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LandWorks is a ground-breaking charity providing a supported route back into the community and employment for people in prison or at risk of going to prison.
LandWorks started in 2013 with one member of staff, four prisoners and a seed of an idea. It is now a thriving charity with a dedicated trustee, staff and volunteer team and an exemplary track record of reducing reoffending and changing lives. More information available here.
Current vacancies
Operations Manager
Location: LandWorks HQ, Dartington Hall Estate, near Totnes, South Devon
Salary: £40,000–£45,000 (dependent on experience) + pension
Contract: Full-time, permanent (following a probationary period)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 8am–4.30pm
Annual Leave: 25 days, plus public and bank holidays
Application Deadline: Midnight, Monday 12th May 2025
Interview Date: Friday 30th May 2025
Are you passionate about improving the lives of socially excluded people in the criminal justice system? Can you inspire and manage a team while maintaining a clear vision for meaningful rehabilitation?
Then join LandWorks as our new Operations Manager.
About LandWorks
LandWorks is an award-winning charity based on the beautiful Dartington Hall Estate in South Devon. We support people leaving prison or at risk of custody to rebuild their lives, reintegrate into the community and break the cycle of reoffending.
With training facilities, workshops, a market garden, and offices on-site, LandWorks provides a unique, hands-on rehabilitation environment. We’re a small, dedicated team with a strong track record—and even stronger values.
The Role
- Be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Oversee day-to-day operations and deputise for the Project Director
- Ensure effective systems and procedures are in place and followed
- Support and manage staff and volunteers, fostering a positive and accountable culture
- Promote and advocate for LandWorks’ values and mission both internally and externally
Who We’re Looking For
- Believes in the power of second chances
- Can build strong, trusting, supportive relationships while maintaining professional boundaries
- Is passionate, empathetic, and highly organised
- Has experience in operational leadership,
- Is a confident communicator and a natural team leader
Whether you’re ready to step into a more senior role or already operating at this level, you’ll find a meaningful, rewarding challenge here.
Our Ethos: TrustWorks
LandWorks operates on a person-centred model built on honesty, empathy, and trust. We offer a safe, supportive, non-judgmental environment—one that enables real change to happen. We are determined to achieve the best outcomes for our service users and ultimately inspire and influence change in the criminal justice system.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and a covering letter to info@landworks.org.uk.
In your covering letter, clearly explain why you are applying and how your skills and experience meet the criteria in the job description and person specification. Please use specific examples.
Want to know more before applying? Feel free to contact Chris on 01803 864891 for an informal chat or to arrange a visit to LandWorks.
We take safeguarding seriously and seek references and undertake DBS checks for new employees as appropriate. However, we positively welcome applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and we will not discriminate unfairly against people with previous convictions. We do not ask for disclosure of previous convictions at the initial application stage. Please request a confidential conversation before applying if you have any questions or would like to know more.
Recent Awards
Overall Winner – The Charity Awards 2024
Outstanding Local or Regional Organisation – Criminal Justice Alliance Awards 2021
High Sheriff of Devon Award 2021 and 2025
Operations Manager Job Description and Person Specification 2025
Previous Vacancies
Chef/Cook LandWorks (APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED)
Job Title: LandWorks Chef/Cook – Food Education and Cookery Trainer
Location: LandWorks, Quarry Field, Dartington Hall Estate, Totnes, TQ9 6EA
Salary: £22,000-£25,000 (pro rata) depending on experience + pension (£11.00 /hr – £12.20 /hr)
Employment Status: Part-time, permanent (with probationary period)
Hours of Work: 14 hours per week, 3 days/week, Monday 8am to 2pm (potential discussion), Tuesday and Wednesday 10am to 2pm.
Holiday: 25 set-days, plus public and bank holidays (pro rata)
Deadline for Applications: Midnight Wednesday 1st November 2023
Interview Date: Friday 10th November 2023
LandWorks is a successful and award winning charity based in South Devon that works with people in prison or at risk of going to prison to aid their rehabilitation and resettlement into the community. The charity is based just outside Totnes on the beautiful Dartington Hall estate where we have built our training centre, workshops, market garden and offices.
You will be part of a small, dedicated team who deliver a range of rehabilitation and resettlement support to create positive life changes for people on placement at LandWorks.
This important job role will oversee a new approach to delivering food education, involvement in the kitchen garden and cookery training at LandWorks. You will ensure that all aspects of food provision and use of the kitchen at LandWorks is well managed, providing operational support for the day-to-day running of LandWorks, while working with LandWorks’ trainees to develop their skills and support their overall rehabilitation and resettlement.
LandWorks takes safeguarding seriously and will seek references and undertake DBS checks for new employees when appropriate. However, we positively welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience of the criminal justice system and we undertake not to discriminate unfairly against people with previous criminal convictions. We do not ask for disclosure of previous convictions at the initial application stage. We can arrange a confidential conversation prior to applying if you have any questions.
Chef Job Description and Person Specification September 2023
How to apply
To apply, please send your detailed CV and a covering letter to info@landworks.org.uk
Please explain clearly in the covering letter why you are applying for the job and how you meet the requirements set out in the job description and person specification using specific examples of experience and skills.
We welcome contact before applying – for an informal discussion or to arrange to visit to LandWorks before applying please call Chris on 01803 864891.
This post is funded over the next two-years with the support of a generous grant from The Considered Ask
Chef/Cook LandWorks (APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED)
- Job Title: LandWorks Chef/Cook – Food Education and Cookery Trainer
- Location: LandWorks HQ, Dartington Hall Estate, near Totnes, South Devon
- Salary: £22,000-£25,000 (pro rata) depending on experience + pension (£10.60 /hr – £12.20 /hr)
- Employment Status: Part-time, permanent (with probationary period)
- Hours of Work: 15 hours per week, 3 days/week, 9am to 2pm
- Holiday: 25 set-days, plus public and bank holidays (pro rata)
- Deadline for Applications: Midnight Tuesday 1st November 2022
- Interview Date: Friday 18th November 2022
LandWorks is a successful and award winning charity based in South Devon that works with people in prison or at risk of going to prison to aid their rehabilitation and resettlement into the community. The charity is based just outside Totnes on the beautiful Dartington Hall estate where we have built our training centre, workshops, market garden and offices.
You will be part of a small, dedicated team who deliver a range of rehabilitation and resettlement support to create positive life changes for people on placement at LandWorks.
This important job role will oversee a new approach to delivering food education, involvement in the kitchen garden and cookery training at LandWorks. You will ensure that all aspects of food provision and use of the kitchen at LandWorks is well managed, providing operational support for the day-to-day running of LandWorks, while working with LandWorks’ trainees to develop their skills and support their overall rehabilitation and resettlement.
LandWorks takes safeguarding seriously and will seek references and undertake DBS checks for new employees when appropriate. However, we positively welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience of the criminal justice system and we undertake not to discriminate unfairly against people with previous criminal convictions. We do not ask for disclosure of previous convictions at the initial application stage. We can arrange a confidential conversation prior to applying if you have any questions.
Chef Job Description and Person Specification September 2022
How to apply
To apply, please send your detailed CV and a covering letter to info@landworks.org.uk
Please explain clearly in the covering letter why you are applying for the job and how you meet the requirements set out in the job description and person specification using specific examples of experience and skills.
We welcome contact before applying – for an informal discussion or to arrange to visit to LandWorks before applying please call Chris on 01803 864891.
This post is funded over the first three-years with the support of a generous grant from the Big ask
Outstanding Local or Regional Organisation – Criminal Justice Alliance Awards 2021
High Sheriff of Devon Award 2021
Resettlement Manager (APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED)
Job Title: Resettlement Manager
Location: LandWorks HQ, Dartington Hall Estate, near Totnes, South Devon
Salary: £30,000-£36,000, depending on experience + pension
Employment Status: Full-time, permanent (with probationary period)
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4.30pm
Holiday: 25 set-days, plus public and bank holidays
Deadline for Applications: Midnight Monday 14th March 2022
Interview Date: Thursday 31st March 2022
Are you dedicated to improving the lives of socially excluded people within the criminal justice system? Are you able to build trusting, supportive relationships, whilst maintaining professional boundaries? Are you ready to develop and deliver services that can make all the difference?
Then join LandWorks as our new Resettlement Manager.
LandWorks is a successful and award winning charity based in South Devon that works with people in prison or at risk of going to prison to aid their rehabilitation and resettlement into the community. The charity is based just outside Totnes on the beautiful Dartington Hall estate where we have built our training centre, workshops, market garden and offices.
This important role has two key functions:
- lead the planning and delivery of practical resettlement support for our beneficiaries while they are on placement at LandWorks, including supporting access to housing, financial advice, employment and health services.
- develop and deliver a programme of on-going, flexible support for our beneficiaries after they have completed their LandWorks placement.
This is an exciting opportunity to help build a comprehensive model of resettlement support that we believe has implications for the wider criminal justice system.
We require someone who has a good understanding of the barriers and challenges facing people in the criminal justice system. Someone who can be hands-on, working closely with individual beneficiaries, while also supporting the development of our services. Above all, we need someone who can work positively with our beneficiaries, partners and as part of our small but dedicated team.
The role would suit someone who is already working at this level, or is ready to move up in their career, taking on a more senior role and with the opportunity to shape the delivery of services at the charity.
LandWorks takes safeguarding seriously and will seek references and undertake DBS checks for new employees when appropriate. However, we positively welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience of the criminal justice system and we undertake not to discriminate unfairly against people with previous criminal convictions. We do not ask for disclosure of previous convictions at the initial application stage. We can arrange a confidential conversation prior to applying if you have any questions.
How to apply
To apply, please send your detailed CV and a covering letter to info@landworks.org.uk
Please explain clearly in the covering letter why you are applying for the job and how you meet the requirements set out in the job description and person specification below, using specific examples of experience and skills.
Resettlement Manager Job Description and Person Specification
We welcome contact before applying – for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to LandWorks before applying please call Chris Parsons on 01803 864891.
This post is funded over the first three-years with the support of a generous grant from the Sir Halley Stewart Trust
Winner – Outstanding Local or Regional Organisation – Criminal Justice Alliance Awards 2021
High Sheriff of Devon Award 2021