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Horticultural Supervisor - Stonebridge City Farm

Salary: £20,500 (pro rata) Working Hours: 2 days per week as part of job share

Location: St Anns, Nottingham Employment Type: Fixed term to July 2012

Stonebridge City Farm is looking for a Horticultural Supervisor to work 2 days a week as job share with existing staff in a team with farm volunteers, trainees, residents and partners to develop the “Green Street” Local Food Production project.

Main responsibilities and tasks:

• To support, mentor, develop and train Farm volunteers in food production skills.

• To use practical work to encourage development of personal, social and work-based skills.

• To design tasks, developing aids and tools to help people experiencing difficulty to complete tasks

• To supervise the growing of food plantlets for community dissemination

• To produce an agreed quantity of food and plantlets in a calendar year using unskilled and partially skilled learners and volunteers

• To manage the waiting list for volunteers

• To provide expertise in the keeping of farm bees and deliver a training programme for interested bee keepers of all levels

• To encourage and promote healthy living at all times through the work of Stonebridge City Farm

• To work with the staff team on community events and Open Days

• To negotiate individual Learning Plans/Action Plans

• To act as mentor and advisor for visitors to the farm on horticultural matters

• To help design filmed training materials

• To help answer questions and to administrate the “Green Talk” Message Board for external visitors

• Any other duties at the farm reasonably requested by farm management

Essential Attributes:

• Educational and training skills gained over at least three years

• Advanced level knowledge of horticulture and beekeeping

• Ability to work in a team and to contribute to group goals

• Strong negotiation skills with colleagues and with service users

• Excellent multi level communication skills, verbal and written

• Planning ability and experience of schemes of work/work schedules

• A sense of humour

Desirable attributes:

• At least two years experience working in the voluntary sector

• Administration skills

• ICT Skills

• NVQ lll/lV in Advice and Guidance/Teacher Training

• Full clean driving licence

• An interest in ”green” issues and protection of the environment

Application Forms from:

Christa Jackson

Stonebridge City Farm, Stonebridge Road, St Anns, Nottingham NG3 2FR

E mail: christa@stonebridgecityfarm.com

Tel: 0115 9505113

Closing Date for Applications:

Friday 16th July

Interviews for successful applicants:

Week beginning Monday 26th July

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