Start date negotiable, permanent position

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a, fully-developed 388-hectare dry stock property. As a Farm Assistant, you will work alongside a highly motivated team to manage dairy support stock, accelerate your practical skills, and maintain the property to high operational standards.

• Location: Grange Road, Burnham (easy commute from Rolleston, Darfield, or Christchurch).
• Stock Profile: We carry approximately 1500 R1s and R2s, 130 Jersey bulls, and 200 carryover cows.
• Farm Infrastructure: 100% irrigated via three large centre pivots, four towable pivots, and set sprinklers.

Fast-Track Your Farming Skills: This role is specifically designed to level up your technical capabilities in two critical areas of New Zealand pastoral farming:

• Pasture Management: Learn feed allocation and pasture management on a large, highly productive, 100% irrigated property. You will gain hands-on experience learning pasture residuals and break-fencing rotations, and maximizing pasture utilisation.
• Advance Your Stock Handling: Build confidence and expertise in handling large numbers of young stock, bulls, and carryover cows. Work alongside experienced mentors to master stress-free stock movements, health drafting, and proactive animal welfare monitoring.

Applications close 31/07/2026

Start Date 01/08/2026

End Date 01/12/2026

The Camden Group has an exciting opportunity for someone to join our highly motivated team as a Calf Rearer at Chiswick Farm.

Reporting to the Farm Manager, we’re on the search for someone with an excellent attitude, honesty, reliability, punctuality, self-organisation and has a desire to work as part of a team. We’re keen for flexibility to meet seasonal requirements and unforeseen circumstances, someone who cares about animals and the environment.

Does this sound like you?

• You are available to work until calf rearing is complete (around the start of December).
• You’ve had some experience with calf births as well as feeding and caring for the newborns
• Milking experience as part of a large dairy herd operation is a big bonus.
• You can use farm equipment, machinery and vehicles competently
• You have a good understanding of animal nutrition, animal health and animal welfare issues and the things that impact on health and welfare
• You have a good understanding of compliance requirements and you have a desire to be environmentally low impact
• You can keep accurate records and reports
• You’re great at time management and you know when to prioritise tasks
• You have excellent problem-solving skills.