Jobs

JOB PURPOSE
To assist and support the property and gardens team in the conservation, care, and presentation of the property’s market garden, designed landscape and estate, ensuring that all areas are maintained to the highest standards and to the enjoyment of all visitors and supporters, whether through delegation to other staff/volunteers, or personal work. The market garden is managed, maintained, and developed to provide produce to sell on site, and for use in the café, contributing to the property’s overall conservation and development, and its enjoyment by visitors and supporters. Newhailes is an 84-acre designed landscape and pleasure grounds consisting of woodland, water gardens, follies, farmland, children’s playpark, and a market garden.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Assisting with horticultural duties to deliver the optimum aesthetic standards expected with the safety and enjoyment of all who use the site paramount. Activities include:
 Grass Cutting, strimming, hedge-cutting and the raking up or collection afterwards.
 Cutting of lawn edges.
 Hand weeding of borders.
 Pruning wall plants, those in borders and elsewhere.
 Planting out (under direction of Head Gardener).
 Application of mulches.
 Seed sowing and propagation.

Assisting with general property maintenance. Activities include:
 Litter picking.
 Maintaining paths.
 Use of bonfire to dispose of unhealthy plant material.

Assisting as required with the general enjoyment of the gardens and wider estate by:
 Responding to general visitor enquiries.
 Answering basic horticultural enquiries from visitors.
 Assisting at events held at the property and within the cluster.

Ensuring compliance with The Trust’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures to ensure safety of staff, volunteers and visitors and where practicable, sustainable horticulture.
Working with volunteers to ensure they deliver required outcomes to the appropriate standard, and ensure they benefit from their volunteering.

Application Deadline: Sunday 13/04/2025