Contract: Full-Time

Lothlorien is a Therapeutic Community for people with mental health difficulties situated in a quiet rural setting in South West Scotland. We are looking to recruit a full-time male Therapeutic Gardening Co-ordinator and we also have Relief Gardener positions available. This is a dynamic and exciting opportunity to work within a Therapeutic Community environment. We are looking for a creative individual who can inspire our residents to connect with gardening as a route to recovery and wellbeing. The garden plays a central part in helping people connect with a sense of meaning and purpose in their recovery at Lothlorien Community. The person appointed will be coming into an organic vegetable garden with scope for innovation. We provide a structured gardening programme pitched at an appropriate level for people in recovery from mental health problems. This can have a very positive effect on mental wellbeing by having a grounding and healing effect, as well as providing people with the opportunity to develop their self-esteem, confidence and skills when working towards recovery. The therapeutic and relational aspects of the work are more important than being goal-orientated. Working with residents to foster a sense of participation, belonging, inclusion, mutual respect, at a pace and level with which they are comfortable is key.

 Links to Job Description and Application Form at www.lothlorien.tc


Contact Name: Blanche Mulholland
How to Apply:

Links to Job Description and Application Form at www.lothlorien.tc


Closing Date: May 31, 2019
Tiphereth
Address:

Based in Colinton, Edinburgh


Hours: 37.5 hours - Monday - Friday
Salary: £18,076 rising to £19,656
Type of Contract: Full time (permanent)
Tiphereth is a Camphill community based on the edge of the Pentland hills in Edinburgh supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism in a range of day services, supported living, residential care, and social enterprises. We are now recruiting a new staff member to join us in The Garden Group.''
How to Apply:

Link to application pack: https://www.tiphereth.org.uk/career/#vacancies


Closing Date: May 17, 2019