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Looking to tailor your career in the private layers sector?

Employer
De Lacy Executive
Location
Oxfordshire
Salary
An attractive salary with bonus and accommodation will be offered to the successful candidate.
Closing date
20 Nov 2020

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Job Details

De Lacy Executive have been retained to source a trainee Farm Manager for an expanding family free range egg business located in the picturesque county of Oxfordshire.

Our client is an established, progressive and expanding family business and due to increased demand of their product, they are now seeking a trainee Farm Manager for their egg unit. To be considered for this role you will be passionate about layers, their welfare and how to get the best end- product; quality eggs. You will have had experience with poultry stock keeping, either free range or commercial or at assistant farm manager level and ready for the next stage in your career.

This is a great opportunity that offers excellent progression within this exiting, growing business with the chance to really add value and make your mark.

Responsibilities of this role include and are not limited to:

  • Working alongside the Managing Director to maintain the health of the hens to achieve industry production targets and proactively identify ways to continuously improve the flock
  • Ensuring the welfare of livestock, blood testing, ventilation management, vaccination and record keeping.
  • Maintaining safe work practices of all employees and contractors on site.
  • Managing a small team of people.
  • Compliance with legislative and assurance scheme standards.

 

As an ideal candidate you will have:

  • Ideally some managerial experience, although not essential.
  • Excellent welfare standards.
  • Good level of experience in working with layers or other poultry industry experience.
  • Able to work with minimal supervision and carry out manual duties.
  • Need to have effective communication skills and be self-motivated to gain results.
  • Basic Computer skills.
  • The ability to use farm equipment with confidence
  • Valid UK Driving Licence.

The Offer: An attractive salary with bonus and accommodation will be offered to the successful candidate.

The Next Step:

At this initial stage, please email Jadine Huxtable your CV and covering letter (preferably in Word please) to jadinehuxtable@delacyexecutive.co.uk or call 01885 485525 for more information.

De Lacy Executive will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at www.delacyexecutive.co.uk/privacypolicy. Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission.

Please note that this advertisement is not a job description and you should satisfy yourself about the full details at interview.

De Lacy Executive is an Approved member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which promotes high standards in recruitment practice, and is registered with the Information Commissioners Office. De Lacy Executive complies with all relevant data protection legislation.

Company

De Lacy Executive is the professional Agri-Business recruitment consultancy.

Since 2000 we have been recruiting within the agriculture, horticulture, fruit, fresh produce, primary food and other rural sectors in the UK and Internationally. We arguably have the largest database of candidates and regular employer clients.

In this period we have been privileged to help countless companies and jobseekers to achieve their employment goals.

We engage at all levels from trainee through to senior executive and in disciplines from production to technical and commercial.

Our team of nine is friendly, knowledgeable and experienced. We welcome your enquiries and offer our very best advice and service whatever the employment situation.

Most of us are agriculturalists by upbringing and education and have experience of working in the sector we serve before entering the recruitment industry.  We are well trained in recruitment practice and De Lacy Executive is the only Agricultural Recruitment business to be Approved by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation which promotes high standards within the recruitment industry.

We maintain the highest levels of confidentiality and are registered and conform to the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

 “Integrity, Knowledge and Confidentiality”.

We look forward to hearing from you.

De Lacy Executive Ltd. Suite 7, Malvern Gate, Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4BN

Tel: 01885 483440. E mail: admin@delacyexecutive.co.uk

Company info
Telephone
01885 483440
Location
Suite 7
Malvern Gate
Bromwich Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR2 4BN
United Kingdom

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