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Research Officer – Digital Agricultural and Sustainability (CEADS Coordination)

Basic Function:The Common European Agricultural Data Space (CEADS) is a major European initiative funded through the Digital Europe Programme to deploy and operationalise a secure, trusted and interoperable agricultural data space across Europe. CEADS brings together a broad range of stakeholders to enable responsible agricultural data sharing, support innovation, and accelerate the digital and sustainability transition of the agricultural sector.
Teagasc plays a central role within CEADS, including co-leading activities related to use case deployment, stakeholder engagement, integration of new participants, as well as contributing to data sharing initiatives. CEADS encompasses a diverse range of agricultural use cases focused on improving sustainability, productivity, innovation, and data-driven decision-making across the agricultural sector.
Teagasc is seeking to recruit a highly qualified, motivated and skilled Research Officer to support the implementation, coordination and monitoring of CEADS activities. The successful candidate will contribute to project coordination, stakeholder engagement, reporting, dissemination, and the integration of agricultural data sources and digital tools within the CEADS framework. Depending on project needs, the successful candidate may also support activities relating to Teagasc sustainability-focused datasets and platforms (e.g., AgNav) contributing to CEADS objectives.
The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team across the Teagasc Research Directorate and engage closely with external partners including the European CEADS consortium and industry stakeholders.
The position will be based at Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Other Teagasc locations may be considered solely at the discretion of Teagasc management.
Background:The CEADS project aims to deploy and operationalise a secure and trusted European agricultural data space, enabling improved data sharing, innovation, and decision-making across the agri-food sector. Further information is available on the CEADS website: www.ceads.eu.
AgNav is a Teagasc-led digital sustainability platform and forms part of CEADS as a use case, supporting farm-level decision-making for environmental performance.

Job Objectives:
* This job specification is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive. Duties and responsibilities will be reviewed with the post-holder from time to time.
 

  • Support the implementation, coordination, monitoring and reporting of CEADS activities, particularly within the Data Space Use Case Deployment and Generation work package.
  • Support the ongoing development, implementation and application of Teagasc sustainability-focused datasets and platforms within CEADS.
  • Support the dissemination of CEADS activities to stakeholders including researchers, industry representatives, policymakers and end users.
  • Support wider Teagasc digital agriculture and sustainability initiatives, where relevant, including collaboration across research, innovation and knowledge transfer activities.
  • Any other duties may be assigned from time to time 

Required Skills:
 

 EssentialDesirable
Qualifications
  • At the time of applying, candidates must have a QQI honours level 8 degree in Agricultural Science, Data Science, or a related discipline
  • Postgraduate qualification (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Agricultural Science, Data Science, or a related discipline
Knowledge/ Skills
  • Project management skills
  • Good data handling and organisational skills
  • Excellent oral & written communication skills 
  • Stakeholder engagement experience
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines in an efficient manner. 
  • Knowledge of Irish agricultural systems
  • Knowledge of digital agriculture technologies and sustainability initiatives
  • Understanding of sustainability programmes, assessment methodologies and sustainability indicators
  • Proven record of scientific, technical or stakeholder-focused publications in agricultural science or data science
  • Experience working with databases or data platforms.
  • Experience supporting collaborative or EU-funded projects
Behavioural Competencies
  • A structured approach to work, with an ability to plan and prioritise by importance and urgency
  • Ability to work on own initiative and collaboratively with others
  • Ability to critically analyse, problem-solve and demonstrate a high level of attention to detail
  • A positive, proactive solutions-focused approach to work
  • Flexible with an ability to adapt to changing requirements/priorities
  • Strives for high quality work and demonstrates commitment to programme objectives
  • Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders
  • Ability to communicate effectively to enable knowledge and technology transfer
Other
  • As this role will involve driving vehicles, candidates must satisfy and continue to satisfy during employment with Teagasc, legal requirements to drive a car unaccompanied on Irish public roads
  • This is an open public competition. Should a current serving Teagasc staff member be successful in their application through open public competition for this post, their current contract of employment with Teagasc will come to an end on taking up this post

Note:  The ‘essential’ qualifications, knowledge, skills and behavioural competencies outlined above are ‘must-have’ which will be used in the selection process.

Additional Questions

  1. Attach a list of your publications by year.
  2. Outline in less than 300 words, why you are applying for this position and the key qualities you will bring to this role.
  3. Rate your technical and stakeholder engagement expertise in the context of this position, giving examples where appropriate. Describe how you have attained this knowledge and expertise.
  4. Based on your experience, what is the best method to communicate research findings to key stakeholders?
  5. Do you have current, Irish public sector experience? If so, please outline & state where.
  6. If you answered “no” to the above, can you confirm you understand that this means you will be starting at the first point of the salary scale as per government policy?

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