Butchery and Farm Assistant - Ref 1630 Date: November 4, 2025

Job Description

Carphin Farm is located in a beautiful part of Northeast Fife near the rural village of Luthrie. The 360 acre farm is adopting a regenerative farming system - working with nature to protect and improve soil health and habitat biodiversity. It currently consists of commercial and native woodlands, and small herds of Belted Galloway cattle and Tamworth pigs.

At Carphin Farm, we manage our deer population as part of the broader approach to land and conservation management, selectively and sustainably culling through the year. As the deer management practice has become a key part of life at Carphin, we are making steps to develop a farm to fork business, using our own wild roe venison initially.

We now have an exciting role available for an individual who would like to develop butchery experience, as well as get involved in other areas of farm operation. The butchery training would be supervised by an experienced venison butcher and will also include learning to package, label and store different cuts of meat. There may be scope to work with other animals as the project progresses. As deer culling is seasonal, this part of the role would be part time. Other duties would include anything involved in regenerative farm management, including:

● Implementing crop diversity

● Rotational animal grazing

● Stock management

● Tree and shrub planting and maintenance

● Potential deerstalking training

We believe this is a great role with excellent potential for growth. A strong interest in food or and/or animals is essential, especially sustainability within food production. A willingness to learn and grow within a small team is also vital.

Person Specification

Essential:

● Background in food preparation or similar

● Interest in farming and stock management

● Willingness to learn on the job and use initiative

● Ability to work indoors and outdoors across different terrain

● Strong people skills and ability to communicate well with a team

● Access to own transport required due to rural location

Desirable

● Experience with animal butchery

● Previous exposure to farm work of animal management

Contract Type

Initial contract period of one year with scope to extend

Availability

Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

Part time applications will also be considered.

Salary

To be discussed

Expected Start Date

As soon as possible and not later than early January 2026.

Closing Date for Applications

How to Apply

Email office@carphinfarm.com with your C.V. and a covering letter explaining your interest and

suitability for the job. Enquiries are welcome.

Additional Information

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Due to the rural location, the successful candidate would require their own transport.

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Driving of farm vehicles may also be necessary.