Main Purpose of Job
We are seeking self-motivated individuals to join our seasonal staff to assist the Farm Team at the Dundee site of the James Hutton Institute. Working in a squad of 10 seasonals you will assist our Field Manager and Field Trials Officers with manual tasks necessary to deliver field trials work and wider farm or estate maintenance objectives.
Successful candidates will be expected to work as part of the team 8am – 4-30pm core hours and with flexibility to start work early/finish later to complete goals during suitable weather windows as required – overtime and holidays provided.
Main Duties of Postholder
- erecting and covering polytunnels
- hand hoeing/hand weeding
- handling and emptying trays or bags with trials material
- pruning
- rouging commercial field areas
- digging fruit for transplanting, or potting up & transfer of material from glasshouse to field/tunnel
- hand harvest of potatoes from August/September
- fruit maintenance and other crop husbandry as required
Person Specification
Key Skills
- Reliability
- Self-motivation
- Teamwork
- Flexibility
- Attention to detail
- Desirable: Experience of agricultural, horticultural, or outdoor manual work
What We Offer
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - A confidential service available to support employees and their families with work or personal problems. Providing access to professional counsellors, psychologists, and work-life consultants available to help and support individuals in tackling all types of problems.
- Annual Leave – Generous entitlement up to 40.5 days a year, with carry over possible and guaranteed time-off for Christmas.
- Pension - Employer Contribution of 15% in a Personal Pension Plan and employee contribution flexibility.
Our Commitment to Equality and Diversity
We will not consider the use of 3rd party recruitment agencies for the sourcing of candidates for this position.
The James Hutton Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The James Hutton Institute is a: Stonewall Diversity Champion; Athena SWAN Silver Status Holder; Disability Confident Committed Employer and a Living Wage Employer.
The James Hutton Institute is Happy to Talk Flexible Working.
The Company
The James Hutton Institute combines strengths in crops, soils and land use and environmental research, and makes a major contribution to the understanding of key global issues, such as food, energy and environmental security, and developing and promoting effective technological and management solutions to these.
James Hutton (1726 – 1797) was a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, an eighteenth century golden age of intellectual and scientific achievements centred on Edinburgh. He is internationally regarded as the founder of modern geology and one of the first scientists to describe the Earth as a living system. His thinking on natural selection influenced Charles Darwin in developing his theory of evolution.
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