• Salary:£23,962 per annum
• PoscityHoniton
• PoscountryUnited Kingdom
• Area:Equine Operations
• Vacancy Type:Fixed Term Contract
• Full or Part Time?:Full Time
  The Donkey Sanctuary is an international animal welfare organisation, offering care and protection to donkeys worldwide. Our vision is a world where every donkey has a good quality of life, and our mission is to improve the lives of donkeys every day. We will achieve this by transforming the lives of donkeys in need worldwide by fostering greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships.
  We have an excellent opportunity for a flexible and proactive team player with a passion for Donkeys to join our busy team at Brookfield Farm, As a Farm Worker/Groom, you will provide care and rehabilitation for the resident donkeys, mules and hinnies, and support the Farm Manager in maintaining a safe working environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Your principal duties and responsibilities will include –

• Routinely checking, feeding, medicating, grooming, weighing, worming and training the resident donkeys, mules, ponies and hinnies.
• Assisting visiting vets, farriers and dentists.
• Operating machinery, and/or manually, mucking out, feeding and bedding up of barns and stables and distributing hay, haylage and bagged feedstuffs.
• Maintaining the farm by sweeping, pressure washing, cleaning, field sweeping, haymaking, strimming, compost management, willow management and dirty water control.
• Maintaining up to date manual records for the donkeys, farming practices, holidays and overtime.
• Providing feedback on a daily basis to the Farm Manager and Supervisor on matters such as donkey health, feeding regimes and land management and liaising with other staff to facilitate smooth running of the farm.

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract starting as soon as possible, working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days over 7, including weekend work as part of the team rota.