Area Coordinator- Dorset

AB Agri; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company is seeking an Area Coordinator for dairy farming in Dorset, UK. This role involves various responsibilities including data collection and coordination of milk sampling across farms. Candidates should have a strong attention to detail, self-motivation, and the ability to work independently, alongside a valid UK Driving Licence.

Benefits

Annual salary reviews

Incentive bonus

Ongoing career development

Enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Milk recording and/or practical dairy farming experience is desirable.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly milk recording services and collect event data from farms.
• Coordinate collection and training for self-employed samplers.
• Ensure high standard of data quality and organize transport of milk samples.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Teamwork

PC literacy

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22.06.2025

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The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Area Coordinator

Location: Dorset, UK

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

Are you interested in dairy farming and data accuracy?

Are you skilled at managing your time and working alone?

Do you have a positive attitude and attention to detail?

If the answer to the above is YES – then this could be the role for you!

The Area Coordinator will be responsible for delivering a full milk recording service in a defined area as allocated by their Area Service Manager. This involves monthly visits to farms within Dorset, 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 may also involve supporting and providing the robot shuttle hire service in terms of organising, transporting, setting up, taking down, cleaning, and storage of robot shuttles, holiday cover, and box deliveries/collections.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 if required.
• Ensure an excellent standard of data quality.

About you:

• 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

Additional Information:

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

Skills & Experience

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About The Company

Decoding milk data, building robust insights.

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

We’re National Mil Records (NMR), part of the AB Agri community, committed to investing in innovative milk quality, herd health, and genomic testing services, generating data and building robust insights that empower farmers to make informed decisions on cow productivity.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc), passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably through quality animal feed, nutrition, technology, and data services for the agri-food industry. We value diversity and inclusivity in our culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to accessible application and recruitment processes. If you need additional support (alternative formats, support dog, sign language interpreter, etc.), please let us know.