Aylesbury Grazing – Dry Stock Farm Assistant

Dry Stock Farm Assistant

Aylesbury Grazing Ltd

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.

Key Responsibilities

  • Stock Management: Shifting, break-fencing, and monitoring the health and welfare of young stock and carryover cows.
  • Pasture Allocation: Assisting with feed management and general break setup.
  • Tractor & Machinery Work: Feeding out, operating tidy modern machinery, and farm maintenance.
  • General Maintenance: Fencing repairs, weed management, and keeping water and power systems functioning.

What We Are Looking For

  • An excellent attitude, honesty, and strong reliability.
  • Eagerness to learn, ask questions, and actively develop your stock and pasture skills.
  • Practical farm competency (experience with tractor driving or stock handling is highly preferred).
  • High awareness of animal welfare and environmental care.
  • A current, clean New Zealand driver’s license.
  • This will suit someone local in the area as there is no accommodation on farm.

How to Apply

Ready to take the next step in your farming career? Please send your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience to Aylesbury@camdengroup.co.nz

Applicants need to be based in New Zealand.

A full position description is available on request.

We will be reviewing applications before the close date so get in as soon as you can.

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Chiswick Farm – Calf Rearer

Calf Rearer

Chiswick Farm Ltd

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.

We offer an hourly rate based on experience and skill level, and regular flexible rostered time off. There are also opportunities for further growth within the Camden Group in seasons to come.

Chiswick Farm is located in Te Pirita – 15 minutes south of Dunsandel, 1 hour south of Christchurch & 15 minutes north of Rakaia.

We’re a high-performing team, lucky enough to work in a great environment. There’s talent, ambition and support at every level of the Camden Group along with opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills with an eye to the next step in your farming career. It’s all part of the Camden Way – see more here.

Submit your interest by email to business@camdengroup.co.nz addressing the above requirements in a detailed cover letter and CV. A full job description is available on request.

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