Overview
Location: Florence Court, Enniskillen BT92 1DB
As Assistant Gardener, you’ll be working with a team to deliver the day-to-day care of the garden and maintain high presentation standards. This role will include a range of practical tasks to develop, improve and look after the garden and contribute to the delivery of projects.
Salary: £13.25 per hour, the advertised salary for this role will be in effect from 1st April.
Contract: Permanent
Hours/working pattern: Part-time, 30 hours per week.
For this role, you’ll need to complete our online assessment instead of using a C.V. or online application form. This will help us understand more about your strengths and give you more information on the role.
What it’s like to work here
Nestled at the bottom of the Cuilcagh mountains in County Fermanagh, Florence Court is the National Trust’s most westerly property. The gardens include a Rose Garden, Walled Garden including a heritage apple collection, two new Glass Houses, Mansion lawns and the Pleasure Gardens which contain a number of ornamental trees and shrubs.
Now that we have completed the restoration of the Glass Houses, we are looking to the next challenge of enhancing the Pleasure Gardens, this presents an unique opportunity to develop exceptional gardening skills, work with an established group of volunteers, develop a new visitor offer while learning to take horticultural presentation to the next level.
In this role, you’ll report to the Senior Gardener. The Gardens team includes a Horticulture Apprentice.
Responsibilities
* Daily responsibilities may include assisting with the planting and maintaining of shrub and borders, mulching, hedge cutting and lawn mowing.
* You’ll work alongside gardeners and a team of volunteers.
* You’ll talk to the public every day, answering a variety of garden-related questions and talking about what you are doing with pride.
* We’re looking for someone with a practical approach to work, getting the day-to-day work done and an interest in plants.
* The role can sometimes be physically challenging, and we use a wide range of machinery and equipment to help us get our work done.
* The use of machinery such as tractors, hedge trimmers and pedestrian mowers is essential, but training will be provided.
You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don’t need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role.
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