Senior Technician (Farm)

About the Role As a member of the Farm Technical Team, support teaching delivery and demonstrate equipment and techniques providing support and guidance to students on our FE and HE courses. Create a positive, industry-relevant learning environment to enhance the employability prospects of students. Provide technical support and guidance to academic colleagues within the farm resource. Ensure all staff and students are working within a safe environment and escalate issues where necessary. Working within the team, ensure a high standard of livestock health and welfare, crop production and machinery operation and maintenance. Identify appropriate personal development opportunities and actively keep up to date with relevant discipline knowledge, trends and technology, and apply this learning to practices. Connect with relevant internal and external networks and use these contacts to enhance delivery. Be a team player and support others in creating a positive environment. Special requirements; Accommodation included with the expectation to live on campus to fulfil the requirements of the role. Emergency on call for the Farm resource outside of core hours. Working weekends and Bank Holidays on a rota. Occasional lone working and late-night checks. For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We''ll still consider applications even if you don''t meet every single one of the requirements, so don''t be put off if you don''t match them perfectly. Interview Date: w/c ..... full job details .....