Farm Manager; Farm, Temple Newsam

Job title: Farm Manager, Home Farm, Temple Newsam

Salary: PO1 £ 38,220 - £40,777 per annum plus weekend enhancements

Hours: 37 hours per week, including some weekend and evening work

Contract: Permanent

Home Farm is an open working rare breed livestock farm and historic visitor attraction set in both modern and historic buildings within Temple Newsam Estate. The estate comprises a Tudor Jacobean mansion, Stable Courtyard with tea rooms and shops as well as the farm set within Capability Brown parkland. It is operated by Leeds City Council and attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year.

The farm has recently developed an exciting indoor play facility (separately managed) with a shop and café, which is attracting a new larger audience to the farm. We’re now looking for an experienced farm manager with a proven track record in providing quality experiences for visitors within an open farm whilst managing high standards of animal care and land management.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

As a Farm Manager you will bring to the role:

• Excellent leadership skills
• Experience and knowledge of managing farmland and livestock
• A commitment to health, safety and welfare
• A wish to manage the land sustainably and for visitor access

This is a diverse role requiring the ability to contribute to creating experiences for visitors and on-site college students whilst taking responsibility for the overall day to day management of all aspects of animal care and farmland management. High standards of health safety and welfare are fundamental. The post-holder will be committed to the future of rare breeds of British farm animals and continue our working relationship with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.

The role has responsibility for managing much of the historic landscape, which incorporates two scheduled ancient monuments and a listed landscape. We’re looking for someone who will maximise the environmental benefits and fully utilise the ELMS scheme as it is introduced.

The role is integral to the team at Temple Newsam which sits within the Commercial and Estates team of the Climate Energy and Green spaces Service. This team delivers four estate attractions, two zoos and a plant nursery /garden centre.

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further
• a residential farmhouse as a service occupancy for out of hours working

Please complete the online application form.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Maria Akers, Senior Estates Manager tel. or email

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.

Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Purpose: To undertake the management of Home Farm, Temple Newsam as a…