Skip to main content
Be a part of our Community

Work with us

Windmill Community Gardens Margate is a charity dedicated to delivering social, environmental, and health benefits by bringing people together to share skills and learn about growing food, cooking, and enjoying outdoor activities.

We focus on nature-friendly food growing to help build a fairer food system, protect the environment, and strengthen community ties through collaboration with individuals, organisations, and local businesses.

Beyond gardening, we celebrate the joy of nature—spotting damselflies, tasting golden raspberries, and exploring meadows, orchards, and forest gardens teeming with wildlife. Our vibrant beetroots, rhubarb, carrots, and salad crops thrive in no-dig vegetable beds, enriched by our community composting efforts.

Across our two sites our Market Garden on St Peter’s Footpath and Community Garden on Dane Valley Road, we learn and share regenerative growing techniques. Together, we grow, cook, and connect, increasing access to seasonal, chemical-free local food and creating spaces rich in both community and biodiversity.

Volunteer Strategy and Development Lead

We are looking for a passionate Volunteer Strategy & Development Lead for a 6-month fixed-term contract to help shape and strengthen its volunteering programme alongside the Programme Manager.
The role focuses on developing and implementing a new volunteer strategy, expanding the volunteer team to over 60 people, and improving recruitment, engagement, and retention processes to better support existing volunteers. We hope to demonstrate the need for a permanent Volunteer Coordinator role beyond December 2026, subject to future funding. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with volunteer management and strategic development experience who is passionate about the impact of volunteering, enjoys improving systems and processes, and can work collaboratively to create sustainable, positive change within a local community organisation.
Recruitment is subject to references and a DBS check, and applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds as part of our commitment to equality, inclusion, and diversity.

Please send up to date CV and covering letter to  vacancies@windmillcommunitygardensmargate.com

DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICANT SUNDAY 14th JUNE

Download Job Description and Person Spec HERE

Support the Community Garden

Connect
Windmill Community Gardens Margate, Corner of Dane Valley and College Road, Margate, CT9 2SH