The Role : The College is seeking a highly motivated individual to teach and assess practical hard and soft landscape skills to groups of mixed ability students as part of their animal management course.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your teaching expertise and educate the next generation of animal carers in areas such as construction, maintenance and repair of boundaries, structures and surfaces, health and safety and animal enclosure maintenance, for their Estate skills module.

You will be expected to deliver exceptional practical teaching using a range of equipment as well as contributing to the management of the zoo and companion animal site.

As an instructor you will also have input into animal enclosure design and landscaping of the whole zoo site. We are looking to increase biodiversity in the area and are keen for your input into how we can achieve this. You will also have co-responsibility for a workshop to include tool and equipment maintenance.

We welcome applicants who have general construction, fencing, landscaping and habitat management skills, and who have some supervisory or teaching experience. A qualification in a relevant subject at National Diploma level or higher is desirable. The ideal post holder will also hold an appropriate teaching qualification or be willing to attain one.

Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit pension scheme)

Death Benefit grant of 3 x salary if in the pension scheme

Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

Occupational Maternity Pay Scheme

Flexible Working Policy

Holiday entitlement of 23 days (rising to 25 days after 5 years' service) plus Public and Bank Holidays along with college closure days at Xmas.

Access to an employee assistance scheme

Free Library membership

On-site gym at the Sparsholt campus

Facility to purchase Sparsholt produce including : plants, fruit & vegetables, fish and game.