Lead Vet Groom
We have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and passionate team player to join our team as our Lead Vet Groom.
Position: Lead Vet Groom (1906)
Location: Honiton
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £26,198 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Wednesday 2 April 2025
The Donkey Sanctuary is an international animal welfare organisation, offering care and protection to donkeys worldwide. Our vision is a world where every donkey has a good quality of life, and our mission is to improve the lives of donkeys every day. We will achieve this by transforming the lives of donkeys in need worldwide by fostering greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships.
We have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and passionate team player to join our team as our Lead Vet Groom. You will organise and take part in the daily activities of the Vet groom team, to ensure the work is carried out to a high standard and in a timely manner. As Lead Vet Groom you will be the spokesperson for the Vet groom team.
About you:
- Experience of working in an equine yard,
- Good communication skills.
- Good equine handling skills.
- Experience of handling equines with challenging behaviour.
- Competent IT skills.
- Able to perform physically demanding work.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to make good decisions under pressure.
- UK full valid driving licence.
About the role:
Your principal duties and responsibilities will include –
- Organise the grooms daily activities and weekend rota.
- Ensure a high standard of husbandry is provided for hospital patients.
- Ensure areas around stables are kept clean and tidy.
- Oversee land management including dung removal.
- Oversee the purchase of appropriate feed, bedding and equipment.
- Ensure appropriate biosecurity is maintained following vet direction.
- Help holding the donkeys during examinations and procedures.
- Support the Head Nurse in maintaining a safe working environment by risk assessment and following Health and Safety regulations and by maintaining farm security.
- Ensure all new arrivals into stallion unit undergo full isolation procedures and examinations.
- Liaise with the behaviour team to develop training plans for new arrivals into stallion unit to improve their handling experience for routine procedures and castration if required.
- Carry out any other reasonable duty as may be required.
What we offer in return:
Based at our Brookfield site, Nr Honiton, East Devon – this is a full-time, permanent contract starting as soon as possible, working 37.5 hours per week, 08.00-16.30, Monday-Friday, with evening and weekend work as part of our on-call duty rota.
Benefits:
Competitive pension.
Life Assurance.
31 Days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service.
Wellbeing Team.
Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.
Long Service Awards.
Healthshield Plan –
- Reimbursement of some medical expenses up to the specified limits per membership.
- Offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel and entertainment from participating outlets.
- Access to a 24/7 GP and counselling service.
Free parking.
Subsidised restaurant and shop.
Closing date for completed applications: Wednesday 2 April 2025.
The Donkey Sanctuary is a Disability Confident Employer.
The Donkey Sanctuary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults), and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.
#INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
