Agronomic Crop Advisor

We are looking for an Agronomic Crop Advisor to join the Frontier group on a permanent, full-time basis. This role is fully homebased but will require travel to different Frontier sites across the UK as needed and is ideal for someone located in the North of England.

You will be helping to drive the development of Frontier’s consultancy team providing impartial agronomy information to farmers, independent crop consultants and buying groups.

The Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company car
• BUPA private healthcare
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women’s network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Proven technical and commercial knowledge within the agricultural industry
• Proven knowledge of all aspects of crop production
• Experience in advising on soil health and biodiversity management of agricultural land
• BASIS and FACTS qualified
• Able to deliver crop production updates to grower groups throughout the season

Your Role

As an Agronomic Crop Advisor your role will involve:

• Developing the current Frontier member base focusing on existing farmer networks, incorporating independent advisors, key strategic farming accounts and buying groups, working in conjunction with Frontiers Commercial Crop Protection team on a national basis
• Reviewing our commercial charging structure for providing agronomic advice
• Incorporating Frontier’s Sustainable Crop Production offerings into an agronomic model
• Developing added-value offerings and identifying commercial opportunities from Frontier’s extensive product areas
• Organising on-farm meetings throughout the year for member groups and delivering updates in person as well as utilising Frontiers extension expertise network to support
• Leading on providing regular in-season technical bulletins for members within agreed time frames, supported by Frontiers Technical department
• Dissemination of Frontiers trial results both internally and externally
• Delivering key findings from in-house and external trials data to members at relevant times of the year
• Providing in-season summaries and updates on season crop development, providing a holistic overview to internal and external groups
• Supporting in developing and setting up farm trails addressing our technical and commercial agenda
• Working collaboratively with all departments of Frontier’s in-house Technical team
• Working closely with Frontiers Heads of Commercial and Regional Sales Leaders providing industry insights and feedback from the field
• Strong understanding of all departments delivering Frontier’s Sustainable Crop Production programme, supporting the delivery of key messaging
• Working closely with our Crop Protection Commercial Team and technical experts to develop industry-leading on-farm strategies

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date as applications will be reviewed and interviews may be booked in before that date.

We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.

With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Customer First and Expertise – or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.