Location:
Garden Organic
Wolston Lane
Coventry
CV8 3LG

Key Requirements:

To cover weekend and bank holiday watering of the Organic Demonstration Garden and Heritage Seed Library. Depending on the start date, there is expected to be approximately 36 hours watering required over 18 Saturdays from March to August (approx. 2 hours per visit) and 10 hours watering over 5 Bank Holiday Mondays from April to August (approx. 2 hours per visit). Actual hours will be weather dependent.

Hours: Variable hours and weather dependent, however these are not expected to be less than 2 hours per week.
Duration: Fixed Term from March 2025 until August 2025
Salary: £12.60 per hour
Role subject to DBS Check: No

About us:

At Garden Organic we care about organic growing, composting, seed conservation, research and citizen science. Our small but hugely knowledgeable and committed team is backed by a family of members and volunteers, all dedicated to growing food and flowers in harmony with nature. We are an established, experienced and innovative membership charity, working in communities around the UK and campaigning for organic practice which protects and promotes life above and below the soil. Now in our seventh decade, we are also home to the vitally important Heritage Seed Library a living collection of 800 rare vegetable varieties that otherwise would have died out.

Our mission is to show people how to be organic growers and in doing so, we strive to be a great place to work, volunteer or partner with. We care about what we do, how we do it, and the impact we make. We believe that our time is now – when people are actively seeking positive contributions that they can make in the face of biodiversity loss and climate change.

About the role:

You will be reporting to our Head Gardener and HSL Lead Horticulturist, and your core responsibilities and main duties are as follows:

· Watering as directed

What we are looking for:

A person who can water sufficiently without over or underwatering and uses their own initiative to determine the plants requirements. Good timekeeping, responsible and cares about the plants.

What we can offer:

· £12.60 per hour.

· 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays and additional leave at Christmas (pro-rata)

· Additional long service holiday

· Group Pension Scheme with 8% employer contribution

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Salary Extras benefits platform (Instant discount scheme and health, wellbeing and financial support)

· We Care benefits platform (With access to virtual GP consultations, nutritionist support, get fit programmes, smoking cessation and further health and wellbeing support)

· TOIL for additional hours worked

· Life Assurance

· Garden Organic membership

Experience	Essential	Desirable
Looking after plants	✔
Able to work to time constraints	✔
Flexible, hours can change depending on the weather	✔
Knowledge and Skills
Horticultural knowledge		✔
Approach and Mindset
Access to reliable transportation is required as this role requires travel to the Head Office in Wolston.	✔
An appreciation of and commitment to Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Data Protection issues in the workplace	✔
A commitment to Equal Opportunities in all work places.	✔

How to Apply:

All applicants must complete a Garden Organic Application Form along with a covering letter explaining why you think you would be a great fit for the role. We pay close attention to covering letters so please do send us one.

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on response levels.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion applications will be anonymised before being submitted to our recruitment panel.

Application Deadline: Friday 28th March 2025

Equal Opportunities:

At Garden Organic we embrace diversity and recognise the value it brings to our organisation. As such, we match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates and welcome candidates from various backgrounds irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief or sexual orientation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and take pride in ensuring that everyone feels welcome, respected and empowered.

Garden Organic is also a Disability Confident Employer and aims to create opportunities wherever possible. It should be noted that some of our roles require travel and attendance at events where accessibility arrangements will vary.

Safer Recruitment:

Garden Organic is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects employees, associates and volunteers to share this commitment. We may require some candidates to undertake a DBS check relevant to the requirements of the role.

Please note that we only accept applications from individuals with the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor working visa applications.