Internship Details

Employer Bangor University – Treborth Botanic Garden

Job title Treborth Botanic Garden Horticultural Intern

Closing date 16/04/2019

Salary £8.50 per hour

Timing
information Up to 30 hours per week for up to 4 week, throughout June and/or July 2019

Flexible working pattern – interns may wish to work mornings or afternoons.

Wednesdays and Fridays are busy at the Garden, so quieter days are Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday.

Job description Treborth Botanic Garden (http://treborth.bangor.ac.uk) comprises 18 hectares of

conservation woodland, cultivated gardens and glasshouse exotic collections located on
the southern shore of the Menai Strait. It has 2,500 species of native and introduced
plants, and abundant wildlife including red squirrels.
The Garden is expanding its teaching, research and community outreach functions and
wishes to enhance its flower beds, borders and glasshouse collections for maximum
usefulness in all of these areas of activity. The intern will therefore become involved in
the regular day-to-day activities of the Garden alongside the team of staff and volunteers,
carrying out plant husbandry, watering, propagation, pruning, weeding, feeding, pest
control, use of machinery (in accordance with health and safety protocols), event
management, volunteer coordination, budgeting and fundraising etc. The intern may also
be required to help with maintenance work in the areas of semi-natural vegetation at the
Garden, e.g. the woodlands and native flower meadow plots. Training and assistance with
these tasks and with plant identification will be provided by the Garden staff and
volunteers.

The Intern will work from the office of the Friends of Treborth Botanic Garden, in the
teaching laboratory building at the University Botanic Garden. Students will have full
access to the library, Wi-Fi, kitchen and bathroom facilities in the attractive setting of the
Garden beside the Menai Strait. The Garden has dedicated parking and is situated on a
bus route, between the University main campus and the School of Ocean Sciences at
Menai Bridge. Garden staff will provide the Summer Intern with health and safety
induction.

Person 1. Willingness to get to know (with training) the indoor and outdoor plant collections at
requirements Treborth, and carry out practical plant husbandry work
2. Familiarity with computing and data storage/retrieval
3. Good English reading, writing and presentation skills
 4. Ability to work well in a team, and independently as required
5. Reliability and commitment to work the hours required by the internship, within the
flexible regime at the Garden
6. Interest in the natural world and plants/horticulture
7. Welsh language not essential for this internship

You may apply for a maximum of 3 Internships.

How to apply
Please email a CV and covering letter, expressing which Internships you are interested in,
by order of preference to: targetconnect@bangor.ac.uk

Interviews will be held: TBC

Applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be notified and advice will be available
for any applicants who have any access requirements, any reasonable adjustments for the
interview, or any reasonable adjustments to be put in place in order to be able to
complete your internship.

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