04 June 2013

Agriculture Jobs: Issue 12 (16 posts)

Here is the weekly digest for Agriculture Jobs

 

Head of Disease Surveillance & 
Investigation Branch

REF: IRC183522
SALARY: £53,407 - £62,407
LOCATION:Veterinary Sciences Division (VSD), Stoney Road, Stormont, Belfast

Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 24th June 2013

For more detailed information and to apply, please go to www.nicsrecruitment.gov.uk

Alternatively, an application pack can be requested by contacting:
HRConnect, PO ...

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Head of Bacteriology Branch

REF: IRC183521
SALARY: £53,407 - £62,407
LOCATION: Veterinary Sciences Division (VSD), Stoney Road, Stormont, Belfast

Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 24th June 2013

Alternatively, an application pack can be requested by contacting:
HRConnect, PO Box 1089, The MetroBuilding, 6-9 Donegall Square South, Belfast, BT1 9EW. Telephone: ...

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Veterinary Research Officer – Epidemiology

(Fixed Term – 36 months)
REF: IRC183166
SALARY: £45,694 - £51,304
LOCATION: Veterinary Sciences Division (VSD), Stoney Road, Stormont, Belfast

Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 24th June 2013

Alternatively, an application pack can be requested by contacting:
HRConnect, PO Box 1089, The MetroBuilding, 6-9 Donegall Square ...

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Farm Business Management

£30,424 – £36,298pa / £35,244 – £44,607pa
Based: Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Recently granted full University status, we are a renowned world leader with a long established history of providing mainly HE courses which prepare graduates for managerial careers in the business, food, agriculture, land management, equine and real estate sectors.

In a continuing drive to build upon its strengths, the ...

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C13095 Environmental Education Specialist and Upham Woods 4-H Outdoor Learning Center Director

JOB DETAILS:

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION VISION: To be a thriving, well-known and sought-out educational resource that
reflects the rich diversity of the state.

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PURPOSE: We teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the
University of Wisconsin, and engaging with them in transforming lives and communities.

WORKING TITLE: Environmental Education
Specialist/Upham Woods 4-H Outdoor Learning Center ...

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PhD Research Project The Effects of High Fibre Diets in Poultry Meat Production: Host Functional and Metabolic Responses

PhD Supervisor: Prof Martin J Woodward

Application Deadline: Friday 28th June 2013

Funding Availability: Funded PhD project s (due to funding restrictions this opportunity is only available to UK/EU candidates)

By the year 2050 the human population will increase to 9 billion people with major consequences for food production and sustainability. Consumption of animal meat, especially poultry meat, ...

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Funded Studentship: Shelf-sea gross and net production estimates from triple oxygen isotopes and oxygen-argon ratios in relation to phytoplankton physiology

Faculty of Science

Deadline: 30th June 2013. This studentship is available for a 1st October 2013 start.

Supervisor:

Primary: Dr Jan Kaiser

The Project:

Shelf-seas support up to one fifth of global primary productivity and thus help sustain fisheries and regulate global climate by taking up carbon dioxide (CO2). This CO2 uptake function is dubbed the ...

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PhD Studentship Developing sustainable, biofortified salad leaves – lettuce molecular genetics and science underpinning breeding with leading grower and supermarket funding

PhD Supervisor: Professor Gail Taylor

Application Deadline: 26 June 2013

Funding: Funded PhD project, fully funded by Vitacress Salads, Sainsbury's Supermarkets and Shamrock Seeds

PhD Position:

Our recent research on lettuce and watercress has identified significant genetic variation in these crops for traits associated with enhanced nutritional content linked to cancer prevention and also to increased ...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Systems Genetics of Wheat

Start date: as soon as possible

Closing date: Friday 28th June 2013

Interview date: Thursday 11th July 2013

Reference number: RS13036

Post type: 3-year fixed-term

Hours: full-time

Grade: 6

Payscale: £27,854 to £36,298 per annum

Interviews for this post will be held on 11th July 2013.

The School of Agriculture, Policy and Development in ...

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Extension Agent, Horticulture, City of Virginia Beach

 

About Virginia Tech:
Virginia Tech, founded in 1872 as a land-grant
institution, is currently ranked as a Top 30 Public University by US News World Report and a Top 30 Public Research University by the
National Science Foundation. Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech continually
strives to accomplish the charge ...

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College of ACES: Agricultural and Consumer Economics: Gardner Endowed Professor/Chair in Agricultural Policy (F1000155) EXTENDED

 

POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

University of
Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign

EXTENDED SEARCH

Position Vacancy: Gardner Endowed Professor/Chair in Agricultural Policy.

Description: The Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics is seeking candidates at the Full or Associate Professor
level for a ...

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C13096 4 H Youth Development Educator Outagamie County

JOB DETAILS:

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION VISION: A thriving, well-known and sought-out educational resource that reflects the rich diversity of the state.

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PURPOSE: We teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the University of Wisconsin, and engaging with them
in transforming lives and communities.

WORKING TITLE: Outagamie County 4-H Youth Development Educator (100%)

OFFICIAL TITLE: ...

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Research Masters (Agriculture & Food)

Duchy College through its partnership with the Plymouth University is offering;

Research Masters (Agriculture Food)

  • An annual phosphorus budget for the North Wyke Farm Platform

This project is offered in partnership with the North Wyke part of Rothamsted Research.

Research Masters (Agriculture and Food)

  • Maize Silage, the effect of variety, maturity class ...

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Assistant Professor in Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies

The approach of the AFES research and teaching is built on its innovative interpretation of conflicts and governance related to contestations over wealth and power based on and around the interconnected agrarian and environmental political economies. Building on this integrated vision, the group members analyze conflicts over nature, environment and resources as well as critically investigating governance structures that aim ...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES)

The Staff Group Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies has a vacancy (1.0 FTE) for a Postdoctoral researcher (18 months) in the field of: Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES)

The Staff Group is engaged in research, teaching, advisory work and institutional capacity building in international development studies. It has recently formed a research program (RP), "Political Economy of Resources, ...

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Research Masters

Duchy College through its partnership with the Plymouth University is offering Research Masters programmes within the following subject areas:

  • Research Masters (Agriculture Food)
  • Research Masters (Biological Science)
  • Research Masters (Equitation Science)

The qualification offers the opportunity to develop knowledge and experience in a highly focused and personal way.  The College is able to discuss potential ...

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