Park Assistant

Permanent, Part Time (11.33 hours per week)
About the role
As a Park Assistant at Homestead Park and Pavilion, you will play an important role in helping to create a welcoming, safe and restorative environment for all visitors. This is a predominantly outdoor role where you will gain hands-on experience in basic gardening and nature conservation tasks. You will also support events held in the park, including setting up spaces and assisting with clearing and tidying afterwards. This position offers a valuable opportunity to explore different career paths or make a fresh start, while gaining practical experience that can support progression into our paid garden apprenticeship scheme.
Day-to-day, you will engage with visitors, offering a friendly welcome and answering questions, while helping to maintain the park’s appearance through litter picking and bin emptying. You will be responsible for opening and securing gates and buildings when required, carrying out routine safety and cleanliness checks and ensuring the Pavilion Community Space is well stocked with refreshments and supplies. In addition, you will work closely with the garden team to communicate ongoing tasks and report any issues that arise. Above all, you will act as an advocate for the park, promoting it as a place where people can relax, connect with nature and build a sense of community.
About you
We are looking for a motivated and adaptable individual with a positive attitude who is ready to take on a variety of tasks and try new things. The role requires someone who can work well as part of a team, as two general assistants will be on duty each weekend, supported by an experienced gardener, while also being confident working independently when needed and following instructions from the gardening team.
Strong communication skills are essential, along with good timekeeping and personal organisation. You will need to be willing to take responsibility for important safety checks and maintain high standards in your work. Flexibility is also important, as the role includes working weekends and occasional evenings on a rota basis, typically following a pattern of two weekends on duty and one weekend off, with some scope for flexibility depending on operational needs. You will also be expected to offer availability for up to one evening per week to support community events.
How to apply
If you share our passion and this role sounds like you, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you.
Please submit your CV and supporting information via our online application platform.
The closing date for applications is 14th June 2026
Interviews will take place on 29th & 30th June 2026
We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.
Additional Information
Applications are welcome from all, regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socioeconomic background.
We positively encourage applications from people from marginalised backgrounds, including but not limited to those with experience of living in poverty.
We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation and operate an anonymised recruitment process so that bias is eliminated from the shortlisting process.
In support of our approach to flexible working, we are happy to receive applications from those seeking full-time employment, as well as those who may want to share the role on a part-time basis. When making your application, please state whether you want to be considered for either full or part-time work and, if part-time, the number of hours per week you would be looking for.
At JRF we’re at our best when we’re continually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference – and hope others will do the same. So, for those roles which allow it, we’re developing a more blended approach to how and where you work. This means you can expect to work flexibly between the office and home (with an expectation of two days a week in your home office).
We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you have any additional needs and need reasonable adjustments to be made to the interview process, please let us know