Job Opportunity at The Allerton Project
The GWCT Allerton Project are recruiting for a Landscape Agroecologist to join their team based in Loddington.
The Allerton Project welcome applications from candidates with a PhD in entomology, agroecology, grassland ecology, ecology or related disciplines. Candidates should have a track record of peer reviewed publications, fieldwork and field trial management skills, success in external grant capture is also desirable. The successful candidate will help to design, implement and raise external funding for new Agri-ecology projects to ensure continuity and expansion of research within the Allerton Project in regenerative farming, soil health, integrated pest management and farmland biodiversity at a field, farm and landscape scale. An understanding of and a vision for arable and pastoral farming systems and the agricultural policy landscape is highly desirable.
About the organisation
For more than 30 years the Allerton Project has been at the cutting edge of research into sustainable farming methods, biodiversity & habitat creation, and rural landscape management. Combining our modern, productive farm with a full-time research team we have the scope to conduct research into agri-environmental issues at a range of scales, from experimental plot to whole-landscape.
Research results are used to inform both practice on the ground – disseminated to practitioners through events for farmers and other agricultural professionals at Loddington – and policy at the national level via a long history of productive engagement with policymakers and civil servants in successive governments. The results are also shared with the scientific community through publication in peer-reviewed journals.
The role is a full time position, with the appointed candidate expected to work 37.5 hours a week over 5 days. It is a 2-year fixed term contract, with a view to extend depending on funding.
Read more about the role and apply here.
Applications close on the 1st August.
