Garden Trainee

£13.45 per hour

Full-time – 37 hours per week

Fixed-term trainee position for 24 months, September 2026 – August 2028

This new two-year Garden traineeship offers an exciting opportunity for a candidate starting out in professional horticulture, who is keen to gain exceptional practical training in two unique settings, alongside achieving their professional RHS or City & Guilds Level 2 or 3 Horticultural qualification.

The trainee will work alongside the Cultural Gardener to learn how to care for the garden, as well as being involved in visitor engagement, supporting volunteer sessions, and working with our public programme and learning teams to deliver outdoor creative activities.

To ensure an inspiring and comprehensive horticultural traineeship, The Hepworth Wakefield are partnering with Cliff Bank Nursery, a small specialist nursery in Huby, where the candidate will learn professional propagation skills and also help to grow a new range of Hepworth Wakefield plants for sale.

If you are looking to take your first steps into professional horticulture and seeking a unique and exciting opportunity to learn and develop, we would love to hear from you!

The Garden traineeship has been made possible thanks to generous support from The Julia Rausing Trust.

We are committed to improving diversity within our organisation and welcome applications from candidates who are under-represented within the arts sector. For details of our inclusive recruitment practices and for more details about the role please visit www.hepworthwakefield.org/jobs.

Deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 18 May 2026

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 2 June 2026