Agricultural Development Coordinator

Protea Recruitment is working with a well-known Food Manufacturer on the outskirts of Glasgow who is looking for a Agricultural Development Coordinator to join their team.

Title: Agricultural Development Coordinator

Location: South Glasgow

Salary: Up to £25k

Shifts: Monday to Friday

As Agricultural Development Coordinator you will primarily provide comprehensive administrative support to the agricultural team, helping with all aspects of administration, co-ordinate the movement of livestock and communicating with internal and external stakeholders. You will also work with industry experts on agricultural projects and help deliver our overall agricultural strategy.

Please note that this role would require travelling to farming partners.

The Role

• Adopting a proactive approach in working with the senior agricultural team to co-ordinate the movement of calves.
• Effectively communicating and building effective relationships with calf scheme partners.
• Responsible for maintaining Calf database, including prompt and efficient input, update and maintenance of data.
• Finance - processing invoices and liaising with accounts department to ensure efficient invoicing and transactions.
• Producing regular performance reports on Scheme, ensuring effective communication across cross functional teams including Finance, Technical and Despatch.
• Developing and maintaining in house agricultural systems including Beeftrack and Lambtrack.
• Liaising with senior agricultural team to progress sustainability and environmental improvements, ensuring all legislative, company and customer requirements are adhered to particularly in respect of animal welfare and handling.
• Other ad hoc administrative activities as required.

Requirements

• ​An interest in agriculture – particularly knowledge on livestock production would be useful.
• Good IT skills – including all Microsoft packages including Excel, SQL database, and bookkeeping.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, networking and influencing skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English.
• Good numeracy and organisational skills.
• Food Safety level 2
• Attentive to detail and highly accurate.
• Adept at prioritising.
• Some organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and keenness to learn and achieve.
• Full driving licence would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life insurance – Death in Service Payment
• Free onsite parking
• Retail discounts including hundreds of popular UK retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme (offer mental health and financial support)
• Tailored learning and development plans
• Holidays entitlement increasing with service.

For more information about this vacancy, please apply