Garden Duty Manager  

Contract: Full time, Permanent 
Salary: £26,794 – £28,554 per annum, FTE
Hours: 37 hours per week – working days will be 5 over 7 but predominantly  Sunday to Thursday (with flexibility required) 

 We have an exciting opportunity to join our Museum Gardens Team on a full time basis to help care for, maintain and develop the Garden and provide support for other activities in the Garden as required.  

We are looking for a positive, proactive and flexible individual with experience of working in a horticultural environment to work in a supervisory operational capacity in the Garden, leading the Team in their day to day activity under direction from the Garden Manager. The candidate will have good plant knowledge, have a clear understanding of seasonal horticultural tasks, possess significant experience of using garden machinery and driving a tractor, have knowledge of growing plants in protected environments and be a strong communicator. The role involves working outdoors all year round and interacting with the public on a regular basis delivering talks and tours.  

You will have supervisory and/or line management experience and be comfortable leading, coordinating and working alongside the team to accomplish general gardening duties and deliver project work in line with the Garden strategy. Experience of working with volunteers would be advantageous but not essential.   

Word and Excel skills and the ability to use Outlook and produce basic reporting is required.  

Working days are 5 over 7 with the need for flexibility working with the other Garden Duty Manager to ensure there is Supervisory presence in place for the team at all times.   

As an organisation York Museums Trust is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. 

How to Apply

Please download the following documents:

• Job Description
• Equal Opportunities form
• Applicants Privacy Notice

Please send:

• Your CV,
• The completed Equal Opportunities form and
• A covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria in the Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Behaviours section of the Job description

to recruitment@ymt.org.uk

All documents should be in a pdf format.

Dates to bear in mind…

Closing date for applications is 9am Saturday 18th October 2025.

Interviews are expected to take place in York on the 30th and 31st October 2025.