The post holder will lead the development of a programme of activities and events consistent with the ethos and aims of Gracemount Community Garden and will document the delivery of the intended outcomes of Investing in Communities funding from the Scottish Government.

Gracemount Community Garden is an inclusive friendly space where volunteers work with the Garden Coordinator to grow fruit and veg using the principles of organic regenerative horticulture. It is important the post holder understands these principles. The ICF funding has a particular emphasis on tackling poverty and inequality, particularly child and family poverty, helping people to cut their cost of living, supporting integration in the community, enhancing access to volunteering, and links to education, training and employment, and contributing to understandings of and working towards achieving net zero targets.

Please download the job description & person specification below for further information.

Transition Edinburgh South (Scotland) Ltd. /Gracemount Community Garden

Gracemount Community Garden seeks a socially skilled, environmentally savvy and proactive community organiser to lead the planning and implementation of a new programme of work in collaboration with our Garden Coordinator. The Investing in Communities Fund enables this & 3 part-time posts: food worker, children & young people worker + Mansion Development Trust worker (latter managed by them). This is a unique opportunity to scale up benefits to the community, local partners and stakeholders, volunteers and the environment. Requires attention to the big community picture of programme development + details needed to get things done and to document progress, as required by our funder. A full-time post, but we will consider job-share co-applicants or applicants wishing to work part-time on a particular aspect of the post (please specify your intention clearly your application).

*Location:Combines itinerant outreach working, working from home and weekly work in and from Gracemount Community Garden, the top of Mansionhouse Drive, where we have a portacabin with a toilet but currently no electricity.

Line Manager:The Chair and trustees of Transition Edinburgh South (Scotland) Ltd., the Charity that run Gracemount Community Garden

Questions& chat:For questions unanswered by the further particulars write to contact@transitionedinburghsouth.org.uk giving a phone number and suggesting when it would be convenient to call you.