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Teagasc
Contract Technologist - Mastitis Specialist
Fermoy
FULL TIME
October 21, 2024
Location: Moorepark Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork
Technologist
Salary: Technologist Grade 1 with a Salary Scale of €40,580 to €77,284
Closing Date: 13/11/2024 12:00 PM
Funded Full Time
Job Description
Duration:
Temporary externally funded non Grant-in-Aid contract post, the indicative duration of which is 45 months, subject to contract. A panel may be formed from which future similar vacancies may be filled; such a panel will remain active for a maximum period of 12 months.
Basic Function:
Teagasc is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated candidate with an interest in mastitis in dairy cows, antibiotic use and farmer engagement. The candidate will be incorporated to the team of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) funded project “Sustainable reduction of antimicrobial use at dry-off in dairy farms”. The project will provide the successful candidate with opportunities to engage with a broad range of stakeholders and make a sizeable contribution to the dairy industry by investigating practices that contribute to the successful implementation of non-antibiotic dry cow therapy.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
Background:
Mastitis accounts for a large proportion of antibiotics used in dairy farms. Of that, antibiotics are used primarily at dry-off (end of the cow's lactation) to cure existing infections and prevent new infections during their non-lactating (dry) period. However, EU regulation on veterinary medicines seeks to avoid the preventive use of antibiotics. Therefore, cows without an infection at the end of lactation should not be treated with a dry cow intramammary antibiotic. Teagasc research has shown that farm specific data availability, mastitis trends, selection criteria used for dry-off treatment assignment and management practices can significantly affect the outcome of non-antibiotic dry cow therapy. This project aims to study management factors affecting the successful implementation of non-antibiotic dry cow therapy and predicting the impact of dry cow therapy on mastitis and antibiotic use at farm level through stakeholder engagement in research design and development.
These actions will contribute to meet EU targets on antimicrobial use, facilitate the implementation of EU regulation and help farmers improve the health of their cows. This project is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and represents a collaboration between Teagasc, University College Dublin, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Animal Health Ireland and milk processing cooperatives.
Temporary externally funded non Grant-in-Aid contract post, the indicative duration of which is 45 months, subject to contract. A panel may be formed from which future similar vacancies may be filled; such a panel will remain active for a maximum period of 12 months.
Basic Function:
Teagasc is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated candidate with an interest in mastitis in dairy cows, antibiotic use and farmer engagement. The candidate will be incorporated to the team of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) funded project “Sustainable reduction of antimicrobial use at dry-off in dairy farms”. The project will provide the successful candidate with opportunities to engage with a broad range of stakeholders and make a sizeable contribution to the dairy industry by investigating practices that contribute to the successful implementation of non-antibiotic dry cow therapy.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Collaborating with researchers, project stakeholders, dairy farmers, farm staff and industry partners to ensure successful implementation of the project’s work plan.
- Interacting with project partners and coordinating activities to ensure successfully reaching the project milestones.
- Designing, coordinating and implementing the different studies outlined in the project’s work plan. Collecting, archiving and summarising data from the experiments.
- Dissemination of knowledge generated to the scientific and farming communities.
Background:
Mastitis accounts for a large proportion of antibiotics used in dairy farms. Of that, antibiotics are used primarily at dry-off (end of the cow's lactation) to cure existing infections and prevent new infections during their non-lactating (dry) period. However, EU regulation on veterinary medicines seeks to avoid the preventive use of antibiotics. Therefore, cows without an infection at the end of lactation should not be treated with a dry cow intramammary antibiotic. Teagasc research has shown that farm specific data availability, mastitis trends, selection criteria used for dry-off treatment assignment and management practices can significantly affect the outcome of non-antibiotic dry cow therapy. This project aims to study management factors affecting the successful implementation of non-antibiotic dry cow therapy and predicting the impact of dry cow therapy on mastitis and antibiotic use at farm level through stakeholder engagement in research design and development.
These actions will contribute to meet EU targets on antimicrobial use, facilitate the implementation of EU regulation and help farmers improve the health of their cows. This project is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and represents a collaboration between Teagasc, University College Dublin, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Animal Health Ireland and milk processing cooperatives.
Job Objectives
- To contribute to coordinating and managing the project to meet its objectives.
- Organising project coordination, planning, development and knowledge transfer activities. Coordinating with project partners and stakeholder groups to achieve their active participation in the development of the project.
- To coordinate, contribute to the design and implementation of the studies investigating the successful implementation of selective dry cow therapy (both in research and commercial herds).
- To disseminate research findings to a variety of audiences as appropriate.
- Report and discuss progress updates to the Research Project Management Group.
- To assist Teagasc in meeting the commitments of the Quality Customer Service Charter and Action Plan.
- To actively participate in the annual business planning and Performance Management Development System (PMDS) processes.
- Fully co-operate with the provisions made for ensuring the health, safety and welfare of themselves, fellow staff and non-Teagasc staff and co-operate with management in enabling Teagasc to comply with legal obligations. This includes full compliance with the responsibilities outlined in the Safety Statement.
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
- This job specification is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive. It will be reviewed from time to time with the post holder.
Skills Requirement
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
- Candidates must have a Level 8 degree (as recognised on the National Framework of Qualifications) in animal or agricultural science, veterinary medicine, biological sciences or a related discipline. Alternatively, a Level 8 degree in a discipline related to project management, stakeholder engagement or data and statistical analysis
- Ph D in a relevant discipline would be an advantage
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven ability to work within a team
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Evidence of research activity (publications, conference presentations, awards) and future scholarly output (working papers, research proposals etc.)
- Demonstrated research and technical expertise
- Ability to manage resources, including budgets and staff
Knowledge
- Knowledge of dairy farming
- Knowledge of mastitis in dairy cows
- Knowledge of project management and dissemination
- Principles of statistical analysis
- Experience in collating and handling datasets
- Knowledge of experimental design
Behavioural Competencies
- Ability to work on own initiative and to work as part of a team, including consulting, collaborating and building relationships with industry partners and key stakeholders.
- Strives for high quality of work and demonstrates commitment to the programme.
- Flexible approach to work with an ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
- Ability to communicate effectively to enable knowledge and technology transfer.
- A results-driven individual with a strong focus on goal-setting, performance delivery and accountability.
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach to work with an ability to adapt to changing requirements.
- Commitment to teamwork and collaborating with colleagues as per our Teagasc Together ethos
Eligibility
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: Alternative location(s) may be considered solely at the discretion of Teagasc management.
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