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Octopus Community Network
Islington, London
Posted: 12 Aug 2024
Deadline: 12 Sep 2024
Compensation: £10,816 part-time (15 hours per week)
Living Wage employer
PaidPart-timeFixed term / contract
Job description
Are you a highly motivated person who is passionate about facilitating a neighbourly approach to improving nature, increasing biodiversity and developing the potential for urban food growing?Do you have a strong commitment to working with diverse communities so that they can share their skills and know-how and take their sustainable ideas forward? If you are, our position of Community Garden Developer offers you an opportunity to progress your career by joining a highly regarded Urban Growing programme in Islington.Your combined experience of and dedication to community development and love for the natural environment will ensure that our work remains award winning.You will be happy to work with colleagues along with a group of dedicated volunteers, outdoors, within an inclusive urban context, all-year-round, and in all weathers.
The position of Community Garden Developer also provides you with an opportunity to develop and implement plans to maintain our Community Plant Nursery as a key learning hub and demonstrator site, where a seasonal programme includes action learning workshops and experiential learning opportunities, responding to the needs of diverse communities, gardeners and volunteers with varying levels of knowledge.
More information on our urban growing programme can be foundhere.
We particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented in the horticulture sector, including those with Black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage, and those with disabilities.
For more information, please email info@octopuscommunities.org.uk, or call 020 7263 7095.
Closing date: 10am, Thursday 12th September
Interviews: Friday 20th September
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About Octopus Community Network
Established in 1999 the Octopus Community Network (Octopus) is a group of pioneering community organisations working collaboratively to provide services and opportunities that support the most deprived communities in London.The Urban Growing programme is rooted in community-led development, working with our diverse communities to identify land for growing, developing that land, and establishing thriving green spaces and food growing places.
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Roots to Work
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Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
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