Apply by 30th April.
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses say:
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses (BPCG) is a community garden in the centre of Lambeth’s Brockwell Park. The site includes an orchard, a series of demonstration gardens, a walled herb garden, two large greenhouses and the recently built Brockwell Barn.
BPCG has a vibrant and committed community of volunteers who contribute to helping people grow through learning and learn through growing. We have 5 staff members (3 FTE) who run the garden volunteering scheme, school visits, family events, courses and workshops. We have four (4) operational areas:
1. Community Gardening
2. Production and Retail
3. Children and Families Educational Programming
4. Workshops, Events, and Space Hire
Visitors, volunteers, and members learn about conserving the environment and wildlife, appreciating nature, and understanding organic gardening and food growing – all within a friendly community atmosphere. In 2023, our strategic objectives were to:
1. support our local community
2. promote and support volunteering
3. improve environmental sustainability
4. improve operational efficiency and financial stability
5. strengthen our governance
Job Overview
The General Manager will lead BPCG, and be responsible for managing staff, overseeing and coordinating the organisation’s operations, fundraising, strategic development, and reporting to the board across the four (4) operational areas.
While the other operational areas are led by other staff members, the General Manager would be expected to also directly lead the Production and Retail operational area, currently led by volunteers. This area represented the biggest revenue stream for the organisation in the 2023/2024 financial year, approximately 25%. Ultimately, however, BPCG is a small organisation that requires the selected candidate to be flexible and adaptive, fostering a culture of dynamic roles, where possible, to ensure the resilience of the organisation.
The organisation’s key priorities for the financial year 2025/26 are:
1. prepare a 5-year organisational strategy,
2. strengthen governance,
3. prepare and launch a volunteer engagement plan, and
4. prepare and deliver a fundraising plan to improve financial sustainability.
In line with these organisational priorities, the General Manager’s priorities over the next 12 months include:
1. strengthening the financial sustainability of the organisation, including by strengthening and implementing the fundraising plan,
2. playing a leading role in the development of the next 5-year strategy (2026 – 2030),
3. supporting efforts to strengthen volunteer engagement and diversification,
4. strengthening systems and processes, including reporting to the board, and
5. fostering increased coordination across operational areas.
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