Farm Livestock officer

The RSPCA's farm animals department wishes to recruit a person with a thorough knowledge of livestock husbandry systems to monitor and provide technical advice to farmers, hauliers and abattoirs accredited under the Society's Freedom Food farm animal welfare assurance scheme.

The ideal candidate will live in the Midlands area with easy access to the main road links to east/ west Midlands and Wales.

The successful candidate will be required to travel largely alone throughout the counties in this area and on occasion, spend short periods working in other areas of the UK.

Essential requirements are: excellent interpersonal skills, a genuine commitment to farm animal welfare, together with a thorough knowledge and practical experience of a variety of livestock husbandry systems. Applicants should hold a minimum qualification of HND in Agriculture, or equivalent knowledge and experience. They should have experience of farm visiting, and have the ability to produce clear detailed reports of site visits. The ideal candidate will also have experience either with farm assurance schemes or in the provision of technical advice to livestock farmers. Direct experience and training in auditing of standards on-farm would be a distinct advantage.

Promoting kindness and preventing cruelty to animals.

The RSPCA offers excellent benefits including private healthcare, defined contribution pension scheme, childcare vouchers and employee assistance programme.

We value diversity and encourage applications from all sections of the community.