Location
Central London, Dyffryn Gardens

Hours
22.5 hours per week. You may be asked to work occasional weekends, bank holidays and evenings.

Salary
£16,567 per annum pro rata (based on £27,612 per annum full-time equivalent)

Contract Duration
6 month fixed-term contract

About the Role
As a Gardener for the National Trust, you’ll be a hands-on member of the garden team, involved in every aspect of gardening at Dyffryn. Responsible for day-to-day maintenance and upholding the highest standards of horticulture, you’ll also play a vital role in enhancing the experience of visitors to the garden and wider estate.

Working as part of the Formals Team, you will look after the central section of the gardens, reporting to the Senior Gardener for the section. You will also collaborate with the wider Gardens Team of staff and volunteers on larger seasonal tasks.

Your work in the Formals section involves care of annual bedding, formal lawns, water features, shrub borders, mixed herbaceous borders, as well as a range of climbers and roses.

Daily duties include keeping the garden in tiptop condition, performing safety checks to ensure all areas are safe for visitors, routine tasks such as weeding, pruning and mulching, and operating machinery including hedge cutters, leaf blowers, lawnmowers and tractors.

Additional responsibilities may include planting annual bedding, cutting flowers for the house, tree safety work, garden restoration, recycling and waste management alongside the garden team.

You can view the full role profile for this position in the attached document. While you don’t need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed, it provides a comprehensive overview of what’s possible in this role.

Experience
- Enthusiastic horticulturist and hands-on gardener with experience in hard landscaping
- Knowledgeable about plants with a great eye for detail
- Experienced with machinery including tractors, chainsaws, rotary and cylinder mowers, with some maintenance knowledge
- Full driving licence

About you
- Able to manage a demanding outdoor role
- Good communication skills and able to get on well with all kinds of people
- Confident working within a team, with volunteers or independently
- Able to keep to time, plan and meet deadlines

Qualifications
Eligibility to work in the UK

Benefits
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
- Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Rental deposit loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
- EV car lease scheme (for roles meeting salary criteria)
- Perks at work discounts including gym memberships, shopping and cinema discounts
- Holiday allowance up to 32 days plus holiday purchase scheme (subject to criteria)
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Employee assistance programme
- Free parking at most Trust places