Responsible to: You will work as part of a co-operative staff team, overseen by the Campy Growers Committee (collectively)

Campy Growers is a newly-established SCIO whose main purpose is to grow food on an area of degenerated land within Dundee’s Camperdown Park. This is a unique opportunity to help develop an urban community market garden using sustainable methods of food growing to enhance the environment, local food production and to work positively with the local community. Our aim is to build climate and ecological resilience through local chemical-free food production, and build empowerment through volunteering opportunities and education. We are very much about food equality and making fresh produce available across the community.

You will have good experience of market gardening and its systems, and also have a flexible approach to growing. In a community garden setting you will be adaptable enough to work with people of all ages and abilities: you will be keen to work with our garden volunteers, be interested in their ideas in the running of the garden and willing to educate people in food growing techniques and sustainable growing systems.

Enhanced disclosure checks will be needed.

Main Duties

• Market garden planning, multi-crop production, harvesting and packing of vegetables and fruit ready for delivery (to community organisations and CSA customers).
• Working to improve the structure and functionality of the market garden.
• Managing rotations, building soil fertility and biodiversity on site.
• To work with and empower volunteers to help out in the Garden in ways they feel able.
• To collaborate with others in the running of the Garden.
• Welcoming visitors and volunteers to the site.
• Contribute to the delivery of garden seasonal events, fundraisers and open days
• Contribute towards practical food-growing workshops.

• To work in a cooperative staff team in the running of our community enterprise, and in ensuring the site runs smoothly and safely.

Personal Specification

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

• Market gardening skills: – sowing, bed preparation and crop planting; tending to and protecting crops, harvesting techniques; packing for delivery...
• Experience with garden planning processes such as crop planning, propagation

plans, rotations…

• A confidence / familiarity working in the market garden environment, including an adaptability and flexibility to changing weather, pest pressures...
• The organisation and prioritisation of work
• A good listener and an open-mindedness to others’ views and ideas, including

learning from others.

• Basic IT skills
• A good co-ordinating presence in the garden!

Desirable

• Social Media
• Food preparation and cooking skills
• Practical DIY skills

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Competence in all aspects of food growing, crop planning and managing rotations
• Good experience in a community or commercial market garden environment

Desirable

• Working in a community environment, including an awareness of ‘governance’ –

finding appropriate ways for others to input into decision-making.

• Supporting volunteers (individuals and / or groups).
• Running workshops

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• The needs of different vegetable crops, including during propagation
• Techniques to manage (organically) pest pressures
• Soil health and the no-dig system
• Understanding the value of biodiversity in maintaining the pest-predator balance