Organisation: Growing Well

Salary Details: £27,000 p.a / pro rata

Closing date for applications: 29 Aug 2025

• Growing Well West Cumbria, Egremont
• Permanent Position, 30 hours per week

We 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 West Cumbria site in Egremont.

The role of the Activity Lead (Growing) – West Cumbria 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 in Egremont.
• 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
• 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, such as the weekly newsletter, pick/pack list, sending out availability list and creating recipe cards.

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

Please email your current CV and covering letter to Hannah Wright, Manager (Egremont), at hannah@growingwell.co.uk

Deadline for applications is Friday 29th August

Interviews will be held in early September

Further details and a full job description can be found at https://www.growingwell.co.uk/vacancies/