Jobs
Paid and voluntary opportunities within the therapeutic gardening field are advertised in a scattered fashion, in different regional and sometimes national publications, on noticeboards, and perhaps on various websites and in newsletters. We would like to offer this space as a central portal for vacancies in therapeutic gardening in Scotland. If you have a vacancy to advertise, please send it to us and we will display it here. Similarly, if you would like to post a 'Situations Wanted' advert detailing your skills and the kind of work (voluntary or paid) that you are seeking, we will also post this. Email or post it to us.
Sustainability Officer, Clackmannanshire Council
Based in the Sustainability Team at Kilncraigs, Alloa, the Development Officer (Sustainability) will be responsible for developing and delivering a wide range of initiatives relating principally to climate change and biodiversity.
Full details of the post can be found on the Clackmannanshire Council website (www.clacks.gov.uk) or via Myjobscotland (myjobscotland.gov.uk). The closing date for the post is 5 March.
Parklea Branching Out, Port Glasgow
Parklea Branching Out is a voluntary sector organisation based in Port Glasgow offering training and skills development opportunities within a horticultural environment to individuals and groups with learning disabilities, mental health issues and young people with a disadvantaged background.
The organisation is undergoing expansion and is looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative/Gardener.
Grounds Maintenance Operative/Gardener
Ref: PL/GMG/01
Salary £18,500 – £19,500 Full Time Position initially for 2 Years
We require an experienced Grounds Maintenance Operative/Gardener capable of delivering our contract maintenance work. Experience and understanding of grass cutting equipment and other maintenance equipment, blowers, hedge trimmers and strimmers are essential as well as basic knowledge of shrub and tree maintenance requirements. You will also be required to lead small teams of employees consisting of young trainees, people with a range of disabilities and learning difficulties and volunteers. As part of the Parklea team you will have responsibility to maintain, develop and expand our own gardens, develop and maintain contract work off site and contribute to the dissemination of information to the general public, teachers, school children and other relevant groups who use the site as an educational venue.
A full driving licence is essential for this post.
For applications and full job description please contact
Darren Murray on 01475 744516 (during normal office hours) or
Email: parkleaassociation@fsmail.net
Or visit our website: www.parkleaassociation.org.uk for more information and a downloadable application pack
Closing date for applications: 19/02/10 12 noon
Successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure Scotland check
Growing Boxes Project Officer, Urban Routes, Glasgow
Hours: 16 per week flexible
Wage: £8 per hour equivalent to £1600 over 12.5 weeks. Paid on receipt of invoice. Eg self employed/freelance worker.
The Project Officer will identify and engage with 5 different groups from across the South East - ideally with a broad geographical spread and different ‘types’ of groups. Once identified, the Project Officer will work with the groups to design a food growing area using a raised bed system, to build and create the raised beds and to teach the group basic food growing and gardening skills.
The Project Officer will need to have proven experience of working with community and voluntary groups along with knowledge of food growing, gardening and garden design. IT skills are also necessary, and a driving license is highly beneficial.
Please send CVs to Abi at projects@urbanroots.org.uk
Abi Mordin, Project Coordinator, Urban Roots, Toryglen Community Base, Prospecthill Square, Glasgow, G42 0LE, 0141 613 2766. www.urbanroots.org.uk
Deadline Friday 22nd January.
Growing Communities in Scotland Fieldworkers
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Glasgow Fieldworker Position
Ongoing Freelance work, £125 per day, based on a 7.5-hour day (pay review pending)
We are looking to recruit a Glasgow based freelance fieldworker to help deliver ‘Growing Communities in Scotland’, a Big Lottery-funded partnership between Trellis, the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, and the Allotments Regeneration Initiative.
The Post-holder will work for both the FCFCG and Trellis, under the partnership’s Fieldwork Co-ordinator- Vicki Ferguson and be part of the team providing advice and support to community and therapeutic gardening projects across Scotland, and organising regional gatherings and training events.
We currently have 7 fieldworkers, who have a range of skills to reflect the different aspects of support that may be required but are looking for one more to support community and therapeutic gardens within Glasgow and the West of Scotland. We will prioritise applications from people who have experience working on city farms, community gardens or therapeutic gardens.
For further details please contact Vicki Ferguson at Vicki@trellisscotland.org.uk or phone 01738 624348
Closing date for application is 12pm Friday 4th December. Short interviews will take place on Wednesday 16th December
Click here for Application Form and Job Description.
Please click here for Further Information.
Click here for Equal Opportunities Form
North Glasgow Community Food Initiative
NGCFI is a key voluntary sector organisation delivering practical healthy lifestyle projects to the diverse communities of North Glasgow. We invite applications for:
Community Garden Co-ordinator
Salary: £20,388 or £8,155 pro rata
25 days annual leave pro-rata + 6% pension cont.
14 hrs per week, Monday and Fridays. Funding to 31st March 2010 initially.
You have confidence to inspire and supervise gardening volunteers with considerable gardening skills and experience. Good multicultural understanding of the challenges faced by refugees and asylum seekers and vulnerable populations is important and an ability to support those with higher support needs including those with addictions or homelessness challenges. Interview Mon 7th Dec.
Development Worker (Addictions and Food)
Salary: £18,321 or £8,373 pro rata
20 days annual leave pro-rata + 6% pension cont.
16 hrs per week four afternoons - fixed term.
You will lead on, prepare and deliver healthy food tasters to Glasgow Community Addictions clients. You will have experience of working with addictions clients, a nutritional background and good communication skills. From January 2010 for 38 weeks. Interview Tues 8th Dec.
We also have vacancies for sessional workers in cookery, gardening and volunteer leaders - see our web site for details
For an application pack, down load from www.goodmoves.org.uk
Closing Date: Noon Friday 4th December. Interviews: 7th or 8th December.
NGCFI, 71 Lenzie Ter; Springburn, Glasgow G21 3TN. Reg Charity SC036842
NGCFI is an equal opportunities employer
Tel: 0141 558 2500
Email: manager@ngcfi.org.uk
www.ngcfi.org.uk
Occupational Therapy - Horticultural Technical Instructor
The Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh has a vacancy for a Horticulural Technical Instructor.
GRADE: Band 2
HOURS: 37.5 Hours per week
CONTRACT DURATION: Fixed term to 31 March 2010
Salary Scale £13,233 - £16,333 per annum
The closing date for applications is 25th November 2009.
Electronic Application Form available via the NHS Scotland recruitment website.
Click here for Further Information and Application Form.
JOB VACANCIES EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS GREENSPACE
A Fundraising & Communications Assistant and a Greenspace Projects Officer are being sought by Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace. Closing date 2 November. For more information go to www.elgt.org.uk.
Project Worker
“Drylaw and Telford Community Gardens Project”
£19,500-£21,000 (37 hours) - Contract to 31st March 2011
For further information please contact Thomas Brown on 315 4989 / 07806
714 916 or visit http://www.drylawandtelfordcommunitygardens.org.uk to download
an application pack.
Closing date for applications is: Friday 9th October 2009
JOB VACANCY - Horticultural Instructor
Parklea Branching Out is recruiting for a Horticultural Instructor, closing date: 5th Oct. www.parkleaassociation.org.uk
Senior Support Worker- Administration, Silverbirch Ltd., Milton of Campsie
Senior Support Worker – Administration
Salary c. £15,000 – 35 hours per week
We are seeking an experienced support worker to train clients to undertake the administration role within our small business.
To view the job advert please click here (link to www.silverbirchscotland.org.uk)
For more information or an application pack please telephone 0141 777 5050 or email info@silverbirchscotland.org.uk
Workshop Leaders - Grow Your Own Food Course
We are currently looking to hire workshop leaders to lead our food growing course - Grow Your Own in Edinburgh. This course will be run on a weekly basis, in blocks of six weeks. The course will run one evening a week in each of the areas we work in while day light hours are sufficient. The course will then be run during the weekend.
The closing date for this post is 31st July 2009.
For more information, application forms and job description please see:
http://backgreens.27bits-dev.co.uk/recruitment.aspx
If you would like to apply for this job, please send your completed application form and equal opportunities form to e.burnett@ecba.org.uk.
Job Vacancies in the Physical Activity Programme, NHS Scotland
There are currently two job opportunities available within the Physical Activity Programme at NHS Health Scotland:
Senior Health Improvement Programme Officer
Further Details
Closing Date Friday 3 July 2009
Health Improvement Programme Officer
Further Details
Closing Date Friday 3 July 2009
These posts are open to possible secondment or job share.
For further information please contact Ann Kerr, Healthy Living Team Head – ann.kerr@health.scot.nhs.uk
Fyne Futures job vacancies
Fyne Futures Ltd, an established social enterprise located on the Isle of Bute is looking for a Horticulture Coordinator and a Horticulture Assistant. For more information please go to www.fynehomes.org.uk/vacancies.html or tel: 0845 6077117
Job Vacancy - Horticulture Instructor SAMH
SAMH, Scotland's leading mental health charity, is seeking a full-time Horticulture Instructor to join its team at Redhall, the award-winning walled garden/six acre estate in Edinburgh. For further details please email jobs@samh.org.uk or call its 24 hour recruitment answering service on 0141 568 7010, quoting job reference C26. Closing date Fri 19 June. Interviews 15 and 16 July.
Lanscape Gardener Seeking Work
Experienced hard landscaper seeking paid work in Dundee area.
Fencing paving and general garden maintenance (hedging, pruning, grasscutting).
Please call Jim on 01382 454771.
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Horticultural Instructors
Parklea, Branching Out, based in Port Glasgow is recruiting 2 experienced horticulturalists capable of delivering training programmes up to SVQ level II Horticulture. Experience of working with people within a health or social care environment would be an advantage but not essential. Salary £18,500- £19,500, Full Time Position initially for 3 Years
For Further Information please use the following link to access Advertisement, Job Desription and Contact Details .
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Growing Communities in Scotland Fieldworkers Wanted!
The Growing Communities Partnership, (Trellis, The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens & The Allotments Regeneration Initiative) is recruiting a team of Fieldworkers CLOSING DATE NOW PASSED
For the advert click here
For information about how to apply click here
For a Job Pack please click here
Download our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form here
Bridgend Community Allotment and Health Project has been granted two years Big Lottery funding and is advertising for an additional Project Officer. Having consolidated the work at the project site they now want to build on the outreach work already started.
Details here and for further information please visit NHS Lothian
or call 0845 60 33 444 quoting the reference ECHP/ES/619
If you would like to chat to someone about the post, please call Anne Jepson on 07789 500388
BTCV Scotland, the leading organisation in Community Environmental Volunteering, wants to provide the opportunity for more people to take part in volunteering activities that improves both their lives and the environments where they live.
Current vacancy for:
Community Project Officer, “Space to Grow”, East Ayrshire
Find more information here.
Trellis Office Manager We're looking for an organised and efficient administrator for our Perth city centre office. This is a part-time post, 15 hours/week, salary £18,324 pro rata.
You can download the following documents in Word format:
job description
application form
equal opportunities form
Please submit completed application and equal opportunities forms in hardcopy to Trellis, 40 St John Street, Perth PH1 5SP, or via email to Fiona Thackeray. The closing date is 5pm on Wednesday 26 November, 2008.
If you’d like to discuss these opportunities further or request an information pack, please email Fiona@trellisscotland.org.uk
