Livestock Person – Nene Washes

What is the function about?

The aim of the submit is to help with the administration of 1000 grazing beef cattle; your primary
duties will embody day by day shepherding, cattle actions, treating illnesses and sustaining
infrastructure. You’ll be anticipated to work alone while shepherding and have the power to
use your personal initiative. You’ll obtain coaching from established workers in vital facets
of cattle welfare and administration.

This contract is for a stockperson on a 5.5 month contract beginning in Might 2024, working as
a part of a 4-person crew managing the 800 hectare RSPB Nene Washes Nature Reserve.

What we want from you:

Important expertise and {qualifications}:

• Livestock expertise
• Educated to at the least diploma stage or equal.

Fascinating expertise, information, expertise and {qualifications}:

• Tractor and equipment operation certificates.
• Animal husbandry {qualifications}
• 4×4 off street and tractor coaching.
• Data of cattle husbandry significantly recognising and appearing upon animal well being and
  welfare points necessities.
• Data of the important file retaining by way of animal identification, animal
  actions, veterinary remedies and animal well being.
• Confirmed and assured potential within the dealing with and motion of livestock.
• Proficient and competent in a variety of land administration duties associated to the grazing
  operations e.g. constructing and sustaining fences, gates, in discipline water administration constructions,
  ditches and livestock holding pens
• Working with graziers, hauliers, contractors and neighbouring farmers

It is a fixed-term full-time function for 37.5 hours per week for five.5 months (thirteenth Might till 1st
November 2024). The RSPB reserves the correct to increase or make this function everlasting with out
additional promoting depending on enterprise wants on the finish of the contract time period.

We wish to conduct interviews for this place on 4th April 2024. For
additional info please contact [email protected]

As a part of this software you may be requested to supply a duplicate of your CV and full a brief
kind. In the event you want to present a canopy letter along with your software, please embody this on the
finish of your CV doc add.

We’re dedicated to growing an inclusive and numerous RSPB, through which everybody
feels supported, valued, and in a position to be their full selves. To attain our imaginative and prescient of making a
world richer in nature, we want extra folks, and extra numerous folks, on nature’s facet. Folks
of color and disabled individuals are at the moment underrepresented throughout the setting, local weather,
sustainability, and conservation sector. In the event you establish as an individual of color and/or disabled,
we’re significantly considering receiving your software. Contact us to debate any
extra help chances are you’ll want to finish your software.

The RSPB is an equal alternatives employer. This function is roofed by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974.

This function shouldn’t be eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the profitable applicant might want to have
a pre-existing Proper to Work within the UK with a purpose to be supplied an employment contract.