Mitchells Auction Co. Ltd. is a long-established auctioneering firm (established 1873) with a modern livestock market and associated rural environmental services based at the Lakeland Agricultural Centre, Cockermouth.

Based in our Cockermouth office, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Farm Adviser to join our team of dedicated, friendly, environmental professionals to work closely with the rural community.

We are looking for a passionate farm environmentalist who has a can-do attitude, organised, punctual and an affinity with the farming community and working within a team. The right candidate will have the necessary skills to manage several projects at once as you will be expected to service your own client base, as well as other work when needed.

You will need to provide:

Essential:

• A good all-round knowledge and enthusiasm of the modern agricultural industry, its statutory legislation and government bodies.
• Understanding of legacy environmental stewardship schemes and topics such as air quality, climate change & nature recovery.
• The ability to contribute to our teams work on the new Sustainable Farm Incentive  and other anticipated transitional grant schemes
• Excellent administrative skills with the ability to manipulate various mapping and design/publishing software packages. Skills in excel and power point presentations an advantage.

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