​Estate Worker

Location Danby
Discipline: Agriculture, Farming
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £9.20 per hour
Contact name: Amanda Walker

Job ref: 15032LP
Published: over 2 years ago
Startdate: ASAP
Client: Camphill Village Trust

​Estate Worker - Botton Village, Danby, North Yorkshire

Help Transform Lives by Joining our Team

Location: North Yorkshire

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 20th October 2021

Salary: £9.20 an hour

Specific Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Who we are:

The Camphill Village Trust is a registered charity formed of ten communities and services in England offering opportunities for people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and other additional needs to live, learn and work with others of all abilities in an environment of mutual care and respect.

Botton Village:

Botton is home to adults living with disabilities and is open to the public.

The estates team is a newly formed team tasked with maintaining and enhancing the estate for the enjoyment of the residents and people who visit.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Estate worker job role to join our estates team and help us maintain Botton Village. Botton is home to adults living with disabilities and is open to the public. The estates team is a newly formed team tasked with maintaining and enhancing the estate for the enjoyment of the residents and people who visit.

Who we are looking for:

  • An experienced, enthusiastic estate worker, with a “hands on” approach, with experience of general gardening and grounds maintenance tasks.

  • A good communicator with excellent customer service skills and a polite and friendly manner, as you will be liaising with staff, people we support and members of public.

  • A proactive, self-motivated, reliable and flexible individual, with a willingness to work across a vast variety of estate tasks and to work on weekends as required and attend occasional events / markets.

  • You will need to work outside for most of the day, and some aspects of the job are particularly physically demanding.

  • You will lone work, but will have the support of other members of the team, as required.

  • An ability to carry out physical work/manual labour, as you will need to work outside for most of the day, and some aspects of the job are particularly physically demanding.

  • A full driving licence, a forklift truck certificate, experience of tractor and trailer driving or willingness to learn would be a distinct advantage.

  • A proven capability in using a wide range of equipment and machinery on the land.

More details are available on our websitewww.camphillvilllagetrust.org.uk

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including an Enhanced DBS.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

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