Assistant Winemaker

• Company: Plumpton College
• Closing Date: 20-07-2024
• Location: Plumpton, Lewes BN7 3AE
• Salary: £23,477 to £27,223 dep on experience
• Hours: Full-time, 37.5 per week

Description

Plumpton College is the leader of land and environment education in the Southeast, renowned for our outstanding cutting-edge practice and ability to align delivery to meet the needs of local and national employers. With a significant growth in our student numbers in recent years the organisation has made great progress in achieving its ambitious future vision to be providing ever more students equipped for their future careers in these all-important disciplines.

We’re searching for the best Assistant Winemaker to join us in our exciting and growing Wine Department at Plumpton College. This is a unique opportunity to join Plumpton College Wine Department and become a pivotal part of our exciting growth and development.

You will play a vital and vibrant role in our winery and gain unrivalled experience in helping us developing cutting edge winemaking and training in this country.

We are an award-winning English Wine producer and a winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize. The Prize recognises the work of the college as the sole innovator and developer of industry-led training and education programmes supporting the growth and sustainability of the English wine industry since 1985. As a progressive employer-college partnership we grown from foundation and degree programmes to an offer including a Master’s programme, industry CPD and more recently introductory-level wine academies and apprenticeships.

With over 3,000 students, excellent resources and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, you can also look forward to a great range of benefits including: up to 37 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), and up to 5 efficiency days at Christmas; membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme; comprehensive CPD and teacher training (where applicable); TOTUM card; Employee Assistance Programme; free onsite parking; discounted Plumpton wine; staff discounts on Plumpton courses; free eye tests; cycle to work scheme; and free use of the onsite gym.

We reserve the right to call candidates to interview/withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.

Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis.

Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.