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Job Title: Horticulture Apprentice
Posting Start Date: 18/06/2026
Posting End Date: 01/07/2026
Department: Environment
Office Location: Golders Hill Park
Level of DBS required for this role: Standard
Level of vetting required?: No security vetting is required
Is this a politically restricted post?: No
Does this post require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check?: No
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance
Salary: £27,010 per annum
Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week
Basis: Full time, Fixed Term Contract (18 months)
Workplace category: Workplace based
Attachments: Job Information Pack
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About Us
Golders Hill Park is an award winning 36 acre park situated in the London borough of Barnet.
The park includes a walled garden, water garden, pinetum, stumpery, mature shrub borders, amenity lawn areas and a zoo.
The Hill Garden and Pergola is a Grade 2 listed historic landscape feature with extensive climbing shrubs and formal mixed borders.
All areas and gardens are maintained to a high aesthetic amenity standard.
The City of London Corporation manages 11,000 acres (approximately 4,500 hectares) of land in and around London that is enjoyed by over 16 million visitors annually. Whilst there are small pockets of land within the Square Mile, the majority can be found elsewhere in London and the surrounding counties. The City Corporation acts as Trustee of 10 charities which, through their various objects, are responsible for the preservation in perpetuity of a large proportion of these award-winning open spaces.
The role
The role of the apprentice gardener is to assist the team to ensure high levels of horticultural excellence are maintained at all times in the Golders Hill Park and the Hill Garden and Pergola and to ensure that these areas are safe and welcoming places to visit.
Working as part of the team & with volunteers the successful candidate will complete all aspects of daily gardening tasks including, formative pruning, bed and border maintenance, amenity lawn care, seasonal garden maintenance and ensuring the gardens are clean and welcoming for visitors.
The ideal Candidate
The successful applicant will be a dedicated, reliable, motivated and hard-working individual who has a passion for horticulture and is driven to learn.
Please note:
This is a physically demanding position with a lot of time spent working outside with direct exposure to the weather.
35-hour week, Monday-Friday.
This apprenticeship role is based at Golders Hill Park and will last for 18 months (including time to complete your End Point Assessment).
If you are enthusiastic and committed to achieving your Level 2 Horticulture qualification and are eligible to apply, we would love to hear from you.
To qualify for this apprenticeship, you will need to be:
- 16 or over by the end of the summer holidays
- Living in England
- Not in full-time education at the time of applying
If you are a non-UK citizen – you need to have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes) and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship.
Selected apprenticeships require evidence of English and Maths GCSE Grade C/4 or equivalent.
If we request specific qualification evidence it will be required before applications are considered, please send copies of your certificates and application reference number to
[email protected] .
If you have any questions on this, please contact
[email protected]
Selection for the apprenticeship is on the basis of suitability and commitment to the apprenticeship not qualification.
Please see the Job Information Pack for further information.
Closing date: 23:59 1 July 2026
Interview date: 13 July 2026
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To apply online, please click the Apply online button below.
Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1105 if you experience any problems. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.
Please note that this apprenticeship is not available to current City of London employees.
As part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to undertake a prior learning check, all prior qualifications will be verified through the education system to ensure no prior learning has taken place that will impact the apprentice criteria before a successful candidate is formally offered the apprenticeship.
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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