Food and Farming Science

1 week ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 272727**Salary**:

- £37,295 - £44,724- National: £37,295 - £41,425, London: £40,262 - £44,724 For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DEFRA - FF&B - Agri-Food Chain - Working as part of the Food and Farming Science team within the Innovation, Productivity, and Science Division.**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
An exciting science specialist opportunity has arisen in the Agri-Food Chain Directorate. The role supports the development of research and evidence underpinning agri-food policy and helping Government to deliver its Net Zero and Food Strategy commitments on food sustainability, security and consumer confidence in food quality, composition, and provenance.

The Food Science programme provides evidence to support these policy priorities which spans the food system. Our programme produces research to support policy development to transition to sustainable food systems that supply healthy and sustainable food for all. It also delivers evidence through strategic R&D to increase productivity of the agri-food sector with improved environmental impacts. It provides evidence to maintain food security and ensure a sustainable and resilient food system; and enable consumer confidence in our food supply through development of food analysis approaches to verify food authenticity (food labelling).

The programme leads strategic engagement with other funders nationally and internationally to align research and innovation and work in partnership to deliver common priorities.

The role holder will join a friendly, supportive, and flexible evidence team that spans agri-food science, in the Innovation, Productivity and Science (IPS) Division of the Agri-Food Chain Directorate (AFCD).

The post holder will share responsibility with the Food Systems Sustainability Theme leader for ensuring all our work is high quality, consistent and in alignment with the Agri-Food Directorate’s objectives and focus areas, and wider Defra strategic priorities.

The role will also involve line management responsibilities of junior members of the team, overseeing their activities, supporting them with the delivery of their work objectives and learning and development needs.

**Job description**:
The post holder will lead the development, management and delivery of scientific research activity supporting Defra’s policy to contribute meeting the UK’s sustainability goals and Net Zero Strategy targets with a focus on reducing carbon in agriculture and food supply.

Specific evidence priorities include leading, developing and delivering the evidence base to improve understanding of the key sources of environmental impacts from UK food; support development of environmental impact metrics and standards to support food eco-labelling; developing standards and guidelines to assist the UK food sector to improve GHG reporting, and engaging green finance in the food chain.

It is also expected the post holder will lead research activities on the interdependencies between food systems sustainability, food security and consumer confidence.

It is expected the post holder will make effective use of all available resources and expertise within Defra’s evidence community and its partner organisations, including engaging with science, analysts and policy teams, research community, food and drink industry and partners including UKRI, to build the evidence we need to inform policy interventions.

Other requirements of the role include communicating expert scientific advice and briefing to ministers and policy makers.

This role would suit individuals with an interest in agriculture and food including reducing emissions of GHGs in the supply chain.

**Key responsibilities include**
- Leading development and delivery of the food supply chain Net Zero and food systems sustainability scientific research priorities.
- Enabling a sustainable agri-food system that contributes to environmental objectives including Net Zero and is resilient and adaptive to climate change.
- Managing risks and future-proofing aggregate food supply, so that there is sufficient food for the nation now and in the future; Giving consumers confidence in their food and establishing a level playing field for business, underpinned by better data and metrics on food covering health, sustainability, and animal welfare.
- Leading development of research specifications and assessment and evaluation of project proposals in the areas of, sustainability of the supply chain and food systems resilience and food authenticity.
- Engaging with policy te

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