About this role
FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
INSTITUTE OF INFECTION, VETERINARY & ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Hours of work: Full-time - 35 hours per week plus contracted overtime of 10 hrs per week with seasonal variation.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join a small team working with dairy cattle at Wood Park Farm, with opportunities to assist with sheep and pigs at Ness Heath Farm, both located on the University of Liverpool’s Leahurst Campus near Neston on the Wirral.
The role involves practical, hands-on work with farm animals in an outdoor environment and requires a commitment to animal welfare, teamwork and safe working practices.
Main duties will be working in a small team to provide care and routine husbandry of all farm livestock. You will be working alongside other staff, with undergraduate vet students, works experience students, vets and academics and other stake holders.
Tasks included: Milking, feeding and mucking out of dairy herd of 200 high yielding dairy cows and associated young stock; feeding and husbandry of the flock of sheep (450 ewes plus 120 replacements) and pig herd (15 sows). Driving farm vehicles and associated equipment on and off the public highway. Tractor driving with associated stock/grassland skills.
A specific role is to mentor work placement students showing them the day-to-day roles of a stock person. You will have knowledge and experience of working with people and farm animals acquired via a period of structured training. You will also be expected to assist other staff in all teaching programmes with undergraduate vet students and to have good communication skills.
The post is a permanent position of 35 hours per week with expected additional 10 hours overtime per week, subject to seasonal variation, and weekend work on a shared rota.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to enhancing a workforce as diverse as our community and particularly encourage applicants who are of minoritised genders and ethnic backgrounds, living with a disability, and/or are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
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