Development Manager

About Perennial

Perennial is passionate about building better futures for horticulturists and their families. Established in 1839, Perennial is needed more than ever, helping anyone who makes or looks after gardens, sport grounds, woodlands and other green spaces.

At Perennial we believe that every horticulturist and their families, should have access to the services and support they need. We are entering an exciting period of growth and development to enable us to meet current demand and increase our reach across the horticultural community.

We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone.

JOIN US

We’re looking for a Development Manager to join our team in England. You’ll help turn our plans into real, practical results and play a key part in making sure people working in horticulture get the support they need. You’ll be genuinely people focused, passionate about holistic support, and confident building strong connections across the horticultural community where people work, network and train. So more people can thrive in horticulture. If you’re an experienced manager who can balance strategic thinking with hands on delivery directly with employers or advice agencies, we’d love to hear from you.



CULTURE

Our strategy is underpinned by the following cultural principles and values:

The Perennial Journey

Each and every relationship that we have with people accessing our services is unique to that individual and their family. We want to continue engaging with people across horticulture ensuring that their entire Perennial journey is based upon trust, reliability, integrity and compassion. As we grow it is essential that the person-centred approach is at the heart of all we do.

The Perennial Family

Wherever you go in the horticulture sector, you encounter people who have known each other and indeed been friends for many years. Many of the companies that operate within the sector are family businesses. This quality of friendship and family is unique to the sector. We view all of our stakeholders as members of a family, the Perennial Family. At the heart of this family are the horticulturists whom we work with and their own families. We will grow and strengthen this network of relationships which brings such benefit to us all, but especially to those we serve.

Ambition

Perennial is in a uniquely powerful position to deliver life changing support for all horticulturists in need and their families; we are the only charity that covers the whole horticulture sector; we are well established; we are well managed; we are well resourced. Whilst we deliver excellent services, there is much more for us to do, much unmet need to meet and new approaches for us to take. We commit therefore to delivering our purpose and advancing on our vision with the ambition to make sustainable, measurable and brisk progress.

Innovation

We live in a rapidly changing world and the effects will be felt across all aspects of our work. Parts of our sector will be profoundly affected by technological changes such as robotics and new propagation and cultivation methods; advances in I.T. will be constantly changing the way we operate and communicate. In order to survive in this environment, we will need the capacity to change. In order to thrive we will need to anticipate, embrace and even lead change. Therefore, we will develop a culture of innovation that ensures that we are constantly looking to the future, that we encourage fresh thinking and ideas and that we are ready to implement new and better ways of operating.

Easy to do business with

We will make ourselves easy to do business with for everyone that comes into contact with us, internally and externally - horticulturists and their families, trustees, staff, volunteers, partner organisations, horticultural professionals, donors, volunteers and supporters. Success will depend on a combination of what we do and how we do it and will be achieved through ensuring that our processes, systems and communications are clear and simple and that our behaviour and our personality is warm, welcoming, inclusive and trustworthy.

Data Driven and Evidence Based

We will base our decisions on sound data, analysis and evidence.