Join the Ruxley Manor Team
Ruxley Manor is more than just a Garden Centre. It’s a destination for the local community, a meeting place for families and friends, an event venue for entertainment, a place for a hearty meal or a slice of cake and a coffee. We provide everything you could want under one roof.
As an award winning family business we strive to create a family environment amongst all our team members and in turn extend this to all of our customers. We work hard, constantly improve, help each other and create an amazing retail experience for everyone that visits us or attends one of our popular events. With 100 years experience behind us, we’d love you to join our team and make the next 100 years even better.
Please find our current roles listed below with more information. Even if there is nothing suitable for you at this time please feel free to apply with your CV via our online application form.
We are looking for an experienced horticulture professional to join our Indoor Plant Department.
The Role…
The role is shop floor based, assisting customers with product queries, always offering exceptionally high levels of customer service.
The role also involves keeping the shop floor neat, tidy, well stocked and to a high standard of display.
Hours…
This is a full time role, working Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9am – 5:30pm, plus alternate weekends, Saturdays 9am – 5:30pm and Sundays 10am – 4:30pm.
Experience…
You will be expected to offer plant care tips and advice for indoor plants so a knowledge of this is essential.
Previous retail and display experience is desirable.
Our Mulberry Tree Restaurant is situated within Ruxley Manor Garden Centre and is open 7 days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
The Role…
We have vacancies front of house and in the kitchen.
For front of house, we are looking for hard working candidates who enjoy offering exceptionally high levels of customer service.
The role has a combination of responsibilities including greeting customers, processing transactions through the till, making hot drinks at the coffee counter, serving food and drink to customers and clearing tables after use.
No previous experience is required, however previous hospitality or barista experience is beneficial.
For the kitchen vacancies, the role involves food prep and service during breakfast and lunch.
Previous experience in a kitchen is desirable not essential.
For all roles we can consider full time and part time applicants.
This is a part time role working 16 – 20 hours across 4-5 days a week.
Job Title: HR Assistant Reports To: HR Manager
Job Purpose
Offering administrative support to the HR Manager, helping to ensure a compliant and efficient HR Department.
Role Responsibilities
Your duties will include all aspects of general HR administration including but not limited too:
- Assisting with basic recruitment functions such as creating job ads, assisting with arranging recruitment evenings and maintaining an accurate application record.
- Supporting with new starter training, ensuring accounts are set up and required training modules are completed.
- Helping to maintain uniform stock, placing top up orders where needed.
- Supporting team and Managers with log in and account queries for our time and attendance system.
- Creating and sending out basic contract changes, using templates provided.
- Assisting with the administration of the company benefits offering.
- Assisting with the administration of the appraisal process, ensuring paperwork is received, recorded and stored appropriately.
- Assisting with arranging employee engagement activities or days.
- General office upkeep including paperwork scanning and shredding.
- Ensuring GDPR policies are adhered to.
- Complete and comply with all training, including health and safety training.
- Ensure that the department is maintained to be safe for team and visitors and to report hazards or unsafe working practices if seen.
Required qualifications & experience
- GCSE Maths & English to C or equivalent.
- IT literate – confident using Microsoft programs such as Outlook and Excel and can learn new programs quickly.
- Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Discretion and the understanding that confidential information must not be shared.
Preferred qualifications & experience
- Previous experience in a HR role (not essential).
We are always looking for like minded people to join our business, whether it is a seasonal position over spring or Christmas, part-time employment or a full time position and so if there aren’t any positions advertised, feel free to send your CV in to our HR Manager, Bethany Jeffreys at recruitment@ruxley-manor.co.uk or call her on 020 8300 0084.
We can only welcome applications from students who are of compulsory school leaving age and over.
