Assistant Nursery Manager - Hyde Park
The Hyde Park Plant Nursey, London, W2
The Organisation
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James's Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.
Hyde Park Nursery is the not-so-secret spot where we grow over 1,400 varieties of plants. Every year we produce nearly half a million plants for the Royal Park from our 8,200 square metre facility valuing around £1,000,000.
We are now looking for an Assistant Nursery Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years' service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a terrific opportunity for a horticulture professional with great leadership skills to develop their career with our historic organisation.
Unlocking your potential in the heart of London's lush landscapes, you will cultivate a thriving environment while nurturing your career.
What's more, you'll have the chance to reap the rewards of competitive benefits, extensive leave, and the chance to flourish in a beautifully green, historic setting.
So, if you're ready to elevate your expertise in the heart of London's green haven, then apply today!
The Role
As an Assistant Nursery Manager, you will play a key leadership role in our nursery, managing a team of 13 and delivering a huge variety of plants throughout the year.
Reporting to the Hyde Park Nursery Manager, you will line manage a team of 12 staff and one supervisor, overseeing the bedding requirements of all six Royal Parks.
You will manage systems and resources on a day-to-day basis, ensuring we produce high quality crops at the right time, directing, specifying, monitoring and giving technical guidance.
Involved in all aspects of team management and nursery operations, you will ensure all team members are suitably trained, help manage the production list, control stock and assist with budgeting.
Your role will also involve:
- Taking part in an out-of-hours on-call rota
- Procurement activities
- Managing temperature and moisture control, pests and diseases
- Environmental management
- Troubleshooting for equipment
About You
To be considered as an Assistant Nursery Manager, you will need:
- Experience in production horticulture
- Experience in line management, managing a team of operational staff
- Experience in writing and reviewing risk assessments, undertaking H&S checks and toolbox talks
- Computer literacy and working knowledge of MS Office programmes
- Good organisation and communication skills
- A full, valid driving licence
Other organisations may call this role Assistant Plant Nursery Manager, Nursery Supervisor, Horticulture Production Supervisor, Horticulture Production Team Lead, Assistant Nursery Co-ordinator, or Greenhouse Assistant Manager.
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