| English Heritage

Location: Kenwood House, Hampstead, London, NW3 7JR

Salary: £31,814 per annum

Full Time: Permanent

Closing Date: 29/06/2025

Job Description

Kenwood is set on 112 acres of wonderful green parkland on Hampstead Heath. It’s listed designed landscape was the vision of Humphrey Repton in the 1790’s. Some features include a pasture ground which is neighboring the SSSI ancient woodland, ponds and open meadows. Smaller themed garden areas entice our many visitors to walk around the estate to enjoy shows of rhododendrons, woodland plantings, an old kitchen garden now planted with mixed herbaceous borders, and ornamental plantings around the cafe terrace designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd. We also have a compost area on site to recycle as much garden waste as possible. Kenwood is a real oasis in busy London!

This is a full time role working 36 hours per week over 5 days at Kenwood.

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.

That’s why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it’s why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.

Benefits include:

– Comprehensive training and CPD

– The opportunity to progress your career

– Opportunities to go to some of our great live music or history events

– Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members

– 25% discount in our shops and cafes

-Corporate subscription / memberships to gardening organisations

– Enhanced maternity/paternity/Shared Parental leave

– 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years

– Options to buy additional leave

– Matched pension contributions up to 10%

As a Gardens Superviser, you will be vital in developing our gardens and grounds. Supervising an enthusiastic, dedicated team of gardeners and volunteers, you’ll work closely with our Head Gardener to ensure the gardens and landscape are shown off to the highest standards of presentation.

About you

You will have a creative eye, high-quality garden experience, great plant knowledge and horticultural skills; and a track record for team supervision. You’ll know how to ensure visitors enjoy their day out – from sharing your gardening knowledge, to ensuring their health and safety. The ability to use and demonstrate all necessary horticultural craft skills, machinery use and maintenance to the highest standards are also a must for this busy role. Experience with a chainsaw and driving tractors are a plus, but otherwise training can be provided.

Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/ You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/

Everybody’s welcome at English Heritage

Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England’s heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We’re looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we’re committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.

We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.

Download job description here: https://eh.amrislive.com/wizards_v2/eh/viewAttachment.php?attachmentId=304411&filename=GardenSupervisorJan25.pdf

This is currently a Monday to Friday role 8am – 4:30pm.

Interviews will be held on July 16th 2025 at Kenwood, NW37RJ

How To Apply

To apply, please follow the link below. Good luck!