Farm Productivity Officer - Industry Efficiency and Sustainability
Organisation Overview:
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is the strategic body responsible for the development, promotion and marketing of Welsh red meat. Its mission is to support the development of a profitable, efficient, sustainable and innovative Welsh red meat industry, which responds competitively to ever changing market trends.
Post Overview:
The Industry Efficiency and Sustainability – Farm Productivity Officer will support initiatives to improve productivity and sustainability across the Welsh red meat supply chain.
The postholder will work closely with farmers, processors, advisors, and stakeholders to develop, deliver, and evaluate efficiency and sustainability metrics, ensuring the long-term competitiveness and resilience of the Welsh beef and sheep sectors.
This role will play a key part in translating data, research, and best practice into practical, farm-level and business-level improvements. The successful candidate will support HCC’s delivery of the Environmental Baselining Pilot on 8 red meat farms across Wales, enhancing economic performance through collaborative initiatives involving Cost of Production and Carbon Auditing along with market readiness.
The role will help deliver on the second of the three key organisational priorities:
‘Developing the implementation of initiatives that improve the economic and environmental sustainability of the red meat industry in Wales.’
Principal Accountability, Responsibilities and Key Activities:
Cost of Production & Profitability
- Work collaboratively with partners on cost of production (COP) analysis, benchmarking, and financial performance across the red meat sector.
- Help develop and promote ‘What-if’ modelling tools, guidance, and resources for farmers and businesses to better understand, monitor, and control production costs.
- Identify key cost drivers and productivity gaps and propose practical interventions to improve margins and business resilience.
- Support the use of financial and technical data to inform decision-making at farm and supply chain level.
Productivity & Efficiency Improvement
- Identify projects that improve technical efficiency, including but not limited to:
- Animal performance
- Feed efficiency
- Resource use efficiency
- Work with advisors, demonstrator farms, and processors to showcase best practice and innovation.
- Support knowledge transfer through stakeholder and collaborative partner delivery.
Sustainability Integration
- Ensure efficiency and profitability initiatives align with environmental sustainability objectives, including:
- Resource efficiency
- Carbon efficiency per unit of output
- Long-term business sustainability
- Contribute to HCC’s work on Environment Baselining sustainability metrics, reporting, and industry messaging.
Data, Analysis & Evidence
- Work with internal and external partners to collect, analyse, and interpret technical and financial data.
- Commission or contribute to research projects relating to productivity, efficiency.
- Evaluate programme outcomes and produce clear reports demonstrating impact and value for money.
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with farmers, processors, levy payers, advisors, academics, and industry bodies.
- Represent HCC at industry meetings, events, and working groups.
- Support collaboration with Welsh Government, delivery partners, and research organisations.
Internal Contribution
- Contribute to HCC’s strategic planning, business plans, and funding proposals.
- Support cross-team working to ensure consistent messaging and joined-up delivery across industry development, marketing, and sustainability activity.
For full job description, please click on: https://meatpromotion.wales/en/about/corporate-information-2/vacancies/
Pay: £34,699.00-£37,640.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Language training provided
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Aberystwyth