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Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Job description

Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire

Hours: 40 hours per week

Weekly Schedule: 7am - 3:30pm (Tuesday to Friday), 6am - 3pm (Saturday market)

Salary: £13.45/hour

About Us

We are a small, regenerative, organic farm less than a mile from Stroud. We’re passionate about producing delicious food and doing it all whilst enjoying what we do and who we’re with. 

The farm is made up of several ‘producing’ enterprises: a market garden, a Pasture for Life beef herd, laying hens and broilers, agroforestry, and an organic nursery. 

The trading enterprise works collaboratively across all of the producing enterprises and is responsible for packing and selling our incredible produce, as well as being the face of the farm at weekly markets.

Role Overview

Trading Assistant is a varied and exciting role, encompassing all aspects of organising, packing, delivering and selling our delicious farm produce. Working alongside Lucy, our Trading Lead, you will follow a structured weekly schedule where no two days are the same. Every week the produce and orders that arrive at Trading’s door are different, and balancing the incoming and outgoing produce makes Trading one of the most dynamic parts of the farm. 

Your core responsibility will be managing seasonal stock from our various farm enterprises and readying it for our four primary sales channels: the farm shop, farmers markets, wholesale, and online veg boxes. 

This role is an ideal entry point for someone looking to transition into regenerative agriculture, especially those with transferable skills from the hospitality sector.

 

Key responsibilities

• Stock management 

• Weighing and bagging produce

• Packing veg boxes 

• Re-stocking our self-service farm shop

• Running the stall at our mid-week pop ups and Stroud Farmers Market, providing warm, helpful customer service and product knowledge

• Handle cash and card payments accurately

• Delivering customer orders 

• Completing daily/weekly paperwork: cleaning schedules, goods intake log, temperature log, wastage log, inventories 

• Keeping the working area, storage and vehicles clean, tidy and organised

• Conduct basic vehicle checks

 

Personal Specification

Essential

• Full clean, UK driving licence

• Strong attention to detail

• Enjoy working at a fast pace

• Excellent communication

• Reliable, punctual and organised

• Physically able to lift crates and work outdoors in all weather. 

• Passionate about nutritious food, regenerative farming and community

• Able to work independently and take initiative

• Experience in customer facing roles

• Comfortable with early Saturday mornings

 

Desirable

• Experience in markets, hospitality or food processing

• Knowledge of Stroud and the local, surrounding area

• Knowledge and understanding of regenerative farming practices 

• Knowledge of organic produce

•  Food Safety & Hygiene Level 1

 

What We Offer

• Supportive, down-to-earth and fun team environment

• Meaningful work within a growing local food business

• Pathways into regenerative agriculture

• 30 days annual leave (FTE)

• 30% staff discount on our farm produce

Application information

If this sounds like the role for you please send you CV and a cover letter over to tom@goodsmallfarms.co.uk.

If you feel that you do not met all of the critera, please still apply.

Closing date: 28th June 2026, we may close the advert early if we find the right person for the role.

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