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Farms for City Children
Arlingham, Gloucester
Posted: 29 Jan 2025
Deadline: 12 Feb 2025
Compensation: £23,967.33 per annum
Disability Confident scheme
Paid
Job description
This is a hands-on role responsible for leading engaging countryside, food and farming sessions for groups of beneficiary children at Wick Court, a 50-acre farm with a kitchen garden; raising pigs, poultry, sheep and cattle, equines and bees.
The postholder will create and deliver a plan for a productive growing in line with environmentally sensitive land use and lead practical management of the gardens and orchards, and maintenance across the farm.
While the role will be responsible for growing at Wick Court, the postholder will also work with the animals. As part of the wider farming operations team, the Farm School Leader will deliver knowledge-rich farming and countryside sessions for visiting children as well helping with daily farming tasks and maintenance works.
As comfortable in wellies mucking out livestock as engaging with visiting children and teachers, this role requires a can-do attitude, endless positivity and enthusiasm, and a genuine passion for supporting disadvantaged children and young people to access the benefits of the countryside life.
The role requires the ability to undertake work outside of 9 to 5 hours, including some weekend and lone working on a rota basis.
For full details about the role, please see the Job Description and Person Specification and Job Information Pack which can be found here.
Application information
Deadline for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 12 February 2025
Interviews: Interview Thursday 20 February 2025
To apply, please go here, download and fill out our application form that is located at the bottom of the page. Once completed, click on the Apply button, fill in your details and upload the application form. You may also wish to fill out and upload our equal opportunities monitoring form.
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About Farms for City Children
Farms for City Children is a charity enabling children from disadvantaged communities to experience the adventure of working together on our farms in the heart of the British countryside. Children are immersed in a totally new world, far away from their everyday life. A world with birdsong, clear starry skies, fresh air, real food and plenty of mud. A world where you can see, hear, smell, touch and taste the possibility. It’s a profound experience that will stay with them for life.
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