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Cultivate London
Acton and west London
Posted: 2 Aug 2022
Deadline: 16 Sep 2022
Compensation: £25,000 - £29,000 per year depending on experience
Paid Full-time Permanent
Job description
Job Description: A great opportunity to use your skills and experience in gardening, landscaping and growing to help increase Cultivate London’s offer to both commercial and community clients. Oversee the efficient operation of CL’s garden maintenance and landscaping services on a commercial and community level as well as expand the service by seeking out new business and opportunities. This role is for a motivated, energetic person focused on achieving set targets with the ability to think creatively and inspire others.
Contract Deliverables The main roles of the job:
As this post involved working with children, young people and vulnerable adults appointment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosures and Barring Service check
Personal Specification Essential
Desirable
Who we are
Cultivate London (CL) is a London-based charity and social enterprise, that uses horticultural activities to support and enhance local communities in London. Our activities comprise: 1. Commercial Gardening Services: for commercial clients, property developers, and local authorities in London. Income generated through our commercial activities is ploughed back into supporting our charitable work. 2. Community Gardening: CL has created community growing spaces in Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond (Kew Gardens), Southall and Battersea. We have three main objectives: • To create and maintain enjoyable sustainable green space for the local community to improve the well-being of residents. • To give the opportunity to learn, train & work to young people and local residents and ultimately help them into sustained employment or education • To generate appreciation and engagement in green space and its preservation to improve the physical environment and social cohesion of local communities
Location
Based out of Acton, however, day to day work will be undertaken at sites across West London, or as business requires. These sites may include, but are not limited to private, community-based or public spaces.
Equal Opportunities: Cultivate London is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage or Civil Partnership, Pregnancy and Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Carer responsibilities, or offending background
Application information
To apply please contact Auberon Bayley via e-mail: auberon@cultivatelondon.org
Enquiries may also be made by calling Auberon directly: 07495 183669
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About Cultivate London
We are an independent social enterprise and charity based in west London. We work to improve health and wellbeing by encouraging and supporting local communities to engage with their green spaces. Sharing our horticulture and environmental knowledge, we enable people of all ages to better connect with their community. We operate from 3 sites and run open volunteer days with a variety of groups as well as outreach mentoring programmes.