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Farm Lead (Maternity cover)

Job description:

Princess Christian’s Farm is a life skills training facility supporting people with a learning and/or physical disability, the aim is for individuals to learn new skills both on the farm and in all aspects of daily living.

The Farm Lead is employed under a charity called KASBAH to support the management of the farm and maintain high standards of animal welfare.

Duties include:

• Ensuring and maintaining high standards of animal welfare.
• Demonstrate and give practical sessions on best practice.

• Line management responsibility for the farm staff and weekend rota.
• Budgeting, planning and stock ordering.
• Assessment and suitability of animals within the collection.
• Comply and keep up to date with current animal welfare guidance and legislation.
• Communication with external parties such as the vets and feed stores.
• Ensure safe transportation of animals (including livestock trailer).
• Be responsible and manage all licences and government monitoring/movement systems for animals.
• Taking animals to agricultural shows and participation during events/experiences.
• Participation with emergency on-call.
• Manage farming cycles (such a lambing).  
• Producing farm animals to a high standard for the food chain including communications with the abattoir, markets, and other producers.
• Take responsibility for supervising service users and ensuring the training and services provided are of the highest standards and quality.
• To ensure service users are offered support, assistance, and encouragement in their efforts to achieve independence.

Skills and Qualities:

• Excellent and clear communication
• Effective listening
• Report writing
• Professional
• Managing a team and resolving conflict.
• IT
• Flexibility
• Time management
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding
• Time management and organisation
• Form positive relationships
• Self motivated, team player and enthusiastic
• Full UK driving licence