Allotment Officer x2

Full Time 37 hours per week, Fixed Term for 6 months.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of a very dedicated team supporting Bristol to tackle food inequity, strengthen food resilience and support community cohesion and wellbeing. It presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills to develop your career with the prospect of stepping into the permanent full-time Allotment Officer post when it becomes available.

You will be responsible for managing Bristol City Council’s allotment service, overseeing the management of over 4000 tenants on nearly 5,500 allotment plots across 95+ allotment sites.

You will be working to develop and improve the allotment service through the Food Growing and Allotments Strategy 2024-2039. You will have the opportunity to manage income and expenditure by increasing plot lettings and coordinating repairs and maintenance.

You will work closely with over 40 Site Reps across the city, empowering and upskilling them to carry out their roles. This is a development role so we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, organised and can balance a varied workload with great customer service.

The job can be a mixture of hybrid working from home, onsite and from the Parks Depot at Bower Ashton. It may require some evening and weekend working.

Please see Job Description for a full outline of the posts.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.

If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Deadline: midnight 29th April 2026.

Interviews will take place Thursday 7th May 2026 at Bower Ashton.

As this is a development role we would be interested in applications from colleagues from all backgrounds so please contact Laura Weeks (Allotments & Smallholdings Manager) to discuss whether this role is for you

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.

Full Time 37 hours per week, Fixed Term for 6 months.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of a very dedicated team supporting Bristol to tackle food inequity, strengthen food resilience and support community cohesion and wellbeing. It presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills to develop your career with the prospect of stepping into the permanent full-time Allotment Officer post when it becomes available.

You will be responsible for managing Bristol City Council’s allotment service, overseeing the management of over 4000 tenants on nearly 5,500 allotment plots across 95+ allotment sites.

You will be working to develop and improve the allotment service through the Food Growing and Allotments Strategy 2024-2039. You will have the opportunity to manage income and expenditure by increasing plot lettings and coordinating repairs and maintenance.

You will work closely with over 40 Site Reps across the city, empowering and upskilling them to carry out their roles. This is a development role so we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, organised and can balance a varied workload with great customer service.

The job can be a mixture of hybrid working from home, onsite and from the Parks Depot at Bower Ashton. It may require some evening and weekend working.

Please see Job Description for a full outline of the posts.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.

If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Deadline: midnight 29th April 2026.

Interviews will take place Thursday 7th May 2026 at Bower Ashton.

As this is a development role we would be interested in applications from colleagues from all backgrounds so please contact Laura Weeks (Allotments & Smallholdings Manager) to discuss whether this role is for you

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.