This post is to provide efficient and accurate administrative support to the College Farm, ensuring the smooth operation of farm records, compliance documentation, financial tracking, and communication. The Farm Secretary will play a key role in maintaining up-to-date livestock and crop records, supporting farm staff with administrative tasks, and liaising with internal departments and external agencies as required. This part-time role (9 hours per week across 3 mornings) offers flexible start times and is ideal for someone with strong organisational skills and an interest in agriculture.
We are seeking someone who takes pride in providing an accurate, effective and efficient farm administrative service, has a positive attitude and can work both independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be confident in all forms of communication, proficient in the use of Microsoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel etc) and farm-based computer packages. They will be able to provide excellent customer service both internally and externally to represent the College farm.
The postholder will be based at the Cannington College at Rodway Farm working directly with the Farm Manager.
UCS College Group (UCSCG) offers a range of fantastic employee benefits including:
Generous pension scheme
Competitive holiday entitlement
Dedicated CPD days
2 wellbeing days
2-week Christmas closure
On-site discounted gym
Free parking
UCSCG is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We are also a disability confident employer and we'll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments. We encourage everyone to apply who wishes to and we believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity.