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Garden Manager - Fullers Mill Garden
Perennial UK —Mildenhall
- £42,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- First Aid Certification
- Leadership
- Sick pay
14d
Deputy Distribution Centre Manager
Cherry Lane Garden Centre —Snetterton
- £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Warehouse experience
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Store discount
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1d
Park Ranger - Estates
Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park —Ipswich
- £28,203 a year
- Full-time
- In-person
- Hand tools
- School
- Free parking
- Store discount
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13d
Property Manager (Revenue & Guest Experience)
Betts Property Investments Ltd. —Bury St. Edmunds
- £15 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Hospitality
- Customer service
- Supervising experience
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Skilled hard landscapers
Stewart Landscape Construction —Bures Saint Mary
- £33,500 - £37,000 a year
- Full-time
- In-person
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Team Leader
Athena Care Homes —Ipswich
- £13.61 an hour
- 12 hour shift
- Nursing home
- Café
- Communication skills
- Referral programme
Maintenance Supervisor
The Hotel Folk —Lavenham
- Up to £13.60 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Carpentry
- Maintenance
- Hotel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Head Chef/Kitchen Manager
Hare & Hounds - Leavenheath —Colchester
- £33,000 - £36,000 a year
- Full-time
- Cooking
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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Maintenance Person
Bramacare —Ipswich
- £13.00 - £14.50 an hour
- Full-time
- Carpentry
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- Free parking
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Retail Sales Assistant (Gifting/Seasonal)
Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd —Sudbury
- £10.85 - £12.71 an hour
- Temporary
- Bilingual
- Customer service
- Merchandising
- Free parking
- Store discount
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Baby Room Leader
The Old Station Nursery —Stowmarket
- £28,516 a year
- Full-time
- Preschool
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
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11d
Site Operative/Material Controller
BarrattDevelopments —Ipswich
- Construction experience
Hospitality Manager (Care Home)
Kingsley Healthcare —Hadleigh
- £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hospitality
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- Nursing home
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Head Chef
Kettleburgh Chequers —Woodbridge
- £35,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Supervising experience
- In-person
- Leadership
- Free parking
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6d
Key Holder (4 hours) - Thetford
Poundstretcher —Thetford
- Overtime
- Communication skills
5d
Care Home Activities Coordinator
Kingsley Healthcare —Earls Colne
- £13.45 an hour
- Part-time
- Hospitality
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
1d
Lifestyles Assistant
Athena Care Homes —Ipswich
- £12.71 an hour
- Full-time
- Nursing home
- Café
- Communication skills
- Referral programme
Housekeeping Supervisor
Wivenhoe House Hotel —Colchester
- £29,262.65 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hospitality
- Customer service
- Hotel
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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14d
Kitchen Server
Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park —Ipswich
- £10.85 - £12.71 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Culinary experience
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
- Store discount
Quick apply
12d
Head Chef
Kingsley Healthcare —Watton
- £19 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Culinary experience
- Cooking
- Team management
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
6d

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Garden Manager - Fullers Mill Garden

Perennial UK
Mildenhall

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Job details

Full-time
£42,000 a year
14 days ago

Benefits

Company pension
Sick pay

Qualifications

Driving Licence
First aid
First Aid Certification
Public health
Financial management
Leadership

Full job description

Fullers Mill Garden, West Stow, Suffolk, IP28 6HD | Full-Time | £42,000

This is an exciting opportunity to lead Fullers Mill Garden into its next chapter as a Perennial garden, maintaining and evolving a beautiful garden with a team of gardeners, volunteers and trainees – to give our garden loving visitors a magical experience on each visit.

Fullers Mill Garden is an enchanting and tranquil waterside and woodland garden, situated on the banks of the River Lark at West Stow in Suffolk. It combines a beautiful site of light dappled woodland with a fabulous collection of rare and unusual shrubs, perennials, lilies and marginal plants, collected over the course of 50 years by the creator of the garden, the late Bernard Tickner MBE.

The garden is currently undergoing a process of proposed investment in its visitor infrastructure. The Garden Manager will be a key member of the project team.

Overall Purpose

Through high standards of garden and landscape management and garden maintenance, ensure that the history, ecology, evolved design and artistic integrity of Fullers Mill and other grounds associated with the site are conserved and presented to an exemplary standard.
To recruit, train, manage and develop staff to achieve high standards of garden presentation and visitor satisfaction.
To build a culture that makes involvement in the garden a rewarding, rich and enjoyable experience for visitors, volunteers and staff.
To identify and develop opportunities for the promotion of the garden and the development of the visitor experience managing partnerships and relationships.

Duties and Responsibilities

Management of gardens and landscape

To be responsible for the maintenance and management of the garden and its associated landscape within an approved budget.
To maintain high standards of garden and facilities presentation at all times.
Responsible for the day-to-day running of the garden and supervision of staff, volunteers and contractors to ensure that appropriate horticultural and service standards are maintained.
To oversee the management and delivery of educational, training and skills activities and events, utilising the facilities and buildings within the site.
To undertake the direct delivery of activities on selected topics relating to horticulture and the garden.
To contribute as a key member of the Perennial project team in the formulation and delivery of the plan for the long-term future of Fullers Mill Garden and buildings.
To co-ordinate the Fullers Mill Garden Committee, establishing sound relationships with its members and utilising their knowledge and experience in maintaining and developing the garden.

Financial Management

Work alongside the Commercial Development Director to manage allocated budgets, prepare and provide bids for capital expenditure and small projects associated with the site.

Staff management, training and development

To be responsible for staff recruitment, training and development of competencies to deliver agreed maintenance and presentation standards and to be responsible for staff welfare, discipline and other employee issues in consultation with the organisations central support team.

Projects and coordination

To participate in the project team overseeing the creation of new visitor facilities and infrastructure
To manage and oversee work delivered by external contractors or agencies.
To ensure a coordinated approach for all site-based garden maintenance, development, visitor facilities and services and to effectively manage change as appropriate.

Business Development and Public Relations

To work with the marketing team to explore and deliver initiatives both nationally and regionally to increase awareness of both the charity and its gardens.
Where appropriate explore and support local marketing opportunities to encourage greater access for visitors, to identify and engage in opportunities which promote the charity and the garden as a high quality visitor attraction.
To act as site representative, promoting the charity and the garden to ensure positive relationships.

Documentation

To ensure that all site documentation is maintained and distributed where appropriate.
To create and maintain records relating to changes to the garden through maintenance, restoration and conservation.
Maintain appropriate records for the effective management of staff, equipment, machinery and health and safety on site.

Health and Safety

To conduct, review and maintain all risk assessments across site
To ensure all staff and volunteers are trained and have a good understanding of health and safety requirements where applicable
To ensure correct PPE and COSHH records are reviewed and maintained
To ensure correct documentation and risk assessments are provided by external contractors.

Other

Any other duties as instructed by the line manager that may be required within the general purpose of the job.

Person Specification

Essential

Managing a garden of quality to a high standard
Managing and controlling complex budgets to reduce costs and exceed income targets
Staff management within a horticultural, conservation or visitor attraction setting
Experience of visitor attractions
Representation and speaking in public
Health and safety in a garden environment
Working with and leading volunteers
Willingness to develop professionally and to undertake training
Holder of a full UK driving licence
Able to work flexibly, including weekend rotational working hours in season

Desirable

RHS level 3 or equivalent qualified by experience
Holder of HSE recognised First Aid at Work certificate
Level 2 Award for Personal Licence Holders
IOSH trained

Key Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions are provided for information only and in no way represent a contract. In the event of an appointment if there is an anomaly between the contract and these terms, the contract is deemed to be the correct version.

Full information on terms and conditions are contained within a Staff Handbook, issues upon appointment. Enquiries on specific matters are welcomed – the following are the key issues.

Location: Fullers Mill Garden, West Stow, Suffolk, IP28 6HD

Salary: £42,000 + benefits

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week - this is a full-time post working 5 days across 7

Pension: Perennial operates an auto-enrolment pension scheme and will match employee contributions up to the statutory amount. Details of the scheme will be available following a formal offer of employment.

Holidays: 25 days per annum plus Bank holidays

General: Sick pay; death in service benefit (3 x salary); Perennial has a number of well-established flexible working policies including ‘buying’ extra (unpaid) leave, time off for dependents, variations to normal working hours, private health care on completion of probation

General Considerations: All Perennial jobs are subject to a probationary period (6 months) and a periodic review.

Smoking: In the interests of health and safety, Perennial operates a non-smoking policy on its premises and expects staff not to smoke in company vehicles.

The outline of terms and conditions are provided for information only and do not represent a contract.

Closing date: Midnight on 2 August

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive sufficient applications.

Apply today!

Please email your CV and covering letter to Tegan Fagan ([email protected])

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