As Livestock & Land Manager (aka Farm Manager) you will lead the small farm team responsible for ensuring the smooth and safe running of the farm, managing all the livestock and maintaining high standards of animal welfare. You'll manage the farm infrastructure together with routine maintenance and repairs, keeping basic records and compliance up to date and ensuring the farm is a welcoming and engaging environment. Maintaining a constant supply of livestock for the Butchery is essential and a knowledge of grassland management is required.

Key responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

- Health and Safety: You will ensure that you and the Farm Team are safe and follow the safe systems of work. Adhering to processes and procedures laid down in the company handbook and the company health and safety policy
- Overview and care of all livestock and their housing to a high standard.
- Ensure all tasks relating to animal welfare, cleanliness and movement (on or off farm) are done in a timely manner.
- Ensure the Butchery has a consistent, quality supply of home-grown meat all year round
- Manage all animal breeding programs and liaise with external suppliers to ensure we have the correct livestock on site to support this (i.e. Rams and Billys)
- Locating quality livestock to purchase as required.
- Management of the farm grassland and grazing rotations plus, production of hay and silage
- Ensure good stock of brought in straw all year round and manage local supply during harvest.
- Lead/delegate straw carting at appropriate time.
- Ensure all computerised records (medication, breeding, machinery) are kept up to date and open for inspection
- Ensure that any equipment and vehicles used are kept clean and in good working order, keeping the maintenance and service of these up to date.
- Maintain sufficient stock levels of farm fuel all times
- Be mindful of the constant public access to the farm and ensure all risks associated with this are controlled
- Oversee maintenance and care of the Farm Trail all year round – hedges, ditches, paths fences, wildflower margins and grass areas
- Create the staff rota ensuring appropriate cover on a daily basis all year round.
- Assist with the training/support for new and existing staff where necessary (including apprentices, students and work experience)
- Create a yearly farm plan (and beyond) Maintain it as a ‘live document’ to understand the farm budgets, costs and expenditure and had an ability to contribute to the overall business budgeting and financial planning.