Assistant Farm Manager

Role Overview

Livestock Management

• Manage feeding, watering, cleaning, handling, and monitoring of animals.
• Monitor animal health, behavior, growth, nutrition, and general condition.
• Coordinate with veterinarians on vaccinations, treatments, breeding, and disease prevention.
• Maintain livestock housing, hygiene, sanitation, and biosecurity standards.
• Track feed, fodder, supplements, medicines, and livestock inventory.
• Maintain records of animal numbers, births, deaths, vaccinations, treatments, breeding, and production.
• Identify illness, injury, stress, or abnormal behavior and report it promptly.
• Assist with breeding, calving, lambing, kidding, weaning, and other livestock activities.
• Handle and move animals safely while minimizing stress and injury.

Vegetation and Crop Management

• Plan and supervise planting, cultivation, harvesting, pruning, trimming, and vegetation maintenance.
• Monitor vegetables, plants, trees, crops, grass, and other vegetation for health and growth.
• Manage irrigation, fertilization, soil preparation, pest control, and weed management.
• Monitor irrigation systems, water usage, pumps, tanks, and related equipment.
• Coordinate workers on planting, harvesting, landscaping, cleaning, and maintenance.
• Identify plant diseases, pest infestations, nutrient deficiencies, and other agricultural issues.
• Store and handle seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, tools, and agricultural materials appropriately.

Farm Operations and Supervision

• Assist the Farm Manager with planning and coordinating daily farm activities.
• Supervise farm laborers, animal handlers, gardeners, agricultural workers, and other staff.
• Allocate daily duties and monitor attendance, productivity, and work quality.
• Maintain farm machinery, tools, vehicles, irrigation systems, and other equipment.
• Monitor consumption of feed, water, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, fuel, and other resources.
• Maintain cleanliness, organisation, and waste-management practices.
• Support procurement and maintain adequate stock of farm supplies.
• Prepare daily and weekly operational reports.
• Support farm improvement, expansion, and modern farming projects.

Health, Safety and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with farm safety, hygiene, animal welfare, and environmental requirements.
• Ensure employees use appropriate PPE and follow safe work procedures.
• Maintain chemical handling and storage procedures.
• Ensure safe operation of farm machinery and equipment.
• Implement biosecurity and disease-prevention measures.
• Report accidents, animal incidents, equipment failures, and other operational issues immediately.

Qualifications

• Diploma or bachelor's degree in agriculture, animal husbandry, veterinary science, horticulture, agribusiness, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in mixed livestock and vegetation or crop farm operations.
• Experience supervising farm workers and coordinating daily agricultural activities.
• Practical knowledge of livestock handling, animal care, feeding, breeding, and basic health monitoring.
• Knowledge of irrigation, planting, fertilization, pest control, harvesting, and vegetation maintenance.
• Basic understanding of farm machinery, equipment, and irrigation systems.
• Good record-keeping and reporting skills.
• Physical fitness and comfort working in an outdoor farm environment.

Additional Experience

• Experience on large farms, farmhouses, agricultural estates, or private or villa farms.
• Experience handling multiple livestock species, including cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, or camels.
• Experience with vegetable cultivation, fruit trees, landscaping, greenhouse operations, or plantation management.
• Hot or arid climate experience is advantageous.
• Veterinary or agricultural technical knowledge is advantageous.

Compensation

• Pay range and salary details will be discussed during the interview process.