Garden Supervisor DCS TEST
English Heritage · Barnard Castle, North East
Garden Supervisor DCS TEST at English Heritage, based in Barnard Castle, North East. This is a part-time role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Barnard Castle, North East
- Contract
- Part-time
- Posted
- 14 hours ago
- Closes
- 19 Nov 2026
- Sector
- Grounds Maintenance
Reference 93
About the role
Join us and use your passion and creativity to nurture one of England’s most prestigious gardens and inspire visitors from across the world.
With 14 main garden sites and dedicated garden teams, we are looking for a Gardens Supervisor to join our team at (insert site) [ENTER SITE DESCRIPTION - This should be written by the recruiting manager and can be reused each time you recruit to this role. Examples are available] This is a full/part-time role working (insert hours) hours per week (Manager to amend as appropriate)
As a Gardens Supervisor, you will be vital in developing our gardens and grounds. Supervising an enthusiastic, dedicated team of gardeners and volunteers, you’ll work closely with our Head Gardener to ensure the gardens and landscape are shown off to the highest standards of presentation.
About you
You will have a creative eye, high-quality garden experience, great plant knowledge and horticultural skills; and a talent for team supervision. You’ll know how to ensure visitors enjoy their day out – from sharing your gardening knowledge, to ensuring their health and safety.
This is a physically demanding role and involves working outdoors in all weather conditions, which requires a good level of fitness and stamina. You will regularly carry out tasks such as lifting, reaching, and stretching, and will be required to operate gardening equipment and machinery.
The successful candidate will be required to complete a preplacement questionnaire (PPQ) and your offer will be contingent on this.
Interviews will be held on [date/in the week commencing] delete as applicable – [on MS Teams]/at [location name].
If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact [Recruiting Manager Name], [Recruiting Manager Job Title], on [contact Email Address and/or telephone number.) No agencies please.
Reference: 93 · Posted 14 hours ago · Closes 19 Nov 2026 · Listed via English Heritage
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