Overview
Self-Employed Farm Assessors- North Shropshire – Shropshire
Job Title: Self-Employed Farm Assessor
Location: North Shropshire, UK
Does being outdoors, travelling between farms, and supporting the dairy industry appeal to you? If so, we want to hear from you! We are seeking self-employed farm assessors to carry out farm assessments on a nationwide project.
This role offers the freedom to work across the beautiful countryside, visiting dairy farms and conducting assessments.
- Assess Animal welfare
- Assess Hygiene and Farm cleanliness
- Complete farm record checks
- Collect carbon footprint data
- Conduct and update computerised records throughout the year.
What we need from you:
- Effective communication with farmers
- IT literatacy
- Dedication and self-motivation, managing your own time whilst working to deadlines.
- An agricultural background with good knowledge of dairy farming
- RoMS accredited or willing to complete the qualification at your own cost.
If you enjoy being out on farms, witnessing the seasons change, and want flexible work, this role is for you! We offer full training & support, flexible working along with competitive farm visit rates paid.
Our main assessment period is from May – November with varying deadlines dependant on the customer.
Where growth meets purpose
What sets us apart is how we delight our customers – and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter – or anything else) just let us know.
About the Company
Rewarding your passion
When you join us, you’ll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you – from day one.
Since 1999, AB Sustain has spearheaded an innovative approach to sustainability for suppliers and processors, offering its customers an understanding of their agricultural supply-chains by utilising effective tools to measure and monitor continuous improvement.
We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.
Application Notes
We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
Agencies and media sales
AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
