Garden Manager

Salary: £36,565 per annum full-time (£21,939 part-time)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 24 hours per week (.6FTE), including regular evenings and weekends
Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata + statutory holidays
Responsible to: Programmes Manager
Location: St Raphael’s Edible Garden, Stonebridge, Brent

We are looking for a high energy and hands on Garden Manager with great people skills, who is well-organised and can work effectively in a busy environment. You will work closely with the Senior Leadership team at Sufra to support the development and expansion of the community garden, and manage the team of garden staff and volunteers. You will have experience of managing outdoor educational projects, leading the community and understand how to design educational programmes that are accessible and engaging for a range of audiences, including school children and young people, adults with additional needs, and wider community.

This is an immensely rewarding role within an innovative and dynamic charity that is always growing. We are a small, passionate team driving fast-paced programmes to meet our communities needs in Brent. This is a great opportunity to bring established skills and experience to bear in a local organisation undertaking groundbreaking work.

What we can offer you

Community

• Employee working groups (including advocacy, team togetherness and events)
• Staff away days
• Social activities and community celebrations
• We can offer a friendly working culture and a chance to make a difference to people’s lives in Brent.

Learning and Development

• Staff training budget of £300 per year
• Shadowing opportunities to learn about other roles and departments in the organisation.
• Regular staff training.

Pay, Pension and Other Benefits

• Competitive salaries reviewed on a regular basis
• You’ll be eligible and auto-enrolled into a pension scheme - we use Nest. Current pension contributions are 4% from employees and 3% employer contribution.
• Death in service benefit
• Enhanced Sick Pay provision

Health and Wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential advice line and counselling).
• Wellbeing Action Plan for each staff member.

Holidays

• 25 days of annual leave per year plus public holidays
• An additional day of leave for every year of service, after two years of service (up to a maximum of 5 extra days).

Flexibility

• Hybrid working and flexible working arrangements are possible.