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Join the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and contribute to global plant and fungi conservation as a Horticultural Technician
Overview
Salary
£34216
Location
Kew Gardens, Richmond
Expires
Expires at anytime
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a renowned plant science institute and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We dedicate ourselves to understanding and conserving plant and fungi species for the health of all earthly life. We strive towards a world characterized by sustainable nature management, wider appreciation for the environment, and liberation from the extinction crisis. By leveraging our scientific expertise, vast plant and fungi collections, global collaborations, educational gardens, and longstanding history, we continue to make strides towards these ends.
Role Summary:
- Enhance the quality of horticultural education at the School of Botanical Horticulture
- Develop innovative courses and teaching methods, and evaluate educational quality and outcomes
- Support the school's administration, running the Kew Diploma and other programs
- Collaborate with horticultural teams to ensure quality learning outcomes and pastoral care
- Lead field trips within the UK and abroad.
Role Requirements:
- Ability to cultivate strong relationships with staff, students, apprentices, and other individuals across the organization.
Bonuses:
- Continuous learning opportunities
- Generous annual leave, flexible work arrangements to maintain work-life harmony, wellbeing programs, employee discounts, free access to numerous museums and galleries and exclusive admission to our gardens.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth. We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history. Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The role: As a Horticultural Technician at the School of Botanical Horticulture, you will be a key member of our team. Your responsibilities will include improving the quality of Kew’s horticulture training offer, developing new courses and new ways of learning, evaluating teaching quality and learning outcomes. You will support the day-to-day running and organisation of the School, providing technician support, running aspects of the Kew Diploma, such as plant idents, vegetable plot project, and dissertation support. Additionally, you will liaise with horticulture teams to ensure learning quality outcomes and pastoral care, and manage the Modular courses. You will also take students on day visits and field trips in the UK and overseas.
Job requirements: The successful candidate will need to develop strong working relationships with staff, students, apprentices, and visiting lecturers at all levels across the organisation.
Benefits: Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
