Deputy Head Gardener

Reed Learning is a market leading centre for all levels of CIPD professional qualifications, delivering HR/L&D apprenticeships and in-company soft skills training. We hope that, like us, you'll feel proud to be part of a team that inspires, supports and develops HR and L&D professionals with the skills they need to enhance their careers.

Pay Range £25,000 - £35,000 per annum

Job Description

Location: Reed Business School, Cotswolds

Contract: Fixed-Term Contract (Family Leave Cover)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

About the Role

As Deputy Head Gardener, you will work closely alongside the Head Gardener and wider team to maintain and enhance our extensive Arts and Crafts garden. You'll be actively involved in all aspects of gardening while helping to guide and support the team through your knowledge, experience, and positive approach. The role offers a great blend of practical horticulture and people leadership. You'll be trusted to take responsibility for the day to day running of the garden whenever the Head Gardener is absent, ensuring high standards are maintained across the estate.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working hands on across all areas of the garden, maintaining exceptional horticultural standards.
• Supporting the planning, development, and ongoing care of our Arts and Crafts garden.
• Providing guidance, coaching, and support to members of the gardening team.
• Taking responsibility for leading the team and overseeing operations in the Head Gardener's absence.
• Contributing ideas and expertise to help the garden continue to thrive and evolve.
• Carrying out a broad range of seasonal horticultural tasks including planting, pruning, lawn care, propagation, maintenance, and garden development projects.

What We're Looking For

• Broad horticultural knowledge and practical gardening experience.
• A genuine passion for gardening and landscape maintenance.
• Strong people skills with the ability to motivate and support colleagues.
• Previous experience supervising or leading others, either formally or informally.
• A positive, can do attitude and willingness to get stuck in.
• An all rounder mindset with the flexibility to tackle a wide variety of tasks.
• A desire to continually learn and develop new skills.

Why Join Reed Learning?

At Reed Learning, we recognise that our people are our greatest asset. Alongside the opportunity to work in one of the Cotswolds' most beautiful garden settings, you'll benefit from an attractive rewards package, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Reed Pension Scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Access to employee wellbeing support and assistance programmes.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee discounts and lifestyle benefits.
• Recognition and long service awards.
• The opportunity to work within a supportive, collaborative, and values driven organisation.

We're always on the lookout for people who want to make a difference and are passionate about helping others progress their careers. We're never afraid to ask, "What's next?" Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious. We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide. Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other. We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered. A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged. Feel what it's like to truly belong.

Our story

In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world's largest family run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia. With access to the UK's largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.