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| The witch job that pays £50,000 | |
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| A job centre is advertising a "witch" vacancy with tourist site Wookey Hole, in Somerset, for £50,000 a year. | |
| The witch, who has to live in the site's caves, is expected to teach witchcraft and magic. | The witch, who has to live in the site's caves, is expected to teach witchcraft and magic. |
| Wookey Hole staff say the role is straightforward: live in the cave, be a witch and do the things witches do. | Wookey Hole staff say the role is straightforward: live in the cave, be a witch and do the things witches do. |
| The advert for the post, placed in the local press as well as job centres, says applicants must be able to cackle and cannot be allergic to cats. | The advert for the post, placed in the local press as well as job centres, says applicants must be able to cackle and cannot be allergic to cats. |
| The job has come up after the previous witch retired from the role. | The job has come up after the previous witch retired from the role. |
| "We are witchless as the moment so need to get the role filled as soon as possible," said Daniel Medley from the tourist destination. | "We are witchless as the moment so need to get the role filled as soon as possible," said Daniel Medley from the tourist destination. |
| 'Key career move' | 'Key career move' |
| "Wookey Hole wants the appointee to go about her everyday business as a hag, so that people passing through the caves can get a sense of what the place was like in the Dark Ages. | "Wookey Hole wants the appointee to go about her everyday business as a hag, so that people passing through the caves can get a sense of what the place was like in the Dark Ages. |
| "This was when an old woman lived in the caves with some goats and a dog, causing a variety of social ills, including crop failures and disease." | "This was when an old woman lived in the caves with some goats and a dog, causing a variety of social ills, including crop failures and disease." |
| The £50,000-a-year salary is pro rata, and based on work done as needed, largely in the summer holidays, but also at Halloween and at Christmas. | The £50,000-a-year salary is pro rata, and based on work done as needed, largely in the summer holidays, but also at Halloween and at Christmas. |
| "Wookey Hole is advertising nationally and hopes to attract a strong field of candidates with the £50,000 serving as a major incentive," said the site. | "Wookey Hole is advertising nationally and hopes to attract a strong field of candidates with the £50,000 serving as a major incentive," said the site. |
| It said ambitious witches looking for a "key career move" should arrive dressed for work armed with any "essential witch accoutrements". | It said ambitious witches looking for a "key career move" should arrive dressed for work armed with any "essential witch accoutrements". |
| Due to sexual discrimination law, the job cannot demand that the post is filled by a woman. | Due to sexual discrimination law, the job cannot demand that the post is filled by a woman. |
| Under sexual discrimination law, unless Wookey Hole can provide "documentary proof that the original witch was female it can't issue a gender-specific job description". | |
| Interviews, which will involve on-site assessment incorporating a range of standard tasks, will take place on 28 July at 1100, stipulates the advert. | Interviews, which will involve on-site assessment incorporating a range of standard tasks, will take place on 28 July at 1100, stipulates the advert. |