Environmental Landscaping Manager
Contract type: Full time
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Initial contract duration: 12 months
Reports to: CEO/Head Gardener
About us:
Walworth Garden is a charity dedicated to knowledge and nurture.
We aim to improve lives by providing excellent learning and horticultural therapy in a garden that’s open to all.
Walworth Garden is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. The Charity is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees. Our main charitable work includes free horticultural training for those in need and Social & Therapeutic Horticulture. We provide environment-first gardening services that individuals or other organisations pay for in order to generate surplus income to support our charitable work. The new Environmental Landscaping Manager will join the organisation at an exciting time in its development as we embark on a major improvement plan beginning in Winter 2022.
You’ll be joining a growing, passionate team, and enjoy a range of perks including:
28 days of annual leave per year, exclusive of bank holidays
An active employee support programme
Employee discounts and access to our short courses
Daily plant-based lunches made for and by staff and volunteers
The most beautiful ‘office’ in South London, with the company of an array of wildlife, including an office cat.
Walworth Garden works with some of the most vulnerable in society and safeguarding is of paramount importance. All staff will undergo a DBS check.
Purpose of the role:
The Environmental Landscaping Manager will lead and be responsible for all matters relating to the work of Walworth Garden Services Division (WGSD); maintain and grow its reputation as an environment-first landscaping operation; progress and implement innovative alternatives to the usual polluting processes of traditional horticultural behaviours and take staff and clients with them.
They will lead a team of staff to success; procure new and maintain existing contracts in all areas of operation; be responsible for the Health and Safety of all WGSD operations and train staff.
This will include all forms of gardening work including but not exclusive to clearance, maintenance and hard and soft landscaping.
They will be the first point of contact for all matters relating to WGSD
They will be responsible for all of the organisation’s vehicles, tools and equipment.
The postholder will also be responsible for ensuring the landscaping yard and all its elements, including waste is managed sustainably, effectively, efficiently, and compliantly.
They will lead on all ordering of goods, tools and equipment for the area, creating relationships with suppliers and ensuring best value for money.
In conjunction with other senior staff, the postholder will be responsible for recruitment, selection, induction and overseeing the work of any volunteers that help with activities related to the principal accountabilities.
The postholder’s Line Manager:
CEO/Head Gardener
The postholder will manage:
The staff of Walworth Garden Services Division
Gardening Apprentices
Work experience and placement staff
Please see the full details of the postholder’s responsibilities in the job description linked below.
To Apply:
Please see the Job Description for further details about the role, as well as the full person specification.
If you think this is the job for you, please email your CV and a cover letter detailing why you are the right person for the role, and how you would move Walworth Garden Services Division into a more environmental position, to oli@walworthgarden.org.uk by midnight on Wednesday 1 December. Each document should be no more than 2 A4 pages each.
Interviews will be held on December 6 and 7, 2021, but we will halt recruitment as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified, so would recommend any interested applicants submit these materials as soon as possible.
For a confidential chat about the role, and to ask any questions, please call Oli on 020 7582 2652.
We particularly welcome applications from those identifying with groups currently under-represented within horticulture.