Find your place in the field of good food

Community Grower

Sow the City
The Boiler House M16 7DA

Posted: 23/02/2021

Deadline: 17/03/2021

Compensation: £19,000 - £24,000 per annum (pro rata)

Paid Full-time

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Job description

Job Title: Community Grower

Do you have the skills and enthusiasm to teach communities how to grow their food?

Do you have experience of successful partnership work?

Do you want a varied and rewarding job?

Background to the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our small, dynamic and growing social enterprise, based in Manchester. The successful applicant will provide a busy programme of horticultural training and community development work, sharing their knowledge and passion for the environment and urban agriculture.

Sow the City have over ten years’ experience in delivering projects across the city. Our mission statement is to help communities to grow and live sustainably. We provide a range of services to local authorities, schools, housing associations, the NHS, and the private sector including delivering workshops, events, corporate volunteering, consultancy, landscape design and research. More information can be found at www.sowthecity.org

Our office is based in Moss Side near central Manchester, but you will be required to work across Greater Manchester.

For more information, visit our website.

For an informal chat about the post, please contact Jon Ross, Sow the City on 07708 622 368.

• Hours: Full time 5 days a week, 35 hours a week. Occasional weekends and evenings (which will accrue TOIL)
• Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months and continuation subject to funding.
• Probationary Period: 3 months.
• Location: Based in Manchester and will travel across the Greater Manchester area (travel costs reimbursed).

Other Details

• 5% employer pension.
• 30 days holiday per year (bank holidays are taken as leave)
• Sick-pay is 4-weeks full-pay, 4-weeks half-pay followed by statutory sick pay (subject to satisfactory probation period).
• The role will require the successful candidate to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Full UK driving license essential.

Equal Opportunities

Sow the City strives to be an equal opportunities employer and celebrates diversity. We welcome applications from people looking to return to work and may not have continuous employment history.

Application information

Application and Recruitment Details

You can find more details including job description/ person specification, application and equald opportunities monitoring forms on our website here.

• Complete Applicant Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form available from website.
• Submit forms along with your CV (no more than 2 sides) detailing education, work and volunteering history, to info@sowthecity.org by Wed 17th March, 5pm.
• Shortlisting will take place by Wed 19th March. Please note that feedback will only be provided for applicants attending interview.
• Interviews for this post will be held on Wed 24th March.
• Appointment subject to the receipt of satisfactory references.

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