Job Details

Category: Sheep and Beef Manager
Location: Tasmania, Australia

Rural Directions

Farm Manager | Rosedale Rural

Rosedale Rural offers a hands-on Farm Manager role across a diverse sheep & cattle operation, with leadership, responsibility & room to make an impact.

• Enjoy varied farming across productive and rugged Tasmanian country

• Take ownership of day-to-day operations across two properties

• Genuine leadership role with scope to shape the farming operation

To read more about the position and farm layout please visit – https://bit.ly/4zetH4v

Your Role
This is a hands-on Farm Manager role overseeing the day-to-day operations of two substantial livestock properties in Tasmania.

Working closely with the owner, the Farm Manager will manage the sheep and cattle enterprises, with responsibility for animal husbandry, breeding, lambing/calving, animal health, mustering, drafting, finishing and sales.

The role also covers pasture and irrigation management, fencing, property maintenance and machinery operation, while providing strong leadership to the existing team.

The successful applicant will need to be comfortable working across varied and rugged terrain, including mustering on horseback on the hill country, and coordinating operations
across both properties.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience managing large-scale sheep and cattle operations.
• Strong all-round stockmanship across breeding, lambing, calving, animal health, mustering and finishing.
• Experience managing pasture and irrigated systems, including pivot irrigation.
• Practical fencing, maintenance and infrastructure skills.
• Comfortable working across varied and rugged terrain; horse experience is an advantage.
• Proven team leadership skills with a hands-on approach.
• Strong planning, organisation and problem-solving skills across multiple properties.
• Commercially minded with a good understanding of livestock production and markets.
• Reliable, proactive and accountable, with strong communication skills.
• Confident operating tractors, trucks and farm machinery, with a current NZ or Australian Heavy Vehicle Licence.

What’s on Offer

• Lead a large-scale operation across 6,600ha, 9,500 ewes and 1,300+ breeding cows.
• Genuine Farm Manager responsibility across two properties.
• Manage both sheep and cattle enterprises, from breeding through to finishing.
• Opportunity to influence farming systems, pasture use and production decisions.
• Manage 1,050ha of irrigated pasture under pivot irrigation.
• Enjoy a varied environment from irrigated country to rugged hill country, with horses used for mustering.
• Comfortable 4-bedroom, fully insulated home with double glazing, heat pumps and two bathrooms.
• Two properties located south of Launceston, with Campbell Town nearby and Launceston within easy reach for major services.

About Rosedale Rural Pty Ltd
Rosedale Rural is a long-established livestock operation near Campbell Town, Tasmania, with a main property of approximately 5,800 hectares carrying 9,500 breeding ewes and 700 Angus cows plus followers.

The property is predominantly rugged grazing country, with around 700 hectares irrigated for pasture production, and horses are used for mustering.

The business also operates an 800-hectare property between Longford and Carrick, carrying around 600 breeding cows with 350 hectares irrigated.

The two properties are managed as part of the wider operation, with livestock and machinery shared between them.

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Applications close Monday 26th October 2026

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Only job seekers who are eligible for Australian working rights may apply.

Date Posted: 2026-10-05