Sunday Chef, 9am-3.30pm
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Arthur’s Farm Kitchen are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and hardworking Sunday Chef and with weddings, parties, school residentials, yoga retreats; there may be opportunities to increase your hours as we grow our offer. We are looking for an organised chef, who cares about food and its provenance to work in our busy kitchen throughout with our reduced menu on Sundays.

Our menu is produce-driven, focusing on using seasonal, locally produced ingredients. We choose not to use fryers or microwaves and we pride ourselves in using traditional cookery methods as well as following a nutritional and wholesome approach to our meals.

‍Pay: Depending on experience. All breaks paid. Paid hourly.
‍‍Hours: 6.5hours/week plus overtime

Application: Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you wish to work for the Fordhall Community Land Initiative to the Hospitality Manager, Sarah Frost via celebrate@fordhallfarm.com

Applications will be reviewed and interviews given on a rolling basis.
Start date: immediately
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Youth and Volunteer Conservation Lead, 4 days/week
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Job Summary
With a focus on young people, adults and conservation management, this role is both diverse and dynamic as it crosses over many of our delivery projects onsite. As an adaptable individual who has a passion and love for nature at your core, you will be responsible for planning and delivering not just practical projects onsite, but also for engaging our community with a love for our planet and natural landscape.  

Key objectives:
- Take a lead on the site Conservation Plan to develop and deliver plans which support both nature and the farm enterprise to thrive as a partnership.
- Plan, deliver and complete conservation tasks onsite whilst leading and training volunteers, young people or other youth groups as appropriate.
- To provide opportunities for visiting members of the public to engage with nature and wildlife onsite, encouraging them to better understand its importance through fun and engaging activities led by you and others within the team.
- To support young, vulnerable people at risk from being excluded from school through our Youth Project, to re-engage with education, and support them into the workplace/further education by inspiring them and building their self-belief using the natural environment at Fordhall Farm.

For more the full job description Click Here
Expected hours: 32 per week (currently Tuesday - Friday), plus 6 pre-booked weekends per year.

Application: Please send your application form and a covering letter explaining why you wish to take up this opportunity and why Fordhall is a good fit for you to the General Manager, Charlotte Hollins via charlotte.hollins@fordhallfarm.com

Job Description
Application Form

Deadline: Midnight Sunday 5th October.
Applications: will be reviewed and interviews will take place Friday 17th October and possibly Thursday 16th October.
Start date: December 2025
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Apprentice, Countryside Level 2, part-time
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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 not in full-time education.

‍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
Expected hours: 16 per week (currently Thursday and Friday), resulting in your apprenticeship taking up to 18-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 the General Manager, Charlotte Hollins via charlotte.hollins@fordhallfarm.com

Applications will be reviewed and interviews given on a rolling basis throughout October.
Start date: immediate
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Casual Butcher

Our tenant farmer is looking for a flexible butcher to join his Farm Shop & Butchery team to work during busy periods and to cover staff holiday. Must have plenty of experience with pork, beef and lamb carcass. Must have a good work ethic and must be interested and passionate about processing our own animals here from Fordhall.

To apply or find out more, please email Farm Shop Manager, James on shop@fordhallfarm.com

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Event Catering Assistants
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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.
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For more information please email theteam@fordhallfarm.com
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What can I expect?

Inclusive environment

We welcome everyone - as you would expect from a community owned organisation!  Expect a flexible and supporting 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 ‘superpowers’ are and 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.

For more environmental jobs see environmentjob.co.uk
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Job Summary
We have a wonderful opportunity available for a young person to join our team as a Conservation 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 not in full-time education.

‍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
Expected hours: 16 per week (currently Thursday and Friday), resulting in your apprenticeship taking up to 18-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 the General Manager, Charlotte Hollins via charlotte.hollins@fordhallfarm.com

Applications will be reviewed and interviews given on a rolling basis throughout October.
Start date: immediate
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