Lead Grower and Manager

Canalside Community Food, a pioneering CSA based outside Leamington Spa, is offering an exciting
opportunity for a person who can take a lead role in creatively developing the potential of our
community owned land.

We are seeking an experienced grower to join our team producing organic
vegetables and fruit throughout the year for our community of nearly 200 members. The successful
candidate will work to ensure the realisation of our core mission: to produce seasonal, organic,
locally grown vegetables and fruit, and to involve local people in the process of producing the
food that they eat. They will take a key role in organising and leading the day-to-day management
of the 12 acre horticulture farm and for bringing new energy to our desire to reinforce our future
sustainability by incorporating best regenerative agricultural practice at the heart of the farm
activities. They will also seek to actively involve our members in this activity whilst fully
engaging with the wider community (local, regional and national) who are interested in promoting
this ethos.

The role will work in collaboration with the assistant growers, administration team and
seasonal staff to deliver our desired goals but also with our members who play an active role on
the farm. 

The basic salary offered is £24,544 (0.87 FTE), with statutory holiday allowance and a
pension offered.

For more details and a full job description, please visit our website.

We are looking to recruit as soon as we find
the right candidate. Therefore, there is no application deadline set; interviews will be arranged
on a rolling basis but we expect the successful candidate to actively engage in the recruitment
process to demonstrate their commitment.