Working Farm Manager – Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

Peterley Manor Farm is a 40 acre, family-run farm in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. We are a mixed horticultural farm with a multi-award winning farm shop and café, garden centre, pick your own and Christmas tree enterprise. Our primary crop is Christmas trees which we sell direct to the public and sell over 4,000 a year. We’ve also expanded our pumpkin crop in recent years, now selling nearly 10,000 pumpkins every year for ‘pick your own’, as well as soft fruit in the Summer months, and other fruit later in the year.

We are looking for a Working Farm Manager with experience, to lead and develop the farming side of our business. It is a brilliant opportunity for someone to come in and grow the farm (in the literal and metaphorical sense!) and use what we’ve achieved over 40 years as a starting platform to take it in a new and exciting direction.

The ideal candidate will:

Have experience working on a farm and using tractors/machinery.
Have spray qualifications (PA1, PA2 and PA6).
Be self-motivated and happy to work independently.
Be ambitious and able to present their own ideas to evolve the business.
Horticultural knowledge desirable.
Experience working with Christmas Trees and a chainsaw license would be very beneficial.

We are happy to invest in the right person with further training and qualifications. Salary is dependent on experience. We are unable to offer accommodation at this time.

Peterley Manor Farm is an exciting place to work – we are always trying new things! We would love for an enthusiastic person to be part of this journey with us and help shape our business. If you are interested in this role, please email Pip on pip@peterleymanorfarm.co.uk