Animal Caretaker - Farnham, United Kingdom - Change of Scene

Change of Scene
Change of Scene
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Farnham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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JOB TITLE:
Animal Caretaker




HOURS:
Part Time




CONTRACT:
Permanent




HOURLY RATE:
£10.90 per hour or £16.35 per hour for bank holidays
Change of Scene provides outdoor learning to vulnerable children and young people on our 16-acre smallholding in Farnham, Surrey.

We are recruiting for a reliable, hardworking individual with attention to detail to join our team as an animal caretaker.

This role will require working 3 hours on both a Saturday and Sunday morning on an every other week basis
- working one weekend on, one weekend off.


The duties include:

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Carrying out general husbandry tasks for a range of different farm and small animals such as pigs, ponies, goats and guinea pigs
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Being confident in lone working with large animals such as ponies, alpacas and goats
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Having attention for detail, noticing and reporting changes in behaviour and any concerns regarding the animals health
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Being diligent at all times and attending to the varying needs of our 15 different species of animals:

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Some general site maintenance tasks such as sweeping, leaf blowing, weeding etc
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Ensuring the site is left in a manner which is tidy, clean and free from health and safety hazards
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Supervising Duke of Edinburgh award students in their volunteering with us
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 but not essential


SCHEDULE:
8-11AM on a Saturday and Sunday morning every other week. Working both days one week and having both days off the following week. Additionally, this role requires working half of all UK bank/public holidays, including Christmas. Additional weekend/evening cover work is sometimes available.


CLOSING DATE:
21st May with interviews expected to be week commencing 22nd May.


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 Type:

Part-time

Part-time hours: 6 per week


Salary:

£10.90 per hour


Schedule:

  • Weekend availability

Application question(s):

  • Are you able to work half of all UK public and bank holidays, including Christmas on a rota basis? This includes a 3 hour morning shift and 1.5 hour afternoon/evening shift.

Experience:

- animal care: 1 year (preferred)


Work Location:
In person
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