Animal Care & Activity Team Member

Animal Care & Team Activity Member

In 1998, Farmer Palmer’s was born. From the beginning, we have been driven by a passion for creating a family-friendly environment where children can learn, play, and get close to the countryside animals.

Read all about our story of Farmer Palmer’s team Mission, culture, vision and values here:

This is an active role, whereby, as well as assisting with animal husbandry and welfare, you will also be responsible for customer interactions and public safety.

We are seeking a self-motivated person with a keen eye for detail that possess impeccable working standards, both practically with animals and the general public.

Tractor driving experience advantageous.

• Be polite, helpful, presentable, and confident in talking to the general public with a can-do attitude.
• Be responsible and punctual.
• Ability to work as a team and alone, working on your own initiative.
• Practical judgement & the ability to see the next job that needs doing.
• Good time management.

• Customer service experience. You must be confident in talking to both our younger and adult visitors with a bubbly & cheery disposition.
• Teamwork is essential.
• Good communication skills
• Previous experience working in a fast paced environment.
• You will require a good level of physical fitness as you will spend much of the day on your feet & there is manual handling involved.

• Current practical animal care experience and a minimum of Animal Care Qualification, Animal Care – Level 2 Diploma
• GCSE Maths and English

• Full clean driving licence for a minimum of 3-4 years (insurance requirements)
• Tractor Driving experience.
• Hands on, practical experience with a variety of different animals.

• Exciting opportunity to deliver a magical customer experience, in line with our mission statement, vision and company goals.
• Giving real hands-on experiences to brand new, and loyal customers alike. Helping to educate children and visitors who are making lifetime family memories.
• Work from and completing daily checklists for animal welfare and husbandry.
• Punctual timekeeping in line with our daily timetable events for the public.
• To be responsible to undertake training to conduct our tractor trailer ride for customers.
• Opportunity to assist with our annual entertainments schedule to include dressing up including Christmas, Halloween and Easter.

• You will need to be confident to deliver practical animal care, high standards of welfare and husbandry with both small and larger animals, including hoof stock, across a wide range of species.
• Duties will include essential and routine husbandry/mucking out/feeding duties/assisting with hoof trimming and worming routines where necessary.
• Maintaining functional operations of the animal department.
• Delivering interactive demonstrations for a variety of livestock including customer-focused guinea pig handling sessions, goat feeding, cow milking demonstration, pony patting & trotter time with pigs.

• Supporting the Supervisor in maintaining exceptional levels of Health and Safety including cleanliness, maintenance, and management of systems, in keeping with legislation and the NFAN code of practice.

Approximately 6 - 9 hours per day, depending on our opening hours, approximately 1-2 days per week. There is an 8am start time and it will include a weekend day every week. Additional hours during school holidays and staff holiday cover available.

Compensation:
To be discussed