**JOB TITLE: Animal Caretaker**

**HOURS: Part Time**

**CONTRACT: Permanent**

**HOURLY RATE: £10.90 per hour or £16.35 per hour for bank holidays**

Change of Scene provides outdoor learning to vulnerable children and young people on our 16-acre smallholding in Farnham, Surrey. We are recruiting for a reliable, hardworking individual with attention to detail to join our team as an animal caretaker. This role will require working 3 hours on both a Saturday and Sunday morning on an every other week basis
- working one weekend on, one weekend off.

**The duties include**:

- **Carrying out general husbandry tasks for a range of different farm and small animals such as pigs, ponies, goats and guinea pigs.**:

- **Being confident in lone working with large animals such as ponies, alpacas and goats.**:

- **Having attention for detail, noticing and reporting changes in behaviour and any concerns regarding the animals health.**:

- **Being diligent at all times and attending to the varying needs of our 15 different species of animals**:

- **Some general site maintenance tasks such as sweeping, leaf blowing, weeding etc.**:

- **Ensuring the site is left in a manner which is tidy, clean and free from health and safety hazards.**:

- **Supervising Duke of Edinburgh award students in their volunteering with us**

Full training will be provided.
- Be independent and able to work much of the time alone, without other staff on site
- Be comfortable working outdoors through all seasons and in all weathers, being resilient and safely overcoming any adverse conditions.
- Be confident working with a range of large animal species such as horses and goats.

Additionally, this post requires the worker to work half of all bank/public holidays, including Christmas, on an alternate basis. The opportunity to work further hours is available for occasional cover shifts on weekends/evenings.

**EXPERIENCE**: Some experience working with large animals/equines is desirable but not essential

**SCHEDULE**: 8-11AM on a Saturday and Sunday morning every other week. Working both days one week and having both days off the following week. Additionally, this role requires working half of all UK bank/public holidays, including Christmas. Additional weekend/evening cover work is sometimes available.

**CLOSING DATE**: 19th February with interviews expected on the morning of 21st February and afternoon of the 23rd.

**Please note our site is difficult to access via public transport, therefore this role would suit a local person or somebody with their own transport.**

Registered Charity No. 1124989

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £10.90 per hour

Schedule:

- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- Are you able to work half of all UK public and bank holidays, including Christmas on a rota basis? This includes a 3 hour morning shift and 1.5 hour afternoon/evening shift.

**Experience**:

- animal care: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/02/2024