Area Coordinator - East Midlands

Job Title

Area Coordinator

Derbyshire/Cheshire, UK

Permanent, Monday to Friday – Flexibility is essential, with early morning starts and occasional late finishes

£25,371.91 + Van + Fuel Card / Allowance

Are you interested in agriculture and collecting information to help dairy farmers with their herd management? Would you like to have a more flexible work pattern? If the answer to the above is YES – then this could be the role for you!

The Area Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery of a full milk recording service.

This involves regular visits to farms within the above area, collecting event data about individual cows and updating the NMR database.

It can also involve taking milk samples from each cow as they are milked as and when required. The role will involve the robot shuttle hire service.

• Home based but covering a wide area of farms, which could involve extensive driving.
• Responsible for data collection and entry into a custom-built software package.
• Coordinate the collection of milk samples from individual cows on farms.
• Organise and train self-employed samplers to take milk samples.
• Transport sample boxes/shuttles.
• Complete NMR robot shuttle recording.
• Ensure an excellent standard of data quality.

• Time management skills.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and add value.
• Great attention to detail ensuring accuracy in work produced.
• Fully PC literate.
• Milk recording and/or practical dairy farming experience - desirable.

• A valid UK Driving Licence is required.
• Able to work early mornings when required.

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