**Job Type**: Casual
**Location**: Perth WA
**Salary**: Super + additional perks (gym, childcare facilities, etc.)
**Start Date**:
**The Benefits**:
- Super + additional perks (gym, childcare facilities, etc.)
- Duration: 12 months
- Flexible work arrangements
- Attractive base with generous super + additional perks
- Institution committed to high-quality education & innovative research
**Your Employer**
With more than 25,000 students and 2,400 staff from 90 different countries, our client - Murdoch University - is proud to be known for the impact that their graduates, research and innovations have made - both in Western Australia and around the world.
Established in 1973, they were the first Australian university to introduce a flexible admissions system and are recognised as one of the most inclusive universities in the country and have partnered with us to seek for an **Agribusiness Manager** to play an integral role within their research & teaching facilities and farms located near **Perth WA**.
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**Your Role**
Murdoch University farms hosts research and teaching facilities for the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Agriculture to provide students with a 'hands-on' approach to learning and research.
As the **Agribusiness Manager** and part of the leadership team, you will be responsible for the improvement of the three farms' design structure and for the achievement of best utilisation of funding.
These farms combined area is approximately 330ha and consists of breeding operations for horses, beef cattle and sheep, to name a few.
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to
- Design a dynamic system for assessing the appropriate stocking rates
- Identify process improvement across research facilities and farms
- Integrate teaching & research activities into a farm management calendar
- Optimise opportunity for commercial growth and financial gain
- Plan budget allocation, capital, infrastructure, repair & maintenance needs
**About You**
Reporting to the Head of School of Veterinary Medicine, you will possess highly effective communication, customer service and interpersonal skills, and the demonstrated ability work independently as well as fitting seamlessly into a team environment.
This is a **fixed-contract role** that requires travel between the farms, which are located within an hour southeast of Perth.
If you are open-minded, able to navigate both the farm environment and the academic world, and have experience managing farming properties, we encourage you to apply.
To be considered for the role, it's important you can address the following criteria:
- Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural economics or Agribusiness
- Significant agricultural industry experience in process improvement and compliance
- Strong commercial acumen
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Experience with computer systems used in farming practices
- Knowledge of bio-security compliance, research or project management
**Benefits**
- Competitive remuneration
- Flexible work arrangements
- Campus car parking
- Murdoch Active gym membership
- Airline lounge membership
- Financial consultation
- Childcare facilities
- Employee counselling services
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**Choose Agri Talent**
For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact **Marcela Rocha-Lima** - Recruitment Consultant - on 0467 063 538.