Stock Manager - Short Road Organics

The Opportunity

Join us on Short Road Organics as a Stock Manager, you will work closely with a supportive farm manager in planning and executing farming operations and pasture management to optimise and improve operational processes and animal performance.

You will be working closely within a high performing team of five, who value communication and collaboration.

This is a hands-on, varied role where your days could include shifting stock, measuring pasture, maintaining accurate records in Farm IQ, or other essential farm tasks. Your expertise in feed planning and maintaining animal health standards will be highly valued.

If you’re a confident operator and want to step into a role with autonomy and support, this is a great opportunity.

The Farm

Short Road Organics is a 290-hectare organic dairy support block dedicated to grazing replacement heifers for our Moutoa complex, which comprises seven organic dairy farms. Each year, we welcome 700 heifers to our farm in late spring, weighing around 100kg. These heifers stay with us for 18 months before returning to the Moutoa farms.

Short Road operates in conjunction with Cheltenham Downs, an 1100-hectare finishing operation. Cheltenham Downs finishes approximately 25,000 lambs year-round and includes a trade cattle component and cash cropping. Labour is shared between the two properties to efficiently complete larger tasks such as weighing and animal health management.

About You

We’re looking for someone with strong practical skills, sound animal husbandry knowledge, you’ll be well organised, proactive, and able to work independently while still being a great team player.

• Experience with organic farming practices – a bonus
• Proven experience in stock management
• A solid understanding of feed budgeting and pasture management
• Great time management and a hands-on approach to problem-solving
• Attention to detail and confidence using digital farm management tools (e.g. Farm IQ)
• A genuine commitment to animal welfare and health & safety
• A full NZ driver’s licence

Benefits

At Pāmu we offer a competitive salary package with additional benefits, including health and life insurance, up to 4% KiwiSaver matching, an extra day of leave over Christmas, and enhanced parental leave benefits, as well as ongoing training and development.

Apply Now

Applications close Sunday 12 October 2025. We will be interviewing applicants as they apply, so please don’t wait.

For a chat about the role, contact Farm Manager David Woolston on .

To be eligible for this role, you must be available for an in-person interview and have unrestricted legal rights to work in New Zealand. We are unable to accept applicants on temporary work visas for permanent opportunities.

Pāmu provides a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test and undergo a criminal background check prior to being appointed.

Our values are core to who we are at Pāmu and the way that we all work together. We are Grounded, Genuine, Bold, and Shoulder-to-Shoulder. To read more, click on this link to see them on our website. To see what it’s like to work in our Dairy team, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Dairy Assistant at Pāmu, or to learn about what our Livestock team is all about, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Shepherd at Pāmu.

Pāmu is the brand name for Landcorp Farming Limited, and successful applicants will be employed by Landcorp Farming Limited.

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