Senior Community Gardener - Islington, United Kingdom - Octopus Community Network

Description

We're Growing

Are you a highly motivated person who is passionate about taking a community-led approach to
increasing biodiversity, improving the potential for food growing, and developing an inclusive
approach to achieving nature rich neighbourhoods within an urban setting? If you are, our
position of Senior Community Gardener offers you an opportunity to progress your career by
joining a highly regarded team leading an Urban Growing programme in Islington. We are looking
for someone with combined dedication to community development and a love for the natural
environment, so to ensure that our work remains award winning. You must be happy to work with
colleagues along with a group of dedicated volunteers, outdoors, within an inclusive urban
context, all-year-round, and in all weathers.

The position of Senior Community Gardener provides you with an opportunity to develop and
implement plans to maintain our Community Plant Nursery as a key learning hub and demonstrator
site, where a seasonal programme includes action learning workshops and experiential learning
opportunities, responding to the needs of diverse communities, gardeners with varying levels of
knowledge, along with an inspiring development programme for volunteers. Further, the post will
provide opportunities to progress your extensive community development and horticultural skills
to the next level, by requiring you to work at both a strategic and grassroots level to ensure
our work is knitted into the fabric of local communities, local policies, and strategies.

More information on our urban growing programme can be found here.

sector, including those with Black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage, and those with
disabilities.


Closing date:
Friday 5th January

2024, 10:00am


Interviews:
Friday 12th January

2024