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Land and Animal Worker

Ruskin Mill Trust
Bristol

Posted: 14 Apr 2025

Deadline: 27 Apr 2025

Compensation: £25,494.48 per annum

Paid Full-time

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Land and Animal Worker at both Grace Garden School sites to support the daily operations of our land, animal husbandry, and landscaping activities. You will organise and guide suitable tasks for pupils, staff, and volunteers using the principles and methodologies of biodynamic agriculture.

The chosen candidate will model effective interactions with nature, the land, animals, the farm, pupils, staff, and parents. You will also prepare the garden to serve as an educational facility and manage projects in a market garden, collaborating closely with teachers and teaching assistants.

It will be beneficial if you have:

• Training in Biodynamic Agriculture or willing to attend training and work towards a qualification.
• Experience of the working in line with the seasonal cycles and/or the biodynamic calendar
• Experience of working with young people with learning differences and who may be less likely to engage with mainstream educational approaches – Training will be given
• Experience of managing a diverse workload and meeting strict deadlines

You will need to:

• Commute to both sites in Bristol (Grace Garden School and the Stoke Bishop site)
• Work weekends (on a rota basis) to support the Land Team with animal and land tasks.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

Grace Garden School is a specialist school located on an 18-acre smallholding on the outskirts of Bristol, offering a range of outdoor learning activities in practical land and craft work to support the education and development of children and young people. Grace Garden School is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.

Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales. We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

Application information

For further information or to apply, please visit rmt.org/jobs

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