Ireland Job Openings
Teagasc
Grassland Science Research Officer – Dairy Levy
Fermoy
FULL TIME
October 18, 2024
Location: Animal and Grassland innovation Centre, Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy Co Cork
Research
Salary: Research Officer with a Salary Scale of €40,080 to €76,519
Closing Date: 01/11/2024 12:00 PM
Funded Full Time
Job Description
Duration:
Temporary externally funded non Grant-in-Aid contract post, the indicative duration of which is 25 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:
The position will be based at Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Teagasc Moorepark is Ireland’s leading dairy research institute with national responsibility for all aspects of dairy production research which include grassland and grazing management, dairy cow breeding and reproduction, dairy cow health and welfare, milk composition and dairy cow nutrition, milking technology and milk production systems plus economic analysis. The research programme is conducted by over 30 scientific and technical professionals, supported by administrative and operative staff. Moorepark operates a total of 7 individual dairy research farms totalling 500 hectares and over 1,000 dairy cows. Facilitates include modern individual cow feed and metabolism units, laboratories, computer facilities and milking research laboratories.
Background:
The reliance of Irish livestock production of grazed and conserved pasture is the highest in Europe. This ensures that the Irish production system is unparalleled regarding its competiveness and sustainability. The required reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland is 51% by 2030 relative to 2018 across society, with an emissions reduction target for agriculture of 25%. The incorporation of additional novel plant species in predominantly perennial ryegrass pastures represents a major opportunity to increase animal performance and reduce environmental impacts is Irish pasture-based grazing systems. White and red clovers have attributes supporting reduced nitrogen use, improved digestion efficiencies and reduced methane loss that are not being fully exploited by grassland farms. Such legumes have many advantages to fix Nitrogen (N) in the soil across the year. The supply of plant available N in the soil from mineralisation and biological N fixation needs to be better quantified, and the factors influencing its supply identified. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with a number of Teagasc colleagues in the Grassland Science Department and external partners and stakeholders. This would will also be part of the pasture modelling team at Moorepark to enhance the Nitrogen sub-model in the Mo St grass growth model and Ireland national grassland database, Pasturebase Ireland.
Temporary externally funded non Grant-in-Aid contract post, the indicative duration of which is 25 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:
The position will be based at Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Teagasc Moorepark is Ireland’s leading dairy research institute with national responsibility for all aspects of dairy production research which include grassland and grazing management, dairy cow breeding and reproduction, dairy cow health and welfare, milk composition and dairy cow nutrition, milking technology and milk production systems plus economic analysis. The research programme is conducted by over 30 scientific and technical professionals, supported by administrative and operative staff. Moorepark operates a total of 7 individual dairy research farms totalling 500 hectares and over 1,000 dairy cows. Facilitates include modern individual cow feed and metabolism units, laboratories, computer facilities and milking research laboratories.
Background:
The reliance of Irish livestock production of grazed and conserved pasture is the highest in Europe. This ensures that the Irish production system is unparalleled regarding its competiveness and sustainability. The required reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland is 51% by 2030 relative to 2018 across society, with an emissions reduction target for agriculture of 25%. The incorporation of additional novel plant species in predominantly perennial ryegrass pastures represents a major opportunity to increase animal performance and reduce environmental impacts is Irish pasture-based grazing systems. White and red clovers have attributes supporting reduced nitrogen use, improved digestion efficiencies and reduced methane loss that are not being fully exploited by grassland farms. Such legumes have many advantages to fix Nitrogen (N) in the soil across the year. The supply of plant available N in the soil from mineralisation and biological N fixation needs to be better quantified, and the factors influencing its supply identified. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with a number of Teagasc colleagues in the Grassland Science Department and external partners and stakeholders. This would will also be part of the pasture modelling team at Moorepark to enhance the Nitrogen sub-model in the Mo St grass growth model and Ireland national grassland database, Pasturebase Ireland.
Job Objectives
- Identify the factors to increase grass utilization and animal performance in perennial ryegrass/white clover and herb swards
- Advance the Pasture Profit Index with more agronomic and environmental traits
- Develop and progress a new Clover Profit Index with emphasis on developing new traits for white clover breeding and evaluation
- Design approaches and experiments to fully understand how grazing legumes (specifically white clover) can be optimized to deliver higher levels of N fixation, reduce N surplus and increase N use efficiency
- Improve and design new research approaches to increase the overall persistence of white clover in aged grassland swards
- Ensure the research undertaken is completed in conjunction with the Mo St grass growth Model, and Pasture Base Ireland
- Liaise with other members of the grassland Science department to develop the swards/legume agronomy research across enterprises and grazing/conservation regimes
- Ensure the research undertaken can be actively and timely applied on commercial grassland farms
- Actively recruit Post graduate students to underpin the research focus and area
- 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.
- To fully co-operate with the provisions made for ensuring the health, safety and welfare of oneself, fellow staff and non-Teagasc staff and co-operate with management in enabling Teagasc to comply with legal obligations, including full compliance with the responsibilities outlined in the Safety Statement.
- To carry out 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
- An honours Level 8 qualification, (as recognised on the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent), Agricultural, Soil or Biological Science or a related discipline.
- A postgraduate degree and/or research experience in Grassland/clover/herb research would be a distinct advantage
- A Ph D degree in a grassland/soil or relevant discipline
Skills
- Excellent laboratory skills, organization skills, report writing and data analysis
- Experience in setting own research agenda
- Grassland experimental design
- To disseminate research findings to a variety of audiences as appropriate.
- Proven record of scientific communications.
- Aptitude for multidisciplinary approaches
Knowledge
- Grassland program systems with particular emphasis on legumes
- Soil research
- Knowledge of good lab practice
- Detailed sward agronomy skills
- Knowledge of the Irish grassland industry
- Laboratory quality assurance & quality control
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
- Ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences
- Flexible with an ability to adapt to changing requirements/priorities
- Strives for high quality work and demonstrates commitment to the programme
- Ability to work as part of a team, including consulting, collaborating and building 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. roads.
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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