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Dairy Herd Manager

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AFBI Hillsborough

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REF: IRC264560
DEPARTMENT: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI)
SALARY: £31,137 – £32,800
LOCATION: AFBI Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR

The Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute are seeking to recruit an experienced and highly organised Dairy Herd Manager for their 300 cow dairy herd. This position offers an exciting opportunity to manage and further develop one of the top PLI herds in the UK. The successful candidate will manage a team of stockpersons, and will be passionate about high standards and good stockmanship. The herd is used in a diverse range of leading-edge research programmes.

Further appointments may be made from this competition should AFBI positions become vacant which have similar duties and responsibilities.

For more detailed information, including the duties and responsibilities of the post and the criteria to be used during the recruitment and selection process, please click on the Candidate Information Booklet link below.

In order to apply for this position, please click on the “Apply for this job online” link below to register to this vacancy and to submit an online application.

Completed application forms must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 24th May 2021.

Applications are particularly welcomed from Roman Catholics and Females as these groups are currently under-represented within AFBI.

ALL APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE CONSIDERED STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF MERIT

All queries can be directed to HRConnect by:
Email: recruitment@hrconnect.nigov.net or Telephone: 0800 1 300 330

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