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Supportive team
Flexible hours
Competitive pay
Development opportunities
Before completing any application to Fordhall, we strongly recommend you read the values and pledges documents and incorporate these into your application.
It is not just about your skills and experience, shared values and approaches are just as important to us.
For clarity, unless noted otherwise, all jobs on this page will be working for the Fordhall Community Land Initiative.
Operations and Business Development Manager, 16-20 hours/week, 12-month contract
This role will suit someone who has a passion for team development, community development, environmental sustainability, business development and thrives in seeing smooth operations and a cohesive team.
We are looking for a highly organised, enthusiastic, and proactive Operations and Development Manager to join our Senior Team at Fordhall Organic Farm. You must have prior experience within communications, team development and business development. You must be task orientated and practical, whilst creative and passionate about everything that Fordhall stands for.
Business Development: As Fordhall celebrates 20 years in community ownership, you will help us understand and test the business opportunities that are available to us. This will involve developing our current trading activities by proactively testing new markets and looking strategically what is best for the organisation and the capacity we have.
Operational support: As we grow our activities all of our teams on-site need supporting. This will be offered through practical operational/organisational support, together with communication support and leadership. The diversity of our activities results in a highly dynamic team, all working towards a common goal. This brings resilience to our organisation and its own challenges. Your leadership will ensure our team remain cohesive and up-to-date on what is happening across site. Ensuring we all continue to work towards the same vision.
Community Development: As a charitable, community-led organisation, you will be playing an influential and pivotal role in ensuring we maintain a balance between profitability and furthering our charitable purpose of nourishing people, planet and soil. These are values that will be emulated throughout your role and the influence you have. You may, as a result be involved with community engagement and development projects which support and expand our 8,000+ membership.
In return, we offer a supportive and welcoming work environment, paid breaks, a well-being package, flexibility around working hours (where possible with event commitments), and generally lots of good fun!
Hours: 16-20 hours per week flexible days and times. Weekend and evening work will be required to support the delivery of events. This role is a fixed-term 12-month contract to support our 20th anniversary year. However, if the applicant can make the role financially viable in the long-term through income generated, there is the possibility this can lead to a permanent position.
This role will suit someone who has a passion for team development, business development and thrives in seeing smooth operations and a cohesive team in a role that is also helping the planet.
Pay: £14-£15.80 per hour depending on experience
Application: Please send with a covering letter explaining your experience, why this job suits you and why you wish to work for the Fordhall Community Land Initiative with a copy of your CV to the General Manager, Charlotte Hollins via Charlotte.Hollins@fordhallfarm.com
Deadline: Interviews will take place during February.
Start date: March 2026
Apprentice, Countryside Level 2, part-time
Job Summary
We have a wonderful opportunity available for a young person to join our team as a Countryside Worker Apprentice. We will offer you full training and support on our community-owned farm, allowing you to get involved with many projects on-site to complete your training, whilst being part of an incredible team.
English and Maths GCSE are required to complete an apprenticeship, but we may be able to offer these through your training.
To start an apprenticeship, you’ll need to be: 16 or over, living in England, and in part-time education (to match with the apprenticeship).
Behaviours we'd like to see in your application and at interview:
- Enthusiasm for the countryside and environment: a positive approach to working outdoors, and undertaking practical tasks in all weathers.
- Work ethic: reliability and punctuality, commitment, diligence and a pride in doing a job well.
- Work constructively: both within a team environment and be self-motivated as a lone worker; be comfortable working both with other paid colleagues as well as unpaid volunteers.
- Flexibility and adaptability: to working locations, hours and requirements, including changes in weather conditions, situations and working environment.
- Skills development: responsibility for continual personal skills development.
- Communication and behaviour: appropriate behaviour with a wide range of people including colleagues, landowners, contractors and other professionals and the public.
For more information on what is involved with a Conservation Worker Level 2 apprenticeship Click Here
Pay: Apprentice level according to your age
Expected hours: 16 per week (Thursday and Friday), resulting in your apprenticeship taking 18-to-24 months.
Application: Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining your experience, why you wish to take up this opportunity and why Fordhall is a good fit for you to Gemma.Church@fordhallfarm.com
Applications will be reviewed and interviews given on a rolling basis.
Start date: immediate
Event Catering Assistants
Working for Fordhall Event Catering Limited
Our tenant farmer runs 'Fordhall Event Catering Limited' a company that provides outside catering at venues across the country. They are looking for enthusiastic and hard-working individuals to join our dynamic event catering team at local and national events this year. You would be working on our mobile catering units, serving food and handling customer orders. No experience required, we ask that you have a can-do attitude and a good sense of humour! Ideal if you’re looking for a change of pace or for work around other commitments.
For more information please email theteam@fordhallfarm.com
What can I expect?
Inclusive environment
We welcome everyone - as you would expect from a community owned organisation! Expect a flexible and supportive approach to your needs
Develop and share skills
We not only want to develop the skills you have for your role, but we also want to know what all your ‘super-powers’ are. We will encourage you to use these across the organisation to help make Fordhall a real ‘Place in the Sun’ for everyone!
Make a difference
Each and every person, no matter what the role or hours worked, contributes to making Fordhall a place for enjoyment, learning, and inspiration for our community. Supporting our staff team is big focus of our approach.
Be rewarded
We offer competitive rates of pay, staff discounts for the shop, café and events, free parking, a recognition reward scheme, as well as offering staff social events throughout the year. When you work at Fordhall you become part of the family.