Farm Stay Accommodation Manager

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO:

- Produce as much delicious, nutritious food as possible with the smallest carbon footprint possible.

- Work WITH nature to increase the farms' biodiversity, bio-security and native species diversity.

- Do all we can as soon as we can to reduce the causes of human induced climate change.

- Provide low carbon footprint holidays, venue hire and host educational visits teaching about food, farming and the countryside.

If you are passionate about environmentally friendly farming and taking action to tackle climate change we want to hear from you!

LOCATION:Cronkshaw Fold Farm, Rossendale, Lancashire, England BB4 4AQ (~45 minutes North of Manchester)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Overseeing the administration and running of our glamping accommodations.

Higher levels of pay available (i.e more than the base salary of £19,750) for taking on additional management of educational group farm tours, in person and virtual visits, venue hire, produce sales and livestock care of sheep, goats, poultry and honey bees.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

- PASSION for tackling climate change and producing high quality, low carbon footprint food.

- INNOVATIVE and creative mindset to food production and maintaining a healthy business.

- EFFICIENT and practical approach to undertaking accommodation changeovers between farm stay guests.

- ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Ensuring the comfort and safety of all farm stay guests throughout their stay.

- PHYSICALLY FIT & STRONG: Confident in your own physical abilities to carry large bags and push wheel barrows around the farm. (usually around 10-15kg in weight)

HOURS: Full time including alternate weekends. 2 year contract. Opportunities to extend contract for the right candidate.

PAY: £19,750.00 – £27,699.00 a year in line with previous experience and current expertise. For example: £19,750 would be offered to someone who can manage the guest accommodation but has no experience in other areas. If the employee learns to manage more, pay will increase.

Monthly bonuses are also available for successful implementation of new, innovative ideas.

HOLIDAYS: 5 weeks a year.

CHILD FRIENDLY WORKPLACE: Opportunities to work with your children in tow. Let us know if this is something you'd want to do.

Candidates who have no previous experience working in agriculture will still be considered. Our key requirements are passion and enthusiasm to tackle climate change, produce high quality, low carbon footprint food and share our hard-work-pays-off work ethic.

WE APPRECIATE DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUND. As a company we actively research common biases within general culture that have historically held back individuals based on their gender/ skin colour/ sexual orientation/ physical ability/ age. Anyone who is able to do the job is welcome to apply.

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TO APPLY:

Complete the form via the link below. Applicants who show good potential in this role will be contacted to arrange an interview. Due to the volume of applications we receive it is not feasible for us to respond to everyone - though we will try!

Invitations to interviews will be sent in late March / early April 2023 at the latest.

Stage 1 interviews will be an informal one on one 'farm walk and talk' interview with the farm manager who will be happy to answer any questions you have about the role.

Stage 2 interview invitations will be sent out the week following the first interview.

Successful candidates will receive job offers via email the week following their second interview.

Link to apply: https://forms.gle/dkXJ3e7UhchQY6i29

Job Types: Fixed term contract, Graduate
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: £19,750.00-£27,699.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
All farm staff are double vaccinated. We encourage all staff and visitors to abide by the latest scientific advice.

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: CronkshawIsAwesome