Agriculture Administrator

Noble Foods Limited; Lincoln; Presencial; GBP 26.000 - 38.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free hot drinks on shift

Service Awards

Enhanced paternity and maternity

Free life insurance

Perkbox discounts

Discounted eggs and chicken

Yearly bonus after 6 months’ service

Advanced wellness and health schemes

Descripción de la vacante

Noble Foods Home of the Happy Egg Co. in Lincoln is seeking an Agriculture Administration professional to manage administration supporting a large-scale poultry operation.

You will coordinate orders, documentation, vaccines, and data records for both company-owned rearing and laying farms, ensuring compliance and strong stakeholder communication. Join a team focused on continuous process improvement within the Agriculture function, supporting welfare measures and margins while maintaining

Formación

• Customer service orientation with strong interpersonal skills.
• Stakeholder engagement with internal teams and external customers.
• Clear and proactive communication of timelines, requirements and updates.
• Accurate record keeping and maintenance of operational and compliance records.
• Data collation and presentation to support decision-making.
• Document management and issuing documentation.
• Basic financial skills including invoicing, purchase orders and financial record reviews.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs and business priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Ability to multitask and manage priorities effectively.
• Strong problem-solving and initiative to address operational needs.

Responsabilidades

• Provide administrative support for the management of around 4 million laying hens annually, supplying internal and external customers.
• Maintain liaison with farm management and stakeholders to ensure requirements and service standards are met.
• Handle order processing and document control, issue documentation, and distribution of passports to customers.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare information for internal and external communication; collate data to support decisions.
• Create and maintain Health & Welfare plans and record cards for rearing and laying farms; assist in producer margin calculations.
• Ensure compliance with Lion Code of Practice, RSPCA Assured, DEFRA and other regulatory standards.
• Support audit readiness by keeping compliance records up-to-date and well organized.
• Collaborate with the Agriculture team to record Welfare Outcome measures for retailers.
• Perform ad-hoc tasks and drive continuous improvement in administrative processes.

Conocimientos

Customer service

Stakeholder engagement

Clear communication

Record keeping

Data collation and presentation

Document management

Basic financial skills

Commercial awareness

Microsoft Office proficiency

Multitasking

Problem-solving

Initiative

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Outlook

Descripción del empleo

Noble Foods Home of the Happy Egg Co.

Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co., Big & Fresh and Purely Organic. In a recent survey by Best Companies we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.

Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

What are we looking for?

Supports the administration of around 4 million laying hens each year by managing orders, documentation, vaccines, and accurate data records for both company owned rearing and laying farms. Work with wider Agriculture Administration team to collect and submit data for producer welfare outcome measures and margins. Ensures full compliance with regulatory and welfare standards while maintaining strong communication with stakeholders. Also provides general support to the Agriculture Systems and Standards Manager as well as wider Agriculture Senior Leadership Team and helps drive continuous improvement in administrative processes.

Key Accountabilities of the role – What I do IT

(The below is not exhaustive)

• Maintain responsibility for allocated farms
• Ensure all administrative requirements for assigned farms are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines.
• Build effective working relationships with farm management teams and key stakeholders.

Operational Administration

Support the administration tasks associated with managing approximately 4 million laying hens annually, supplying both internal and external customers.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Maintain direct liaison with internal and external stakeholders to ensure requirements and service standards are consistently met.
• Coordinate vaccine administration for company rearing farms.

Order processing & Document Control

• Support order processes and issue documentation to stakeholders.
• Complete Laying Hen Passports and distribute to customers.
• Process purchase orders, raise invoices, and manage payments.

Data & Record Keeping

• Maintain accurate records and prepare master information for internal and external communication.
• Collate and present data to support decision-making.
• Create Health & Welfare plans and record cards for rearing and laying farms.

Support producers by calculating producer margins.

Monitor stock levels and order testing materials, vaccines, and other consumables as required.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Lion Code of Practice, RSPCA Assured, DEFRA, and other regulatory standards.

Support audit readiness by maintaining complete, accurate, and up‑to‑date compliance records.

Work with wider Agriculture team to ensure Welfare Outcome measures are recorded and submitted accurately to retailers.

General Support

• Perform ad-hoc tasks as requested by the Agriculture Senior Leadership Team.

Contribute to continuous improvement across administrative processes, documentation, and data accuracy.

Shared Accountabilities – Making it better together US

Health & Safety responsibilities

• Follow the health and safety policies and procedures.
• Report any hazards, incidents, or injuries to the team leader or manager.
• Use the personal protective equipment and clothing provided.
• Cooperate with the team leader or manager on health and safety matters.
• Participate in health and safety training and induction.

Social & Environmental responsibilities

• Demonstrate awareness of the social and environmental impact of your work and strive to minimise any negative effects.
• Follow the company's policies and guidelines on sustainability, ethics, diversity and inclusion, and health and safety.
• Support your team members and collaborate with other colleagues to achieve the company's social and environmental goals.
• Seek opportunities to learn and improve your skills and knowledge on social and environmental issues relevant to your role.

About You: How I do it ME

Skills, Knowledge & experience

Customer service: Strong interpersonal skills to maintain relationships and meet service standards.

Stakeholder engagement: Confident in liaising with internal teams, external customers, and contractors.

Clear communication: Ability to convey timelines, requirements, and updates effectively.

• Record keeping: Accurate and timely maintenance of operational and compliance records.
• Data collation and presentation: Competent in gathering, analysing, and presenting data.
• Document management: Skilled in preparing and issuing documentation.
• Basic financial skills: Experience with invoicing, purchase orders, and reviewing financial records.
• Commercial awareness: Understanding of customer needs and business priorities.
• Microsoft Office proficiency: Especially Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Multitasking: Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• Problem-solving: Responding to queries and resolving issues efficiently.
• Initiative: Proactive in identifying and addressing operational needs.

Personal attributes

Works Together and collaborates with others to complete tasks and solve problems

Takes Ownership for the quality and timeliness of their work

Is Courageous and does what they know is right even if its uncomfortable

Takes Action and does everything in their ability to deliver what has been promised

Contributes to a trusting team by treating everyone with Respect and showing kindness to all colleagues

Strives for Excellence and takes every opportunity to learn new skills

We believe the most successful teams are formed from a diverse talent pool and we strive to employ a wide variety of individuals in our business, selecting the best qualified person for each role regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristics.

What can we offer you?

• Free hot drinks on shift
• Service Awards
• Enhanced paternity and maternity
• Free life insurance
• Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme
• Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts including a monthly freebie from Greggs or Café Nero
• Discounted eggs and chicken
• A Celebration day after 1 years service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday
• Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Free Eye Test every two years
• Discounted mobile phone contracts
• Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus
• Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders
• Wellness programme
• Employee Charity Matching Scheme

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.