Organisation: Growing Well

Salary Details: £27,000 p.a, dependent upon experience

Closing date for applications: 30 Sep 2025

Growing Well are seeking an experienced grower with excellent horticultural and interpersonal skills to work alongside our existing team in leading field-based activities for our beneficiaries at our site at Tebay Services (Northbound) in Cumbria.

The role of the Activity Lead (Growing) – Tebay is to:

• Work alongside our existing two activity leads in the delivery of field-based, individual goals-based activity for adults experiencing mental ill health, in the context of a thriving commercial growing enterprise. This includes assisting in the effective delivery of annual crop plans to deliver horticulture and greenhouse cultivation at our site at Tebay Services.
• Work collaboratively with Mental Health Support Coordinator to establish the best occupationally-focused pathways to mental health recovery, tailored to each individual beneficiary’s goals.
• Deliver horticultural skills development to our beneficiaries as part of the horticultural activity, in tune with the season, the needs of the business and individual Volunteers’ needs with particular focus on heritage skills.
• Record, on Growing Well’s bespoke database, all social and vocational progress and achievements on behalf of each individual beneficiary.
• Ensure that at all times our site is safe, productive, excellently maintained and efficiently run.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to create a culture of respect, inclusion and security.
• Carry out administrative tasks related to the role.

If you think you’re the right person for this position, we’d like to hear from you.

Applicants should have:

• 2+ years’ practical experience of commercial (organic) production horticulture / market gardening, including field-scale and polytunnel horticulture
• Organic horticultural production and pest/weed control practices
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions
• A high standard of written and oral communication skills

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