Client Manager

Just Farm; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary and KPI bonus package

Access to our business mentor and领导shi

Job summary

Just Farm, based in Gloucestershire, seeks a senior professional to help farmers and landowners access DEFRA funding schemes, championing growth and profitability. The role is office-based on a full-time basis from our Bourton-on-the-Water office, requiring a strong understanding of farm finance and consultancy services.

You will lead in delivering schemes, building relationships, networking, and mentoring the Client Service Specialist team to ensure exceptional service.

Qualifications

• Degree level educated; capable of becoming a subject matter expert and presenting complex concepts.
• Team player who can work in a tight-knit team and drive toward a shared goal.
• Pro-active self-starter with motivation to tackle challenges.
• Excellent communication skills to listen, understand client ambitions and influence decisions.
• Responsible with ownership of workload and personal objectives.
• Results-driven and outcome-focused with clear targets.
• Passionate about the countryside and farming businesses.
• Experience in Farm Business Consultancy is advantageous.
• Full-time office-based post; live within 40 miles of Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire.

Responsibilities

• Develop a leading knowledge of the core DEFRA annual payment schemes; Higher Tier Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive under ELMs.
• Identify and generate new business opportunities and establish trade relationships.
• Build and grow existing business relationships by communicating Just Farm values and service.
• Design and deliver schemes with Clients to maximise resilience and profitability through relevant DEFRA schemes.
• Ensure the Client Service Specialist team is fully briefed to deliver exceptional service to the Client.
• Attend industry events to network with potential clients and stay up-to-date on industry trends and developments.
• Complete Annual Reviews for our growing Client base.

Skills

Degree level educated

Team player

Pro-Active self starter

Great communication skills

Responsible

Results driven & outcome focused

Passionate about the countryside

Farm business consultancy experience (

Education

Degree level educated

Job description

Closing Date for Applicants: Friday 6th November 2026

Senior Position

Just Farm has an immediate vacancy to enable the continued growth of our team. We are looking for analytical thinking individuals, passionate about helping Farmers and Landowners navigate the latest and most appropriate funding schemes to maximise their potential. This is a senior level position in a fast-growing team, based in the heart of the Cotswolds.

At Just Farm we are challenging the status quo to serve farmers best needs and become the go to service provider for all farming grants. As a team we are quietly confident, efficient and accurate, excellent communicators and have great fun helping our Clients maximise value.

Responsibilities

• Develop a leading knowledge of the core DEFRA annual payment schemes; Higher Tier Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive under ELMs.
• Identify and generate new business opportunities and establish trade relationships.
• Build and grow existing business relationships by fully communicating Just Farm values and service.
• Design and deliver schemes with Clients to maximise their business resilience and profitability through relevant DEFRA schemes.
• Ensure the Client Service Specialist team is fully briefed to deliver exceptional service to the Client.
• Attend industry events to network with potential clients and stay up-to-date on industry trends and developments.
• Complete Annual Reviews for our growing Client base.

Requirements

• Degree level educated: Showcasing the ability to become a subject matter expert and present complex concepts.
• Team Player: The ability to work in a tight knit team, championing colleagues and driving towards a shared goal.
• Pro-Active Self Starter: Demonstrating the ability to embrace and be motivated by a challenge.
• Great Communication Skills: Effective communication skills are essential, both in terms of listening and understanding the client's ambition, but also the ability to influence decisions and present value propositions.
• Responsible: Taking responsibility and ownership of a workload and personal objectives.
• Results Driven & Outcome Focused: Owning a target and controlling the outcome.
• Passionate about the Countryside: working with farm businesses, and understanding the profitability of farming and land-based enterprises.
• An understanding or experience of Farm Business Consultancy may be advantageous.
• This is a full-time office based post and the successful candidate will work from our office near Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire and is required to live within a 40 mile commute of the office.

Package

• Excellent salary and KPI bonus package, to reflect experience.
• Access to our business mentor and leadership coach