Sentry - East Anglia or Kent - Rural Business Advisor
The Business Solutions division serves as the consulting arm of Sentry, a large prominent farming enterprise spanning England. Comprising a team of professionals, we specialise in providing agricultural expertise and management advice to farmers, landowners, and Sentry's own farms across the UK. Our focus is on adding value to our clients. While our primary office is situated in Claydon, Ipswich, we have developed sites across England where we are building strong, trusting, and long-term relationships.
As an employee-owned company, we always look to grow our employees, which in turn grows our company. This is an opportunity in a diverse company to share the rapidly increasing workload within the 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 is a strong element of our business and are actively encouraged to play a part in the business’ future and success.
THE ROLE:
* Take responsibility for key clients and be their main point of contact.
* 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.
* Assist with current workload and ongoing projects.
* Be involved in as many areas of the business as possible, requiring training and guidance within a short time frame; this will require you to be actively motivated and responsible to complete tasks.
BENEFITS:
* Career progression and support
* Hybrid working options
* Share ownership either direct or through SIP Scheme
* Modern office environment
* Enhanced pension contribution
* Employee Assistance Programme
* 23 days holiday rising to 25 days after 2 years’ service
GENERAL TASKS WILL INCLUDE (OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR) BUT THIS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND DEPENDANT ON SKILL SET:
* Assist with establishing a ‘value-added’ approach throughout the company.
* Explore the market for new opportunities for our products and services.
* Work with SFI and CSS schemes and any future developments.
* Budget and cashflow work.
* Soil, manure, and nutrient planning.
* Involvement in the running and management of our benefits to Sentry 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 include 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 recognize 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 essential that the candidate has a clean and current driving licence and their own transport.
If you would like an informal chat beforehand to discuss the vacancy, please call Alec Smith on 07970 549016.
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