Farm and Estate Technician

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

If this role interests you apply below or you can send your cv to [email protected]

£22,880- £24,424 per annum

37 hours per week

The working pattern is Sunday to Thursday

52 weeks per annum,

Common Leys Campus

Permanent

Start date TBC

We are recruiting for a full-time experienced and well organised technician to join the team at Common Leys Farm campus. This is an exciting post, giving the successful applicant the opportunity to work across the farm estate and horticulture department.

We are looking for someone keen to maintain the campus grounds, carry out machinery operations and estate maintenance, provide support to instructors who teach on the horticulture courses and help with producing stock for our farm shop where we will sell our own vegetable and plants grown on site.

You should be qualified to a minimum of level 2 in a recognised and relevant subject and have recent experience of working within a farm, garden, or a college environment. You must enjoy working with young people and be confident working with and supervising students in a wide variety of routine duties.

The role is full time and includes working a weekend day each week, but there can be some flexibility throughout the year.

You would be part of a dedicated, flexible team of lecturers, instructors, technicians and support staff based at the farm.

In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benefits to our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.

Closing date: 04th August 2024 (midnight)

*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date

AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.

Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the 'News' and 'Images' tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.

In order to apply, please go to our Abingdon and Witney College website where you will be able to complete our online application form