Donkey Care Farm Technician

The Donkey Sanctuary; Honiton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Holiday entitlement 31–34 days

Wellbeing team

Pilates and Yoga classes

Long service awards

Healthshield plan

Free parking

Restaurant and shop on site

Job summary

The Donkey Sanctuary, a leading international animal welfare charity, invites applications for a Farm Worker/Groom at Brookfield Farm near Honiton, East Devon. You will care for resident donkeys, mules and hinnies, assist vets, and help keep the farm safe and well maintained.

This full-time fixed-term role runs 37.5 hours across 5 days, with weekend rota. The charity offers benefits including life assurance, generous holiday entitlement and wellbeing support, free parking, and on-site facilities.

Qualifications

• Excellent observation skills to identify signs that would indicate ill-health in animals.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills – tactful and diplomatic when handling sensitive matters.
• Competent IT knowledge and skills.
• Full current UK valid driving licence.
• Able to carry out physically demanding tasks, independently, in all weather conditions.
• Effective team player who builds trust and positive relationships.
• Self-motivated, with a positive and professional attitude.
• Experience in animal husbandry or equine care.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Observation skills

Communication

IT literacy

Full UK driving licence

Physically capable

Team player

Self-motivated

Animal husbandry

Job description

The Donkey Sanctuary, a leading international animal welfare charity, invites applications for a Farm Worker/Groom at Brookfield Farm near Honiton, East Devon. You will care for resident donkeys, mules and hinnies, assist vets, and help keep the farm safe and well maintained.

This full-time fixed-term role runs 37.5 hours across 5 days, with weekend rota. The charity offers benefits including life assurance, generous holiday entitlement and wellbeing support, free parking, and on-site facilities.