We are hiring two new staff members to join our team in the 2026 season.

1 Admin: Applicants should have experience organising either community initiatives, food solidarity groups, or community gardens. Applicants must be able to communicate with funders, have knowledge of issuing payments to staff members, keeping accounts, and submitting to HMRC/Companies House. See below for more position details.

1 Site Maintenance: Applicants must have experience growing food, ideally experience working on urban farms in collaboration with other growers and the community. Applicants should have experience working with the public and people from vulnerable backgrounds. See below for more position details.

Admin Position Details: 9 hours per week for 10 months in 2026, 16 hours per week for 10 months in 2027. Administrators will be accountable for the planning of all PGS initiatives, which include but is not be limited to;

  • managing finances and budgeting,

  • applying for funding,

  • communicating with funders,

  • liaising with partner organisations, 

  • purchasing and organising the delivery of materials, 

  • organising work schedules with representative staff members from site maintenance, builders, education, and market day,

  • communicating with raised bed recipients,

  • fielding complaints or concerns from partner organisations, recipients, and staff through PGS email,

  • managing safeguarding and conflict/incident resolution.

Site Maintenance Position Details: 10 hrs per week for 8 months in 2026, 12 hrs per week for 8 months in 2027 (March - October). Site maintenance staff will be accountable for the management of all PGS growing sites. This will include but not be limited to;

  • collaboration with recipient organisations for annual planting programs,

  • soil conditioning,

  • seed germination,

  • planting out,

  • garden maintenance,

  • harvesting,

  • communication with courier staff for pickups,

  • record keeping of production rates,

  • seed saving,

  • communication with PGS admin regarding stock and material purchases.

Application Details:

Applicants should send a Cover Letter and CV no later than 5 PM on the March 16th, 2026 to plantgrowshare@gmail.com.

Cover letters should outline applicant’s interest in the organisation, relevant experience, and how they feel they are a good fit. Cover letters and CV’s should be no more than 2 A4 pages combined.

PGS admin will hold in person conversations with select applicants on March 24th, with work commencing April 1st for new hires.