Butcher

Butcher Location: Banbury

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 45 hours per week
Shift Pattern: 8:30am 5:30pm, shift rota including weekends (2 weekends per month)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
The Role We are recruiting for an experienced Butcher to join a busy and well-established Farm Shop in Banbury. This is a customer-facing role, requiring both strong butchery skills and excellent customer service. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing and presenting high-quality meat products while providing advice and recommendations to customers.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous retail butchery experience who enjoys working with quality produce and takes pride in delivering exceptional service.
Key Responsibilities Preparing, cutting, trimming, boning, and portioning a range of meat products

Breaking down carcasses and larger cuts into retail-ready products

Creating attractive and well-stocked counter displays

Serving customers and providing advice on products, cuts of meat, and cooking methods

Receiving and checking deliveries

Stock rotation and inventory control

Ensuring products are correctly labelled and displayed

Maintaining high standards of food hygiene and safety

Cleaning and sanitising workstations, equipment, tools, and preparation areas

Maintaining a clean, organised, and professional butchery environment

Working closely with colleagues to ensure smooth day-to-day operations

Requirements Previous experience working as a Butcher

Experience within a retail butchery or customer-facing butcher shop environment

Strong knife skills and knowledge of meat preparation techniques

Experience preparing and presenting meat products for retail sale

Excellent customer service and communication xsngvjr skills

Good understanding of food hygiene and health & safety regulations

Physically fit and comfortable with manual handling duties

Reliable, professional, and able to work as part of a team

Flexible to work weekends as part of a rota

Benefits Permanent, long-term opportunity

Competitive salary based on experience

Supportive and friendly working environment

Staff discount

Free on-site parking

Opportunity to work with high-quality locally sourced produce

If you're an experienced Butcher looking for their next career move, apply now!