Working With Us
The Green Estate Community Interest Company is a social enterprise which aims to grow engaging, adaptive and resilient urban places. It is a community and ecosystem of landscape designers, meadow makers, park and heritage stewards, green recyclers, venue organisers, volunteers and more who all care about social and environmental sustainability.
Benefits of working at The Green Estate Community Interest Company include:
- A worksite situated in 14 hectares of beautifully landscaped and natural parkland containing a scheduled ancient monument
- Working for a social enterprise with community values
- Transport links and free parking, close to Sheffield city centre
- Company sick pay
- Staff and social events
Current Vacancies
Warehouse Supervisor (One Year Fixed Term with potential to be permanent)
Salary: £23,100.00 – £24,600.00
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Organisation: The Green Estate Community Interest Company
The Green Estate aims to grow engaging, adaptive and resilient urban places. It is a community and ecosystem of landscape designers, meadow makers, park and heritage stewards, green recyclers, venue organisers, volunteers and more who all care about social and environmental sustainability.
The Pictorial Meadows brand originated more than 20 years ago, from an innovative and productive partnership between the University of Sheffield and The Green Estate Community Interest Company. Through a dedication to developing new and innovative approaches we now have a range of annual and perennial seed mixes and turf, as well as solutions for meadow installation, sustainable urban drainage and green roofs.
We are recruiting a Warehouse Supervisor which will be a key role in the management of the Pictorial Meadows Seed Production Warehouse. You will manage a small team of part time staff that ensures the mixing, dispatch, stock taking and quality control of our seed products. Ensuring that our customers receive their orders as expected.
The post holder will be organised and reliable, with an eye for detail and have a proven track record in adhering to systems and processes. They will be a team player as the role involves collaborating with a number of teams across the company.
In return we can offer you a friendly and supportive working environment within a unique and diverse organisation. We are a growing business with a professional and focused team who are highly supportive of ongoing training and development.
This role is currently operating on site full time from 08:00 – 16:00 but there are opportunities for flexible working arrangements.
Closing date: 8.00am Monday 19th August 2024
Interview date to be confirmed
An information pack has been prepared providing further details about our organisation, its vision for the future and the full job description and person specification for the role. This is available here or phone 0114 2322 556 Extension 643.
To apply please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected], giving examples of how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we meet suitably qualified candidates. Please do not delay in applying.
Hospitality Manager
Fixed Term for 18 months with potential for growth
Salary: £26,574.00 – £30,900.00 per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, working Tuesday to Saturday. There will be a need to work flexibly to ensure event delivery, evening working can also be required.
The Green Estate is a community interest company whose purpose is to grow green and resilient urban places for people and nature to thrive. We are one of the first 15 organisations who the King selected for the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Our 2030 goal is to become a national urban resilience demonstrator.
This is an exciting time to join and lead our Hospitality Team. They have moved from strength to strength delivering a high-quality weddings and celebrations offer and introducing a new corporate hire range in 2024. With our new mission to grow green and resilient urban places where people and nature can thrive, we are looking for a passionate individual who will continue to grow our business while drawing inspiration from this vision. We believe our added value mission, heritage, social enterprise and beautiful award-winning meadows and landscapes makes us stand out from the crowd. We also wish to introduce a new food offer across the site, which for the right candidate could lead to career development and growth.
Full details of the expectations for the role can be found within job information pack for the role and if you are interested in visiting our site prior to submitting your application then please ask to speak with our Head of People Services through the contact details below. We will not be working with agencies on this vacancy.
Closing date: 8.00am, Monday 29th July 2024
Interviews will be held shortly after.
Starting date: As soon as possible
We have prepared an information pack providing further details about our organisation, its vision for the future, and the full job description, person specification and job specification.
To apply please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected], giving examples of how you meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close the recruitment campaign early should we meet the right candidate. Please do not delay in applying.
Post Title: Production Operative (Green Waste Recycling) (permanent)
Salary: £13,390.65 based on the full time equivalent of £22,317.75
Working hours: 22.5 hours per week, Wednesday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm
Organisation: The Green Estate Community Interest Company
The Green Estate CIC is an award-winning company, recognised by the Kings Award for Sustainability and the Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards. We host the Pictorial Meadows brand, a collection of wildflower meadow seeds and turf that create long lasting high impact displays that are climate resilient and increase pollinators.
This role will be responsible for assisting in the general running of our Production Department, including Green Waste recycling, production of Pas100 soils and substrates, Pictorial Meadows seed and supporting other parts of the production department.
We are looking for an organised and reliable Operative who has an eye for detail, has a track record in adhering to systems and processes and who is a team player.
The role will require operating our vehicles, such as the loading shovel and telehandler so we are looking for candidates with a driving license and either prior experience or a willingness to learn.
In return we can offer you a friendly and supportive working environment within a unique and diverse organisation. We are a growing business with a professional and focused team who are highly supportive of ongoing training and development.
This role requires the postholder to be on site and the proposed working days are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but there can be some flexibility.
Closing date: 8.00am Monday 12th August 2024
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 27th August 2024
An information pack has been prepared providing further details about our organisation, its vision for the future and the full job description and person specification for the role. This is available here or phone 0114 2322 556 Extension 643.
To apply please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected], giving examples of how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we meet suitably qualified candidates. Please do not delay in applying.
Horticulture Innovation Manager
One Year Fixed Term with potential to be permanent
Salary: £26,574.00 – £28,325.00
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
The Green Estate aims to grow engaging, adaptive and resilient urban places. It is a community and ecosystem of landscape designers, meadow makers, park and heritage stewards, green recyclers, venue organisers, volunteers and more who all care about social and environmental sustainability.
The Pictorial Meadows brand originated more than 20 years ago, from an innovative and productive partnership between the University of Sheffield and The Green Estate Community Interest Company. Through a dedication to developing new and innovative approaches we now have a range of annual and perennial seed mixes and turf, as well as solutions for meadow installation, sustainable urban drainage and green roofs.
We are now looking for a Horticulture Innovation Manager to work with our Production and Commercial Landscape teams to continue that legacy of developing high quality plant and soil products, that provide solutions to the changing needs of the climate and urban environments. While also ensuring that quality assurance and production processes for our existing products continue to be effective in meeting customer needs.
We are looking for some with a strong horticultural understanding and systems-based approach as this job requires strict quality control, plant husbandry, and good record keeping. You will be required to build and maintain good relationships and communications with external partners, suppliers, customers, and internal staff, as well as leading, coaching and developing a small production team.
In return we can offer you a friendly and supportive working environment within a unique and diverse organisation. We are a growing business with a professional and focused team who are highly supportive of ongoing training and development.
This role is currently operating on site full time from 08:00 – 16:00 but there are opportunities for flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
Closing date: 8.00am Monday 19th August 2024
Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd August 2024
An information pack has been prepared providing further details about our organisation, its vision for the future and the full job description and person specification for the role.
To apply please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected], giving examples of how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we meet suitably qualified candidates. Please do not delay in applying.