Farm Events Assistant

3 weeks ago


Borehamwood, United Kingdom Aldenham Country Park Full time

Aldenham Country Park is primarily a visitor attraction with a small working farm based on 100 acres of beautiful countryside only 12 miles from central London. As a not-for-profit community interest company our purpose is to maintain and enhance the park for the benefit of all through sustainable enterprises that work together across farming, social care, education, countryside visits, family camping, outdoor celebrations and seasonal events.

**The Role**

Working as either a small animal farm assistant or livestock assistant you will ensure that our visitors have a fun-filled learning experience at our country park. You will need to deliver activities around the farm in a fun, exciting and knowledgeable manner. Working with some of the animals can be demanding so you will also need to be caring, passionate, physically fit and have some knowledge of working with a variety of animals. You must keep a positive attitude at all times going the extra mile to maintain a high standard of work and welfare standards.

**Key Responsibilities**

To meet our two main priorities of delivering excellent customer service and maintaining a high standard of animal welfare, you will need to:

- be keen to engage with our customers, always wear a welcoming smile, assisting guests with a positive and friendly demeanour
- have an outgoing personality and be willing to present interesting facts about the animals and farm activities to small and large groups of people
- be reliable and flexible
- have a smart and tidy appearance, adhering to our uniform policy at all times
- maintain a high standard of cleanliness around the site
- be comfortable working with a range of animals, knowledge and experience in livestock would be an advantage
- conduct daily checks and feeding of farm livestock
- identify health issues in livestock, seeking assistance wherever required
- maintain high standards of welfare and cleanliness of animal housing, enclosures, shelters, hutches, nest boxes and ponds, ensuring animals have access to clean drinking water and food throughout the day

**Health and Safety**

Working with animals carries many hazards and diseases, you must:

- be fully aware of the standard risks and able to ensure that our guests are safe at all times
- attend any health and safety training
- follow all health and safety procedures

**Hours of Work**

This is a zero-hours position with flexible hours and you must be prepared to work weekends, bank holidays and school holidays.

Wage depending on experience

**Job Types**: Part-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £5.00-£9.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- Animal care: 1 year (preferred)
- Customer Service: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person


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