RSPB
Part Time Tree Nursery Assistant
Are you green-fingered with a passion for nature conservation? We’re looking for a part-time Tree Nursery Assistant to work in our native tree and wildflower nursery at Naddle Farm at Haweswater.
Part Time Tree Nursery Assistant
Reference: MAY20231350
Location: Haweswater
Salary: £21,255.00 - £22,818.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
This is a Fixed-Term, Part-Time role for 22.5 hours per week for a period of 18 months.
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
What's the role about?
The nursery at Naddle Farm is a vital part of the Haweswater operation, producing a wide range of native species that have been grown from seeds and cuttings sourced from the local area.
Supporting the Tree Nursery Officer, and working alongside other site staff and volunteers, the Tree Nursery Assistant will involve giving the nursery’s plants the best possible start in life, weeding, watering, potting up and processing them in readiness for planting back out in the wider landscape. The role will also help with seed collection and planting out, and with occasional other estate management tasks.
This will be a predominantly hand’s-on, outdoor role, so we’re looking for someone who is hard working, happy in all weathers and has experience and knowledge of horticulture and plant propagation.
Required qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:
- Experience of growing/horticulture in either a personal or professional capacity.
- Enthusiastic approach to work.
- Ability to respond positively to colleagues needs and feedback.
- Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships and to work well as part of a team.
- Interest in nature conservation.
- Able to solve problems and to work on own initiative.
Closing date: 23:59, Fri, 9th Jun 2023
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on 19th June 2023.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
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Closing Date: 09/06/2023 Location: Haweswater