Job profile for Volunteer Manager RHS Garden Bridgewater
Volunteer Manager RHS Garden Bridgewater
location_on Bridgewater 08/05/2025 Volunteer Manager RHS Garden Bridgewater Apply online
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Job details
Salary £31,000 pro-rata Contractual hours 30 Basis Part time Date posted 16/04/2025 Job reference REQ0003411 Attachments attachment Volunteer Manager RHS Bridgewater Ad.docx attachment Volunteer Manager Bridgewater JD april 2025.docx
Job description
Job Title: Volunteer Manager (RHS Garden Bridgewater)
Salary: Circa £31K per annum pro-rata
Hours: 4 days per week (30 hours, 0.8 FTE) including occasional evenings and weekends (with some hybrid/flexible working)
Contract: Permanent
Overview of the Role:
RHS Garden Bridgewater is the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) fifth garden and has been open to visitors for four years. As the nation’s leading gardening charity, the RHS takes pride in ensuring all of its five gardens showcase excellence in horticulture and inspire generations of people to garden and grow. The garden welcomes around 500,000 visitors per year, and is renowned for being a tranquil green space on the outskirts of Salford.
The garden currently has 250+ regular volunteers and we are looking for a new Volunteer Manager to continue to develop and grow the skills and support of this large team. The role has overall responsibility for the volunteers at RHS Garden Bridgewater, ensuring their time is well spent and they have a great experience contributing towards the strategic goals of the RHS. This role also supports over 30 Volunteer Supervisors (employees) across multiple teams with their volunteer management.
The role is responsible for the implementation of the RHS Vision for Volunteering at RHS Garden Bridgewater, with a specific focus on increasing the diversity of our volunteers to represent the local community in Salford.
This is an exciting opportunity for an expert in volunteer management to apply their skills and leadership knowledge, working alongside a motived and creative team and the wider RHS.
Excellent leadership and communication skills are essential for this role, along with experience of managing volunteers, as the successful candidate must be able to liaise effectively with a diverse range of volunteers, alongside RHS staff at all levels.
To work for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to join a thriving charity, whose mission is to be there for everyone on their lifelong adventure with gardening. Everything we do is built on the transformational power of gardening – and the benefits it brings to people, places and our planet.
And we couldn’t do this without our people. We’re proud of the knowledge, enthusiasm and ideas that each one of our team members, including volunteers, brings. From working across our social media channels, to volunteering in the RHS Gardens, from serving customers in our garden centres to running national marketing campaigns, we believe that every member of the RHS team should have the opportunity to make a difference.
Our careers portal here provides a comprehensive overview of what we offer, the teams that work at the RHS and our great benefits .
Safeguarding and Inclusion
The RHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all personnel to share in this commitment. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
We may review applications as soon as we receive them so if you see a vacancy that you are interested in, please apply straight away as the vacancy will be closed as soon as we hire the right candidate. If you require any additional support with making your application, please contact sharonellis@rhs.org.uk please ensure to include the job title or job reference number REQ (found at the top of the advert) when emailing.
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