Farm Engagement Lead

About The Role:

By joining our regional services team as a Farm Engagement Lead, you will be responsible for managing our valuable farmer relationships as part of our GippsDairy team. You will regularly engage with dairy farmers to help build an understanding of their farm business needs, recommending the right services and resources to help support profitability, sustainability and best practice on their farms. 

Central to your success in this role will be your ability to not only build relationships but create opportunities to deliver meaningful and supported engagement with dairy farmers. You will ensure farmers are aware of, and contribute to, the planning, design and context of resources and programs that Dairy Australia develops. Your aim will be to build knowledge of current and developing issues and share that with both our internal teams and farmers to ensure relevance and knowledge sharing for the industry. 

 Our ideal candidate:  

You will bring energy and drive to the role with a focus on delivering value and support to dairy farmers in your region. With a background in managing key relationships and providing support to farm businesses your analytical and problem solving skills will identify where improvements or changes can be made, and you will become a key point of contact for the farmers you support. 

Your collaborative approach will ensure the information learnt and gathered is shared to inform and support innovative thinking around the programs and services offered and how we can also leverage existing and potential networks for greater efficiency and impact. 

About Dairy Australia: 

Dairy Australia’s role is to provide services that benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry. These services deliver value by enhancing farm business management, supporting farm employment needs, driving herd and feed innovation, managing climate and environment, promoting Australian dairy and commitment to sustainability, supporting policy development, growing international markets and responding to critical issues and events such as floods and bushfires. 

​Our Vision and Values: 

At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry. Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of: 

• Farmer First - Farmer needs guide our purpose 
• One Team - We work together to achieve great things 
• Innovative Thinking - We embrace new ideas and learning as we go 
• Decisive Action - We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement 

About your work life with us: 

At Dairy Australia, we aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees. In joining our team, you will be rewarded with: 

• Flexible working environment - a hybrid working environment (at our office in Warragul with our team, combined with at home/virtual and on the road visiting farmers) 
• Being a key member in our supportive and high performing team of experts in their field 
• A caring and innovative culture - we are open to each other’s ideas, we love to innovate, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders 
• Salary packaging 
• Paid parental leave. 

Next steps: 

If your motivations and skills set lines up to what you’ve read, please “Apply Now”