Plant Centre Assistant
Plant Centre Assistant
This role is within the Wakehurst, Visitor Experience & Commercial Team, responsible for ensuring a seamless, consistent, and high-quality experience for all visitors to Wakehurst as well as being directly responsible for commercial growth.
Working as part of the Plant Centre team you will ensure that the Plant Centre is well stocked and presentable, maintaining plant health and quality. Ensuring signage is up to date and informative and reflects the brand and values of RBG Kew.
Reporting into the Plant Centre Manager, this role will be accountable for ensuring high standards of customer service and presentation are maintained as well as driving sales to ensure that income and KPI targets are delivered.
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Experience of working within a horticultural or garden retail environment with good knowledge of plants and gardening to confidently provide the best advice as expected by our Customers from RBG Employees. The role is based outside during all-weather, so previous experience of a similar work environment is desirable. Proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently using own initiative, Practical experience of working in a fast paced, front-line customer focused environment.
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 salary for this position is £25,552 per annum (pro rata) [Grade 1B]
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.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.