Animal Caretaker - Farnham, United Kingdom - Change of Scene

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Farnham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

JOB TITLE:
Animal Caretaker

HOURS:
Part Time

CONTRACT:
Permanent

HOURLY RATE:
£9.90 per hour or £14.85 per hour for bank holidays

We are recruiting for a reliable, hardworking individual with attention to detail to join our team as an animal caretaker for 2 hours per week on a Saturday afternoon/evening.

The duties include:

Carrying out general husbandry tasks for a range of different farm and small animals such as pigs, ponies, goats and guinea pigs.
Provide and maintain a high standard of care, appropriate to the needs of each animal.
Being confident in lone working with large animals such as ponies, alpacas and goats.
Having attention for detail, noticing and reporting changes in behaviour and any concerns regarding the animals health.
Being responsible for the general cleaning of animal feed areas
Ensuring the site is left in a manner which is tidy, clean and free from health and safety hazards.

Full training will be provided.

Be independent and able to work much of the time alone, without other staff on site
Be comfortable working outdoors through all seasons and in all weathers, being resilient and safely overcoming any adverse conditions.
Be confident working with a range of large animal species such as horses and goats.

Additionally, this post requires the worker to work half of all bank/public holidays, including Christmas, on an alternate basis. The opportunity to work further hours is available for occasional cover shifts on weekends/evenings.

EXPERIENCE:
Some experience working with large animals/equines is desirable.

SCHEDULE:
2 hours on a Saturday afternoon/evening as well as half of all UK bank/public holidays, including Christmas. Additional weekend cover work is sometimes available.

We are hoping to recruit quickly and schedule interviews from week commencing 5th December. This advert will remain open until we have appointed the right person.

Please note our site is difficult to access via public transport, therefore this role would suit a local person or somebody with their own transport.
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Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent

Salary:
£9.90 per hour

Schedule:

Overtime
Weekends only

Application question(s):

Are you able to work half of all UK bank/public holidays in a year (including alternate Christmas days)?
Please list the best days and times each week for you to attend an interview.

Experience: