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Food Museum
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Posted: 28 Feb 2025
Deadline: 20 Mar 2025
Compensation: £28,000 to £30,000 per year
Ethnicity Confident scheme Disability Confident scheme
Paid Permanent
Job description
You'll have a shared responsibility for looking after and developing the museum's estate, including land, water and building conservation, growing food, looking after animals, basic maintenance, delivery of public-facing activities (such as talks), and engaging volunteers with the museum’s work.
The post-holder needs to be happy working in an outdoor setting in all seasons. You should enjoy collaborating with others and sharing your knowledge with the public. We are looking for a practical, hands-on person who is sufficiently confident to be able to make their own decisions about the work that needs to be done, but who also can make good judgments about what needs to be referred to the team. We are looking for someone with practical skills and experience in at least one of the following: horticulture, maintenance (carpentry, plumbing, electrical skills), woodland management (chainsaw, brushcutting, etc.), animal care, agriculture.
Application information
Please complete an application form and recruitment monitoring form available from our website Careers - Food Museum
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About Food Museum
We are the Food Museum, based in Stowmarket, Suffolk. We tell stories about food production, food preparation and food consumption. The museum has: 75 acres of land including a crop demonstration area; a selection of rare-breed farm animals; a walled vegetable and cut flower garden; a large wood-fired oven and outdoor cooking area.
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Roots to Work
C/o Sustain
The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA
0203 5596 777
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www.rootstowork.org
Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
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