Baby Animal Days Job Description
Indian Ladder Farms is a 325-acre working farm and agritourism destination located in Altamont NY. The farm grows apples, berries, pumpkins and operates an extensive pick your own in the summer and fall as well as presses its own cider. The farm is home to a cidery and brewery, manufacturing and serving hard cider and beer with ingredients grown on the farm. Indian Ladder has an extensive farm market and bakery featuring popular items such as cider doughnuts. Indian Ladder operates two (soon to be three) kitchens, conducting farm to table foodservice in a café, tasting room & biergarten as well as catering private events on the farm. New this year will be a wood-fired pizza oven serving pizza at a third location adjacent to the new brewery.
Baby Animal Days is a 3 week long event in which the public is able to visit the Baby Animal Barn to see, pet and learn about chicks, turkey poults, ducklings, goslings, bunnies, lambs, goat kids, young pigs and a calf. Employees pick up animals for the public to see and pet in a way that maintains the health, safety, and comfort of the animals.
Position: Baby Animal Days Temporary
Compensation: hourly wage
Benefits: employee discount
Job Requirements
- Professional, respectful, and positive demeanor
- Strong communication skills–ability to effectively listen, read & speak clearly
- Ability to function as a team player maintaining clear lines of communication with employees and managers across departments farm wide.
Baby Animal Days Responsibilities
- Maintain a clean environment for the animals and the public.
- Greet each customer in a friendly manner.
- Assist customers with safely petting and interacting with animals on exhibit
- Answer customer questions about animals, event and farm and interact with customers in an energetic and friendly manner
- Assist with care and feeding of animals
- Assist with keeping public areas clean, picking up litter, taking out trash, cleaning and maintaining hand washing facilities and portable toilets
To apply send Cover Letter & Resume to: christina@indianladderfarms.com
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342 Altamont Rd., Altamont, NY 12009
www.indianladderfarms.com