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Seasonal Farm Worker

Growing Communities
Dagenham Farm, London

Posted: 24 Mar 2026

Deadline: 3 May 2026

Compensation: £16.59/hour

Paid Part-time

Job description

Are you a hard worker who enjoys the outdoors? Are you looking for summer work in a friendly team

Growing Communities Dagenham Farm are looking for someone to work with us on seasonal farm work during the peak growing season. Our 1.7 acre organic farm grows salad and mixed greenhouse crops (such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers) for sale to local outlets and our weekly veg box scheme. This role would suit someone who enjoys the outdoors and is happy to do repetitive, physically demanding work. We are a small and friendly team. Hours can be somewhat flexible dependent on candidate’s needs, though we would expect the candidate to be able to work on Mondays and Thursdays.

• Seasonal work between April and October
• Up to 3 days a week (excluding Tuesdays); minimum 2 days including Mondays and Thursdays.
• £16.59 per hour, which is £14.80 wage and £1.79 for accrued holiday pay.
• Access to some free fruit/veg.  
• Working from Growing Communities’ Dagenham Farm, Central Park Nursery, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7EJ.  

Application information

Send your CV and a cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 page) to Alice Holden addressing how you meet the person specification outlined in the job description. 

Find the job description and applicatin details here: https://growingcommunities.org/jobs

This vacancy will be advertised on a rolling basis, until the position is filled. Expressions of interest are always useful for us to have on file for cover work and future opportunities. 

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