Agricultural Sustainability Expert

5 days ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom University of Reading Full time
Job Title: Agricultural Sustainability Expert

Sustainable Food Trust and the University of Reading seek a highly skilled individual to join their team as an Agricultural Sustainability Expert. This exciting role involves working on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project, part-funded by Innovate UK, to support the transition to sustainable food and farming systems.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead the development of a resource pack for the Global Farm Metric, a pioneering framework that empowers farmers, businesses, and policymakers to measure, compare, and drive sustainability across food systems globally. The resource pack will provide practical guidance on use cases for the framework and assessing individual categories within the GFM, supporting sustainability transformations across the agri-food sector.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a highly experienced and impactful team promoting innovations in supply chains to support approaches for the sustainable development of the agri-food sector.

About the Role:
  • Collaborate with world-renowned tool and framework developers to ensure the resource pack aligns with end-user requirements and cutting-edge practices in sustainability assessment.
  • Prepare findings for publication.
  • Assist with future grant applications.
  • Liaise with participants and organisations across the agri-food sector.
  • Have the opportunity to contribute to teaching activities within agricultural business management courses.

Requirements:

  • A postgraduate degree in a discipline related to the GFM or equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience in farm sustainability assessment, survey design, systematic literature review(s), structured interviews, quantitative data analysis, participatory research.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Previous experience of leading and/or contributing to publications/presentations.

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum

About Sustainable Food Trust:
Sustainable Food Trust's mission is to accelerate the transition to sustainable food and farming systems. Our work focuses on three key pillars: farming policy, finance and practice; measuring and valuing sustainability; education and awareness raising. We catalytically and collaboratively work through high-level lobbying, coalition building, trials and research, public campaigning, and education.



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