Plant Records Officer - Parks and Public Realm
Portfolio: Place: Culture and Environment
Hours: 7.5 Hours per week (Preferably working day is Wednesday but alternative days could be discussed)
Location: Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Contract Type: Permanent
Do you know a Sorbus from a Sorbaria? Or a Fagus from a Ficus? And are you passionate about plants? Sheffield Botanical Gardens has recently transferred its plant records onto a new system, IrisBG, and is now looking for a plant records officer to take on the exciting challenge of maintaining the records of the collection of over 4000 different taxa.
The postholder will join the team of staff based at Sheffield Botanical Gardens, working one day a week to manage the Botanical Gardens Living Collections database and provide labels for specimens in the collection including providing advice and guidance on the botanical management of the collection.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has a broad plant knowledge and a desire to explore the capabilities of the new system to make the collections more accessible to the garden’s visitors. You will have a full working knowledge of plant record systems as well as other computer software as well as excellent plant identification skills including the use of botanical keys. You will need to be enthusiastic, self-motivated and well organized.
Join us and you will receive a generous rewards package’ a member of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Sheffield a better place and contribute to its future.
For further information about this position, including application details, please visit Sheffield City Council's job vacancies web page.
Informal enquiries can be made to Richard Dewsbury: tele - 07817747754
e-mail: [email protected]
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
