Horticulture Assistant Tiptree, England
Job description
Nursery Assistant -Seasonal full-time
From March 2023 to end of May 2023
5 days a week Monday to Friday 8 am to 4.30 pm including Bank holidays
About Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd
Perrywood is an independent, family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne Family. Both our Tiptree and Sudbury centres are surrounded by beautiful countryside. Our mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving our employees and customers, a reason to smile.
Rewards and Benefits
In addition to your salary, you will receive the following benefits:
o Discount – From the start of your employment you will receive 10% discount on specific items. Following a successful probation period, the discount increases up to 20% discount on specific items and after one year’s service up to 40% discount on specific items. (some exceptions apply)
o Paid holiday – holiday entitlement is 22 days per year, plus bank holidays. Restrictions apply (part-time pro rata)
o Annual Christmas bonus
o Part-uniform provided
o Employee Assistant Programme - a confidential personal and professional support service available to all employees and their immediate families 24/7, 365 days a year.
o Training & development, as required. We have an e-learning scheme called GROW, and also take part in other training with product suppliers and external trainers
o Company sick pay – following a successful probation period employees are entitled to 10 days paid sickness (part-time pro rata)
o Access to our Retail Discount Scheme – savings on retailers including Tesco, Pizza Express,M&S, Waitrose, Argos, Apple, Currys PC World, Thomas Cook and 100’s more
o Workplace pension
o Free parking
Key duties
- Carrying out tasks as required to produce plants in our nursery.
o Operating nursery machinery such as potting machine & transplanting machine
o Moving stock around
o General maintenance and plant care – could include watering, weeding, pruning, propagation, cleaning etc.
o Labeling of products
o Grading and sorting plants as required
- Assisting in retail areas e.g. moving plants and stocking up, labelling, cleaning
Your capabilities
- Ability to work both inside and outside in varied weather conditions
- You must be able to bend, lift and pull/push trolleys and barrows
- Experience preferred but not essential as training will be given
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- A keen interest in plants and related products
Requirements
- Seasonal position, from March to end of May
- You’ll need to work five days a week Monday-Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm
- You’ll need to work some bank holidays (as part of a rota with other assistants), but will be given a day’s holiday in lieu and paid time and a half
- Experience of working in a production nursery, garden centre or similar environment is preferred but not essential
- Good communication skills essential
If this Front of House Manager position sounds like the ideal opportunity for you then apply to us directly, we’d love to hear from you!
For further information and a full job description please visit the Perrywood website https://www.perrywood.co.uk/careers/
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 3 months
Salary: £9.65-£9.90 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Due to our rural location and limited access to public transport your own transport is preferred
Experience:
- horticulture: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: One location
