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Community Garden Development Officer

Edible Estates
Edinburgh

Posted: 17 Dec 2024

Deadline: 20 Jan 2025

Compensation: £28,000 - £32,677 (dependant upon experience)

Paid Full-time Part-time Fixed term / contract

Job description

We’re looking for a friendly, organised person to work alongside existing and support the development of new community garden projects across Edinburgh. 

Edible Estates are recruiting a Community Garden development officer for the Growing Together Project. 

The purpose of the role is to:

• Engage with communities to encourage and support participation of residents in community gardens/growing projects in council estates across Edinburgh.
• Build the capacity of new and existing community garden groups to manage their gardens through good organisational practice. Provide remedial support to groups where required where policies and relationships have deteriorated.
• Support the positive contribution community gardens can make to their wider communities through event and services.

To be clear, the role does not include teaching participants how to grow food, designing or building community gardens, these roles are delivered by other members of the team

Application information

For full job description and to apply go to Goodmoves. 

Send a completed application form to admin@edibleestates.scot by 9am on Monday 20th January.

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