Relief Cover Support Staff
Salary: £13.50 per hour (FTE £26,426.25 based on 37.5 hours per week)
Hours: Variable hours to cover staff absences.
Based: Bishopthorpe, York, YO23 2RF.
Benefits:
- 7 weeks rolled-up holiday pay pro-rata per year.
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee assistance program
- Fully paid training and DBS check
Please Note: Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
We are seeking flexible Relief Cover Staff to lead groups or provide one-to-one support when the usual staff member is not at work. We need cover in our Garden Services team and other work areas such Horticulture, Crafts, Cooking, our Shop and Community and Events. Your knowledge and/or practical experience will be at a level where you can lead and support others with the tasks. For instance, our horticulture staff tend to have horticulture qualifications or have worked in a horticulture setting. We’re looking for people who already have knowledge and experience in at least one of these work areas:
- Garden Services in the York area – garden maintenance (ability to drive a pick-up truck is essential)
- Plant production – growing from seed and plugs, propagation and plant care.
- Land crops – growing organic vegetable and fruit crops.
- Community and events administration – drafting our newsletter and organising events
- Cooking – creating delicious vegetarian lunches during the week for our teams.
- Shop – serving and selling to our fab customers!
- One-to-one support – enabling and empowering with a commitment to building genuine relationships.
- Crafts – weaving, jewellery, dried flower crafts, card-making – we make all sorts!
Our ideal candidates will be excellent at building relationships and empowering others. You will have experience of supporting people with a range of different skills and abilities.
How to apply:
Please complete our application form and return before the closing date.
To arrange an informal chat, please contact Eleanor Caveen (HR Officer), Michael Tansley Thomas (Co-Director) or Lauren Webb (Co-Director) on: 01904 701869 or email HR@brunswickyork.org.uk
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This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Closing date: We will be reviewing applications on a weekly basis until the position(s) are filled. Please therefore apply as soon as possible.
You can return your application form by:
- Email to hr@brunswickyork.org.uk(please include ‘Relief Cover Support Staff application’ in the subject line)
- Post to Brunswick Organic Nursery, Appleton Road, Bishopthorpe, York, YO23 2RF
- Hand to our office between 9am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday.