Community Garden Coordinator

WHALE Arts is looking for a hardworking, experienced Community Garden Coordinator with excellent people skills, to manage our Community Garden, and support community members and volunteers.
Salary: £24,000 per year - pro rata
Hours: 14 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract: April 2025
Location: WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh EH74NW

This fixed-term contracted post will support WHALE Arts in delivering community gardening and horticulture-related activities and, in co-designing our outdoor greenspace.

The role includes maintaining the WHALE Arts Community Garden and delivering horticulture-related activities, working with local community members and volunteers to support their ongoing development and working closely with the Community Meal Chef and Volunteer Coordinator to ensure a joined-up and supportive approach to cooking, gardening and volunteering at WHALE Arts.

Main Duties include:

Maintaining and developing the WHALE Arts Community Garden.

To lead in co-designing and developing a Community Kitchen Garden following a consultation process with local community members.

To support, instruct and work alongside volunteers/community members in gardening and horticulture-related activities.

To organise and oversee activities, events, and maintenance tasks related to the WHALE Arts garden.

To ensure health and safety procedures are followed during all gardening and horticulture-related activities.

To work closely with the Community Meal Chef and Volunteer Coordinator to integrate gardening, volunteering and community food-related activities at WHALE Arts.

To promote sustainability within the garden and related activities.

To work closely with local partner organisations.

HOW TO APPLY

Please see our Website for full details of the job description, the person specification and how to apply.

The deadline is Wednesday 10 July 2024 at 09:00.
TAGGED:
Audience Development / Equalities / Visual Arts / Cultural Tourism / Participatory Practice
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