Agronomy Trials Technician

Locations: Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 5PU
Closing Date: 9 February 2024 with interviews held w/b 26 February 2024
Starting Salary: In the range of £21,232 to £28,016 per annum , depending on skills, experience and qualifications plus overtime at x1.5 rate during peak season
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
ABOUT THE JOB
We wish to appoint a keen, hardworking individual to work as part of our busy Regional Trials Team. The role will focus on all aspects of agronomy in the delivery of field trials and demonstration plots across a range of crop species including combinable crops, herbage, potatoes, root and forage crops to evaluate varietal performance, disease resistance and agrochemical efficacy.
Main duties will include seed preparation, drilling, monitoring, spraying, harvest, processing and storage of material for future use. You will also be involved in assessing trials during the season and recording information so attention to detail is essential. The majority of the work will be carried out as part of a team based at Cirencester, Gloucestershre, GL7 5PU. On occasions there will be a need for some off-site work assisting with trials operations at other centres around the UK.
We offer a comprehensive development programme integrated and tailored to reflect staff career paths where appropriate.
Location
The role will be based at Cirencester (Gloucestershire), GL7 5PU.
Benefits include flexible working hours, 25 days holiday plus public holidays and 3 days off during the Christmas period, generous sick pay, attractive pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, employee discount scheme, free on-site parking.
ABOUT YOU
Ideally you will have:
Essential Requirements
• A level or equivalent
• Basic agricultural skills and experience
• Knowledge of the agricultural sector
• Microsoft office eg. Word and Excel
• Team player with ability to work under pressure
• Prepared to work unsociable hours at certain times of the year
Desirable Requirements
Ideally you will also have:
• Tertiary qualifications in science or agricultural subject
• Working experience of field crop husbandry – drilling, spraying, harvesting
• Use of data loggers
• Experience of conducting field trials
• Forklift, Trailer Licence, Pesticide application certification (PA1 and PA6)
• Good level of physical fitness
Driving licence or access to independent means of travelling, enabling travel to other centres around the UK. Transport can be provided from the regional office to our various sites.
See full Job Description for more details.
ABOUT US
NIAB is a dynamic, research led and market driven plant bioscience organisation, with an emphasis on innovative applications for end-users in the agricultural, horticultural and food sectors. With almost 90 years’ experience of technology evaluation and transfer, NIAB is spear-heading the advancement of plant genetic resources through research, technical services and training.
NIAB actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. As a Disability Confident Employer we have a positive approach to employing people living with a disability.
Cirencester site https://www.niab.com/about/locations/regional-centres/cirencester-west
TO APPLY
Visit our website https://www.niab.com/careers for further details and to apply directly. Please indicate on your cover letter your location preference. Any questions? Email jobs@niab.com or call Human Resources on 01223 342282.