Community Gardening Movement Builder (England & Wales)

Job Title: Community Gardening Movement Builder (England & Wales)

Location: Hybrid / home-based or based at an RHS site, with frequent travel (including overnight stays)

Salary: £38,000

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

Closing date for applications: 26th November 2025

Are you passionate about plants, gardens and nature? Do you believe in the power of gardening to support people, places and our planet? Are you excited about the idea of supporting, enabling and amplifying community action that will create green change at scale?

If this sounds like you, join the RHS Communities Team as our new Community Gardening Movement Builder (England & Wales), as we expand our collective mission to champion, support and connect the UK s vibrant community gardening movement.

Overview of the Role

In this exciting new role, you will work closely with the Community Partnerships & Networks Manager to implement the RHS movement building plans for community gardening and build lasting green change.

You ll be part of a passionate, forward-thinking team dedicated to making horticulture accessible, inclusive and transformative. Your daily work will include creating and coordinating content, campaigns, projects and events that will support, connect and amplify community gardeners across England and Wales. The role will involve frequent travel across England and Wales, and regular opportunities to meet community gardeners, partner organisations and stakeholders, both in-person and online.

To work for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to join a thriving charity, whose mission is to be there for everyone on their lifelong adventure with gardening. Everything we do is built on the transformational power of gardening and the benefits it brings to people, places and our planet. And we couldn t do this without our people. We re proud of the knowledge, enthusiasm and ideas that each one of our team members brings. From working across our social media channels, to volunteering in the RHS Gardens, from serving customers in our garden centres to running national marketing campaigns, we believe that every member of the RHS team should have the opportunity to make a difference. Our careers portal here provides a comprehensive overview of what we offer, the teams that work at the RHS and our great benefits. Details of our great benefits can be found here.

As Community Gardening Movement Builder (England & Wales) you will be responsible for:

• Leading the digital and in-person convening of community gardeners across England and Wales, to increase the engagement of community gardens, support groups to develop and thrive, and build the platform of the community gardening movement.

• Mapping key stakeholders, campaigns and movement-building activity underway in sectors and spaces relevant to community gardening, keeping colleagues up to date with developments, and flagging challenges and opportunities.

• With the Community Partnerships & Networks Manager, building strong relationships with community gardening groups, partner organisations and key external stakeholders in the policy sphere such as local authorities, mayoralties and devolved governments.

• Working closely with colleagues in the Communities team and other teams across the RHS to plan, commission and platform a wide range of digital content that will encourage, inspire and enable the community gardening movement.

• Working closely with RHS colleagues, partner organisations and community gardeners to commission, collate and promote data, research and stories that will help amplify the voices of community gardeners and build the case for policy change.

About you

You will be able to show:

• A passion for growing, nature, and the role that community gardening can play in bringing people together and addressing social, economic and environmental challenges.

• A track record of experience in a movement building, policy, strategy, public affairs or external communications role (or the ability to demonstrate similar levels of knowledge if you have not worked in one of these specialisms before).

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present and creatively engage different audiences.

• Adept interpersonal skills, with experience of building external relationships and collaborating with a wide range of contacts.

• Strong digital literacy, and an interest in utilising a wide range of digital tools to connect, communicate and convene.

• An eye for detail, with the ability to analyse, interpret and present complex data.

• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to use your initiative to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• The ability to work as an integral member of a small, high-performing team, and to work collaboratively and with agility across the team and the wider organisation.

Safeguarding and Inclusion

The RHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all personnel to share in this commitment. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Other information

We may review applications as soon as we receive them so if you see a vacancy that you are interested in, please apply straight away as the vacancy will be closed as soon as we hire the right candidate. If you require any additional support with making your application, please contact Sharon Ellis please ensure to include the job title or job reference number REQ (found at the top of the advert) when emailing.

October 2025