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Halloween Staff - Temporary Role
Location:Â Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, Brentwood, Essex
Dates: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Pay: £7.55 – £12.21 per hour
Are you looking to make some extra money this Halloween? On a break from college or uni and love getting into the spooky spirit? Then we could have the PERFECT role for you! Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and characterful individuals to join our FANGTASTIC team for our annual Halloween event – back and better than ever!
About the Role
As part of our Halloween Activities Team, you’ll help bring the event to life by engaging with visitors, running themed activities, and ensuring everyone has a frighteningly fun day out! You’ll need to:
- Dress up and stay in character throughout your shift
- Help with event activities such as games, trails, and family entertainment
- Interact confidently with children and adults alike
- Provide a welcoming, safe, and fun environment for all visitors
- Support the smooth running of the event, assisting with set-up and pack-down where required
About You
We’re looking for people who are:
- Outgoing, friendly, and full of energy
- Confident speaking and performing in front of others
- Happy to wear costumes and fully embrace the spooky theme!
- Reliable and able to work across the full event period
Desirable skills:
- Experience in acting, performance, or entertainment
- Experience working with children or families
- Previous event, hospitality, or visitor attraction experience
Please note: A DBS check will be required prior to starting this role.
To apply, please email office@hopefield.org.uk with:
- Your CV
- A short paragraph about why you’d be perfect for our Halloween team
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early to secure your spot on our spooktacular team!
Deputy Animal Sanctuary Manager
Contract type: Full-time, permanent
Days/Hours: 5 days (TBC), 32.5 hours a week (1.5 hours unpaid breaks per day)
Salary: £25,500
Location: Brentwood, Essex
About us:
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a long-established charity, based in Brentwood, and has been running for nearly 40 years. We provide a forever home to around 600 rescued, neglected, and unwanted animals. Initially, we started rescuing horses and goats on our 53-acre site. We’re now home to rescued farm animals, equines, birds, and more recently (sadly) – exotic animals.
To help raise funds to continue doing the vital work we do, the sanctuary is open to the public. We use this to showcase our beautiful animals, to tell people their stories, and help them realize they are not a throw-away commodity.
The job details:
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate and is incredibly rewarding being able to see the transformation in animals that have been through so much in their previous lives, now living happily and care-free at the sanctuary. Hopefield has expanded a lot over the last 10 years and now feel it’s time to add to further strengthen our management team. Animal experience is not essential as we are looking to manage our humans.
Click here to read the full job description
To apply, please email a copy of your CV and cover letter (both essential) to office@hopefield.org.uk
Volunteering
Animal Caregiver
Are you passionate about animals and their welfare? Are you looking for a rewarding volunteer role where you can make a real difference to the lives of animals who haven’t had the best start in life?
In this role, you’ll be helping to provide exceptional care to our rescued residents, whilst ensuring their health and happiness. You’ll have the chance to volunteer with a variety of animals, learning about their behaviours, while creating a nurturing environment for them to thrive in. You’ll enhance and develop your fitness and wellbeing in this physically demanding but joyous and rewarding role.
You don’t need specialist skills – our best volunteers are reliable, dependable, hard-working and compassionate. Each role has a minimum commitment, please ensure you’ll be able to meet this commitment before applying. We look forward to hearing from you!
Notes:
- Please do not apply for this position if you’re looking for a college work placement – our spaces have already been filled.Â
- All volunteers must be age 18+.
Click here to read the full role profile
To apply, please click here to complete our online application form.
Our Volunteer Recruiter, Julie, works part-time (on Wednesdays & Thursdays), and will review your applications during her office hours.
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