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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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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
Arboretum Pl, Edinburgh EH3 5NZ
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
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
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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 Dudhope Park
Dundee
North Glasgow Community Food Initiative
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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: Royston Primary School, Glasgow
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
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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 Bieldside, Aberdeen
Tiphereth
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Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £18,076 rising to £19,656
Type of Contract: Full time; Permanent
Colinton, Edinburgh
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.
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
greenspace scotland
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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: Greenspace Scotland
Jubilee House
Forthside Way
Stirling FK8 1QZ
Download application here
The Green Health Strategy, action plan and other supporting documents can be accessed here
Closing Date: July 29, 2019
Tiphereth
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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: Based in Colinton, Edinburgh
Link to application pack: https://www.tiphereth.org.uk/career/#vacancies
Closing Date: May 17, 2019
The Hidden Gardens
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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: Training delivery located offsite in Castlemilk
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
Cyrenians
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Salary: £13.81 per hour
Type of Contract: Casual work
Royal Edinburgh Community Garden, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
/ Midlothian Community Hospital Garden, 70 Eskbank Rd, Bonnyrigg EH22 3ND
/ Astley Ainslie Hospital, 133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh EH9 2HL
Cyrenians has worked with NHS Lothian to establish two hospital community gardens: one in Morningside, Edinburgh and one in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.
Each garden was developed to offer hospital patients, staff and visitors, as well as people and groups from the local community, the chance to take part in a range of gardening and nature-based activities.
The purpose of the Patient Engagement role is to deliver opportunities that allow the hospital patients to benefit from the therapeutic aspects of gardening, wildlife and the outdoors. This encompasses a broad spectrum of nature-based and gardening activities focusing on wellbeing. Activities are also designed to support the treatment and recovery of those attending. Working primarily on wards and in our community gardens we support patients who have a variety of physical and mental health support needs, dementia and learning disabilities.
You should have experience of working with vulnerable people, a creative approach, and the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.
Organisation Profile:
Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.
For full details and an application pack, please visit www.cyrenians.scot/jobs, call 24 hour recruitment line, 0131 475 2354 (during office hours) or email recruitment@cyrenians.scot. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: Monday 13th May 2019 at 12.00 noon.
Closing Date: May 13, 2019
Cyrenians
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Salary: £13.81 per hour
Type of Contract: Casual work
Royal Edinburgh Community Garden, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
and/or
Midlothian Community Hospital Gardens, 70 Eskbank Rd, Bonnyrigg EH22 3ND
Cyrenians has worked with NHS Lothian to establish two hospital community gardens: one in Morningside, Edinburgh and one in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.
Each garden was developed to offer hospital patients, staff and visitors, as well as people and groups from the local community, the chance to take part in a range of gardening and nature-based activities.
A welcoming environment, well planned activities, robust day-to-day management, and support for our regular volunteers are key to the gardens’ success.
This role exists to provide cover for our regular garden coordinators and requires a high level of gardening experience. You should also have excellent communication skills, a creative approach, and the ability to demonstrate our values of compassion, respect, integrity and innovation in the work that you do.
Organisation Profile:
Cyrenians is a charity working towards a society that truly values and includes all. Our Vision is of an inclusive society in which we all have the opportunities to live valued and fulfilled lives. We work to make that vision a reality through our mission to support people excluded from family, home, work or community on their life journey.
For full details and an application pack, please visit www.cyrenians.scot/jobs, call 24 hour recruitment line, 0131 475 2354 (during office hours) or email recruitment@cyrenians.scot
CVs will not be accepted. Closing Date: Monday 13th May 2019 at 12.00 noon.
Closing Date: May 13, 2019 Interview Date: Wednesday, 22 May, 2019