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Farms for City Children
Winkleigh, Devon
Posted: 28 May 2025
Deadline: 12 Jul 2025
Compensation: £23,967 per year
Paid Full-time Fixed term / contract
Job description
Location – Nethercott House, Devon
Salary - £23,967 per annum
Contract – Full time, Fixed Term
Farms for City Children offers children and young people a week in the heart of the British countryside staying on one of our farms, where they are immersed in the natural world of food, farming, and country life. During their stay, they participate in the seasonal tasks of the day: sowing, growing and harvesting in our kitchen gardens, caring for livestock and looking after the land, and a variety of tasks designed to build greater connection with the natural world.
We are looking for a Farm School Leader to join our friendly team at Nethercott House, to cover maternity leave from June 2025 (ideally), until 1st May 2026
About the Role
This is a hands-on role responsible for leading engaging countryside, food and farming sessions for groups of beneficiary children at Nethercott House, a smallholding with a productive garden and raising pigs, poultry, sheep, cattle, equines and bees.
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 children and teachers, this role requires a can-do attitude, endless positivity and enthusiasm, and a genuine passion for supporting 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 Job Information Pack.
What we Offer
In return you will receive a starting salary of £23,967 and a range of benefits, which include:
Application information
To apply, please go to https://hr.breathehr.com/v/farm-school-leader-maternity-cover-40611, 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.
We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible, so interviews will be arranged on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
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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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