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Senior Caregiver - Equine Section
Days: 5 per week
Hours: 8am – 4pm (32.5 hours)
Salary: £6.40 – £11.44 (NMW) with monthly performance-related bonuses
Please note this is not a starting role and the right candidate will need at least 2 years of employed experience.
We have a very exciting new role at the sanctuary heading our incredible rescued equine section. This is a great opportunity for the right person to join an ever-expanding sanctuary. You will be working with such wonderful animals like Juliet who was burnt with bleach and left to starve, and our cute miniature Shetlands who were going to be shot just because they were unwanted.
The ideal candidate will share the sanctuary’s ethos and have a passion for animals and their welfare. We are looking for a hard-working, friendly individual with a can-do attitude to join our dedicated team of animal caregivers. The perfect candidate should have good previous experience with equines.
Responsibilities:
- You will be head of our rescued equine section which includes horses of all shapes and sizes and our cheeky donkeys
- You will be in charge of the day-to-day running of the section reporting to our Supervisor.
- Duties will include, cleaning, watering, feeding, grooming administrating medication, leading to and from fields, and health checks.
- You will be responsible for up to two volunteers per day who must be treated with the utmost respect a volunteer deserves, so will need good people skills.
- You will be expected to keep your unit cleanliness to a high standard at all times as we are open to the public.
- Reporting damage of animal accommodation etc. promptly
- Limit wastage for your section
- In the summer when it’s quieter, you will be asked to help with other sections or tasks. These also include pony mornings and ethical animal experiences.
- Most importantly, working to give our animals the best lives they deserve after such bad starts to life.
Hopefield is fast-paced and an all-weather job, this unit involves a lot of bending down so it may not be suited with someone with back issues but happy to discuss it.
You must be willing to occasionally swap your days to cover staff sickness etc.
To apply, please email a copy of your CV and a cover letter to office@hopefield.org.uk
Supervisor
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A STARTING ROLE AND ONLY SERIOUS APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Days: 5 days a week (including 1 weekend day)
Hours: 8am – 4pm
Salary: £25,000
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a long-established charity based in Brentwood, and we’ve been running for over 40 years. We provide a forever home to over 600 rescued, neglected, or unwanted animals. At first, we started by rescuing horses and goats on our 53-acre site. We’re now home to rescued farm animals, equine, birds, reptiles, and more recently (sadly) – exotic animals.
To help find the funds to continue doing the vital work we do, the sanctuary is open to the public. We use this to showcase our beautiful animals, and to tell people their stories, whilst helping them realize that these creatures are not a throw-away commodity. The right candidate will understand our animals are our priority but without offering a quality visitor experience the sanctuary could not continue.
Job details:
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate, and it’s incredibly rewarding being able to see animals that have been through so much in their previous lives, now living happy, carefree lives at the sanctuary. There is an opportunity to advance your role and if you are willing to put the effort in this may lead to a management role in the future. This would really suit someone with yard management experience
You must:
- Have experience with large animals including equine
- Have practical people management experience
- Be hard-working and willing to muck in
- Have a positive can-do attitude
- Understand the visitors, sanctuary balance
- You will need to have high standards.
- Be steadfast and reliable
- Working with animals and people can be stressful so will need to be resilient
The role:
- Supervising our 4 heads of units and our dedicated volunteers
- Supervising the health and well-being of our animals.
- Monitoring health records
- Helping with the general day-to-day care of the animals including (but not limited to): cleaning, feeding, watering, and other animal care duties e.g. veterinary care/treatment, monitoring, and weighing, but your priority will be supervising
- Assisting with monitoring health and safety
- Encourage staff and volunteers to grow positively and constructively and help with training.
- Making sure the sanctuary is clean, safe, and ready for the public by 10am
- Helping coordinate our seasonal staff with our visitor coordinator
- Helping get ready for events
- We are opening a small animal boarding and will be part of our pets section. You will be expected to oversee this.
- Monitor wastage
Additional information:
- The role will be 5 days a week, working from 8am to 4pm with a 30-minute unpaid tea break, and a 60-minute unpaid lunch break.
- Days to be discussed but will include a weekend day.
- Uniform will be provided, but you must have steel toe cap boots
- You will receive a discount in our plant-based café and gift shop
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to office@hopefield.org.uk
Events & Visitor Coordinator
Days: 5 per week (Friday – Monday and 1 other weekday)
Hours: 9am – 5pm (with 1 hour unpaid break)
Salary: £25,000
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is looking for a hard-working, dedicated person who will take our events and visitor experience to new heights. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to come on board with a respected, well-known local charity, and help make a real difference to the lives of over 600 rescued animals. The sanctuary has grown exponentially in recent years and continues to do so, and we’re now looking to expand our friendly team.
The role:
This position will focus on 2 main areas –
- Events – We’re looking for someone that can organise and expand our fundraising events. This area of the role will include fun weekends, afternoon teas, vegan nights (in collaboration with our Cafe Manager), quiz nights, and so much more! We’re open to new ideas you may have, too. You will also be expected to work with our Marketing Officer to spread the word about our fundraising events.
- The visitor experience – We’d like to enhance our visitor experience and drive more people to the sanctuary. You will oversee the visitor journey, from managing the online booking system, dealing with birthday party and ethical animal experience enquiries, re-stocking our activity barn with ceramics, sand art and colouring sheets. You will also oversee and manage the seasonal staff that we employ for events and school holidays.
Please note that the responsibilities above are not an exhaustive list and other things will be included that are relevant to this position.
What we’re looking for:
- Previous experience in events coordination.
- Experience of working towards (and meeting) targets.
- A hard worker, with lots of enthusiasm to drive the role forward.
- A team player.
- A driving license is desirable as you may be expected to attend off-site events.
To apply, please email a copy of your CV and a cover letter to office@hopefield.org.uk
Supervisor
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A STARTING ROLE AND ONLY SERIOUS APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Days: 5 days a week (including 1 weekend day)
Hours: 8am – 4pm
Salary: £25,000
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a long-established charity based in Brentwood, and we’ve been running for over 40 years. We provide a forever home to over 600 rescued, neglected, or unwanted animals. At first, we started by rescuing horses and goats on our 53-acre site. We’re now home to rescued farm animals, equine, birds, reptiles, and more recently (sadly) – exotic animals.
To help find the funds to continue doing the vital work we do, the sanctuary is open to the public. We use this to showcase our beautiful animals, and to tell people their stories, whilst helping them realize that these creatures are not a throw-away commodity. The right candidate will understand our animals are our priority but without offering a quality visitor experience the sanctuary could not continue.
Job details:
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate, and it’s incredibly rewarding being able to see animals that have been through so much in their previous lives, now living happy, carefree lives at the sanctuary. There is an opportunity to advance your role and if you are willing to put the effort in this may lead to a management role in the future. This would really suit someone with yard management experience
You must:
- Have experience with large animals including equine
- Have practical people management experience
- Be hard-working and willing to muck in
- Have a positive can-do attitude
- Understand the visitors, sanctuary balance
- You will need to have high standards.
- Be steadfast and reliable
- Working with animals and people can be stressful so will need to be resilient
The role:
- Supervising our 4 heads of units and our dedicated volunteers
- Supervising the health and well-being of our animals.
- Monitoring health records
- Helping with the general day-to-day care of the animals including (but not limited to): cleaning, feeding, watering, and other animal care duties e.g. veterinary care/treatment, monitoring, and weighing, but your priority will be supervising
- Assisting with monitoring health and safety
- Encourage staff and volunteers to grow positively and constructively and help with training.
- Making sure the sanctuary is clean, safe, and ready for the public by 10am
- Helping coordinate our seasonal staff with our visitor coordinator
- Helping get ready for events
- We are opening a small animal boarding and will be part of our pets section. You will be expected to oversee this.
- Monitor wastage
Additional information:
- The role will be 5 days a week, working from 8am to 4pm with a 30-minute unpaid tea break, and a 60-minute unpaid lunch break.
- Days to be discussed but will include a weekend day.
- Uniform will be provided, but you must have steel toe cap boots
- You will receive a discount in our plant-based café and gift shop
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to office@hopefield.org.uk
Groundsperson
Days: Monday to Friday (with occasional weekend work in lieu)
Hours: 8am – 4pm
Wages: £6.40 – £11.44 per hour
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is looking for a Groundsperson to join their friendly, dedicated team. This can be a good opportunity for someone to work in a beautiful outside environment surrounded by incredible animals.
The ideal candidate will be hard-working and not afraid to work in all weathers. Some previous experience would be beneficial but training can be given. You will need to have a clean drivers license. Must have a can-do attitude and common sense. The job can be physically demanding so please keep that in mind.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Gardening and garden maintenance
- Blowing the yard
- Emptying bins
- Painting
- General repairs & maintenance
- Helping with our fencing company (bonus pay)
- Helping build animal enclosures
Uniform will be provided.
To apply, please email a copy of your CV to office@hopefield.org.uk
Volunteering
Animal Care Volunteers
It’s no secret that we couldn’t do a fraction of what we do for our 600+ rescued residents without the care, time and dedication of our truly amazing volunteers, so first off a HUGE thank you to them all! We do, however, need a few more!
Animal Care Giver Volunteers – THURSDAY & FRIDAY AVAILABILITY
- 8.00am – 4.00pm (full day)
- 8.00am – 1.30pm (half day)
Our standard age for volunteering is 16, however, we have a few VERY LIMITED spaces for 14 & 15-year-olds. Please complete and return the application form in the same way.
To apply, please download and complete our application form here and email it to our Office Manager, Sophie on office@hopefield.org.uk.
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