Assistant Grower

Camphill Village Trust

Newnham, TAS
Permanent
Full-time

16 days ago

Purpose: To support the Head Grower to manage the horticultural areas of Oaklands Park. Working as part of the garden team to manage the garden as a productive market garden for fruit and vegetable production.Hours: 22 hours per week. Monday to Friday Days. (Occasional weekend work)Do you want the freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?Do you have a passion for the outdoors?We have an opening for you to join us as a Assistant Grower; if the following appeals, we’d love to hear from you.

You have good verbal and non-verbal communication skills and openness towards other people’s thoughts and ideas.

You have a positive attitude towards our model of providing care and support to vulnerable people within the setting of an intentional community.

You have a passion for helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life.

You have a calm and patient personality.

You would love to be part of a unique, close-knit and dynamic team.

You have a passion for horticulture and / or agriculture.

Who are we looking for?

You will have a good working knowledge of organic practices.

You will have working knowledge of risk assessment, health and safety, safeguarding, equalities and human rights desirable.

You will have a desire to promote others to do their work on the land in an inclusive way.

You will be able to be sensitive, yet objective, about the needs of adults with learning difficulties.

You will be able to demonstrate an interest in gardening and working on the land.

You’ll have a supportive and encouraging natural approach.

A sense of humour and positive attitude really helps, we don’t expect our colleagues to be stand-up comedians, but we do enjoy having fun.

You’ll enjoy walks around the outdoors with the people we support.

What are the main responsibilities of this role?1. Assist with planning and managing the land to meet demand and explore opportunities to enable to land to maximise viability, by increasing income and minimising wastage. Ensure that quality standards are maintained in respect to crops, reporting any concerns.2. Work within the community and charity’s policies and procedures and code of conduct and actively promote the equality and diversity and the human rights of people we support to realise independence, choice, inclusion and control. In particular, making sure the group or individuals in the garden are working safely at all times.3. Supervise and assist local volunteers. At times this may also include supporting other members of the team in hosting visits and other activities.4. Participate in all aspects of commercial growing, to include:

Setting plant growing activities to plan for growing activities that are consistent with planned production schedules

Prepare space required for planned production

Work to organic growing standards

Monitor growing conditions

Inspect and maintain crop conditions in line with quality standards

Uphold and implement pest, disease and weed control practices commensurate with hygiene, health and Organic standards

Maintain records of growing techniques and production to be used for review to identify trends and to forecast future space needs

5. Operate and use machinery including tractors, mowers, brush cutters and alike horticultural machinery.6. Attend land team meetings regularly and work as an active member of the land team. The role may include regular hours working across both sites within the farms and gardens as required.7. Ensure production and sales records are kept ensuring the value of produce is logged and there is accountability of stock in line with financial processes.8. Undertake training and continuous professional development in accordance with the needs of the service and the people we support.Role requirements:

Previous experience in working in a horticultural environment is essential.

Previous experience operating horticultural machinery

You’ll have a general education, good numeracy, and literacy skills to be able to complete official documentation to a professional standard.

Full UK Driving licence category B driving licence, have not been disqualified for any period and must have held a full licence for over two years. With no more than 3 points.

Basic computer skills – Word, Excel, Outlook etc.

Ability to follow Health and Safety policies & procedures.

Tractor driving experience desirable but not essential.

Be flexible to work some weekends and attend local events.

Ability to carry out physical work/manual labour.

Able to understand and interpret relevant verbal and non-verbal communication.

Good social and oral communication skills.

Able to motivate and organise self and others.

Flexible, with good problem-solving skills.

Well organised, thorough and methodical.

Resourceful and able to show own initiative.

Effective verbal and written communication.

All our employees require a DBS criminal record check. We will do this for you.We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunities employerAs a national charity and not-for-profit organisation, Camphill Village Trust brings over 65 years of experience, knowledge, and passion to supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health challenges, and complex needs.Phone:
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