Overview
Kite Placement Student (Consultant) – Staffordshire
Job Title: One Year Placement Student (Kite Consultant)
Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, UK
Salary: from £24,000
Role Overview
This is a student placement opportunity at Kite Consulting, a prominent consultancy in the farming industry. The position provides a valuable opportunity to acquire skills in dairy consultancy while collaborating with seasoned professionals to assist clients in reaching their business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop technical and financial expertise in dairy farming through practical experience and mentorship.
- Support consultants in delivering expert advice on nutrition, technical performance, and business strategy.
- Collaborate with consultants to help meet client objectives and provide tailored advice.
- Oversee a specific component of the project throughout the placement year, showcasing initiative and growth.
- Assist in preparing proposals, presentations, and workshops for clients and corporate projects.
- Stay informed on industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
- Represent Kite Consulting at industry events, conferences, and seminars.
- Assist and collaborate with the office team to understand all facets of the consultancy business.
About you:
Essential:
- Currently studying for a bachelor’s or master’s degree in animal science, Agriculture, Business, or Finance
- Communication and relationship-building skills
- Solid IT and analytical capabilities
- Full UK driving licence.
- Willingness to travel and work from home.
Desirable:
- Practical experience in dairy farming
- Familiarity with dairy management systems or financial modelling tools
- Understanding of sustainability practices in agriculture
Where growth meets purpose
What sets us apart is how we delight our customers – and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.
We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter – or anything else) just let us know.
About the Company
The quality of our people makes us unique
Kite Consulting provide business services to the entire food supply chain from farmer to retailer. We are recognised as one of the UK’s leading dairy consultancy companies, we are proud of our knowledge-base and relationships we form with our customers through practical imaginative advice focused on delivering excellence building success through the success of our customers.
We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.
Application Notes
We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions, and this won’t affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
Agencies and media sales
AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
