European Dairy Network Facilitator

4 days ago


Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Royal Agricultural University Full time

**Job Overview**

We are excited to offer a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a TransformDairyNet Lead Facilitator. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the TransformDairyNet project, which aims to revolutionize dairy farming practices across Europe by promoting cow-calf contact (CCC) systems.

The role requires a strong understanding of the dairy industry, excellent leadership and project management skills, and the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest and passion in cow-calf contact (CCC) dairy systems and be able to utilize their network and CCC experience to support a farmer-led and pan-European network to support the upscaling of CCC systems.

**Key Responsibilities**

  • Develop and implement the project plan, ensuring timely and within-budget delivery
  • Lead and coordinate the work of TransformDairyNet's National Network Facilitators (NNFs) and National Innovation Practice Hubs (NIPs)
  • Mobilise and coordinate the activities of the European Knowledge and Innovation Network
  • Complete deliverable reports synthesising the activities of the NIPs and EKIN

**Requirements**

  • Educated to Honours and Masters degree levels in an agricultural or related discipline
  • Experience, period of study and/or qualification related to CCC dairy systems
  • Understanding and knowledge of current and emerging issues and opportunities in the dairy sector, including CCC systems
  • Experience of working with and engaging multi-actor stakeholders in the dairy sector
  • Established relationships with relevant dairy stakeholder networks and experience of building capacity for wider engagement
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to inspire and engage

**Salary:** £37,099 per annum (£14,839 pa pro rata for 0.4FTE, 14 hours per week)



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