Rural Business Advisor (Job Ref. 125)

Sentry; Claydon; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentry, based in Claydon, Suffolk, is seeking a motivated team member to help grow the agricultural advisory business. You will identify gaps in our client offering, bring in new opportunities and work with the wider team to meet our objectives.

This role involves consulting across farm services, assisting with current workloads, training plans, and travel to farms and clients. A current driving licence and transport are essential; you will be encouraged to participate in ownership and monthly

Responsibilities

• Identify gaps within our current client offering and bring in new opportunities or skillsets.
• Liaise and work with the wider team, Sentry farms and external clients to work towards the joint objectives and aims of each unique business.
• Provide a diverse range of consultancy services to support the complexity of the farming businesses.
• To work within the team assisting with current workload and ongoing projects.
• Role will involve travel to farms and clients; a clean and current driving licence and own transport are essential.
• Budget and cashflow work.
• Soil, manure and nutrient planning.
• Involvement in the running and management of our benefits to members and participation in the Employee-Owned structure.

Job description

This is a great opportunity in a diverse company to share the rapidly increasing workload within the SBS team and to promote new sources of income and specialisms within the wider company. We are looking for a new team member who wishes to grow and enhance their career within the agricultural advisory sector.

Our experienced and enthusiastic team are a strong element of our employee-owned business and are actively encouraged to play a part in the business’ future and success.

You will:

Identify gaps within our current client offering and bring in new opportunities or skillsets.

Liaise and work with the wider team, Sentry farms and external clients to work towards the joint objectives and aims of each unique business.

To provide a diverse range of consultancy services to support the complexity of the farming businesses.

To work within the team assisting with current workload and ongoing projects.

Based in Claydon, Suffolk.

Over time to take responsibility for and manage clients.

We aim to include you in as many areas of the business as possible which will require you to be trained and guided accordingly within a short time frame; This will require you to be actively motivated and responsible to complete this.

General Tasks

Will include:

Assist with establishing a ‘value-added’ approach throughout the company.

Explore the market for new opportunities for our products and services.

CSS, the new SFI scheme and any future developments.

Budget and cashflow work.

Soil, manure and nutrient planning.

Sentry Membership – involvement in the running and management of our benefits to members.

Training Plans

The role will involve a large amount of on-the-job training. Sentry operates a range of training courses for staff members and managers at all levels.

You will be given a Personal Development Plan and begin your training period within the first 6 months of joining. This will be a mix of internal, external and on-the-job training.

Sentry is an Employee-Owned company and encourages participation of all employees to become direct ownership shareholders. We run an Employee Forum which you would be invited to participate in.

Sentry has a long history of providing successful careers to employees and we hope you will recognise the personal potential for your own career as an employee.

You will receive regular appraisals during your 6-month probationary period to ensure you are progressing as expected, thereafter an annual appraisal will assess progress, training, and development. This will include monthly review meetings.

This role involves travel to farms and clients. It is therefore essential that the candidate has a clean and current driving licence and their own transport.