Job description
Farm Business Consultant – Dorset
The Job
We are seeking a Farm Business Consultant to join a well-established consultancy team supporting agricultural and rural businesses in the South West of England.
This hybrid role combines working from home, visiting clients on farms, and occasional office-based collaboration. Key responsibilities include:
The ideal candidate will be a motivated and experienced professional with a strong background in farming, agriculture, or consultancy. You’ll need:
The Package
We thank all applicants who respond, but please be advised that only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
To keep up to date with Agricultural Recruitment Specialists latest jobs, then please register on our website: www.agriRS.co.uk and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Agricultural Recruitment Specialists are a market leading, highly prestigious and professional recruitment agency within the agriculture, food, horticultural, equestrian, animal health and rural sectors, with a strong focus on jobs and job vacancies within sales, management, marketing, operations, technical, engineering sectors, including international and Senior/Director jobs, within our specialist and niche agricultural sector. We offer a range of services to clients including headhunting, specialist advertising and general recruitment services. Please visit www.agriRS.co.uk to find out more or call us on 01905 345 155 to talk to a member of our recruitment team today.
The Job
We are seeking a Farm Business Consultant to join a well-established consultancy team supporting agricultural and rural businesses in the South West of England.
This hybrid role combines working from home, visiting clients on farms, and occasional office-based collaboration. Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting business appraisals and creating financial plans
- Analysing farm accounts and benchmarking technical and financial performance
- Supporting joint ventures and restructuring projects
- Preparing and submitting planning applications
- Delivering compliance advice, including Red Tractor, NVZ, audits, and grants
- Providing specialist technical advice on dairy, grassland, livestock, and soils nutrition
- Facilitating farmer discussion groups and buying group management
The ideal candidate will be a motivated and experienced professional with a strong background in farming, agriculture, or consultancy. You’ll need:
- Demonstrable experience in farm business consultancy or a related field
- Strong IT skills, including fluency with Microsoft Office
- Excellent numerical, analytical, and communication skills
- A proactive approach to supporting clients’ goals, whether growth, consolidation, or restructuring
- A self-motivated, organised, and flexible mindset with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
The Package
- Competitive salary based on experience £35,000 - £65,000
- Health insurance and a statutory pension scheme
- Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities to build new skills and services
We thank all applicants who respond, but please be advised that only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
To keep up to date with Agricultural Recruitment Specialists latest jobs, then please register on our website: www.agriRS.co.uk and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Agricultural Recruitment Specialists are a market leading, highly prestigious and professional recruitment agency within the agriculture, food, horticultural, equestrian, animal health and rural sectors, with a strong focus on jobs and job vacancies within sales, management, marketing, operations, technical, engineering sectors, including international and Senior/Director jobs, within our specialist and niche agricultural sector. We offer a range of services to clients including headhunting, specialist advertising and general recruitment services. Please visit www.agriRS.co.uk to find out more or call us on 01905 345 155 to talk to a member of our recruitment team today.