Post Doctoral Researcher Associate - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Scottish Agricultural College

Scottish Agricultural College

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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Description

Title:
Post Doctoral Researcher Associate

Type:
Full-Time, Fixed Term (15 Months)

Salary:
£35,267 - £40,836

Location:
Aberdeen Campus

REF:
ANF/RLU/073/23

Closing Date: 26TH April 2023

SRUC is unique in Scotland and one of the largest organisations of its kind in Europe.

Our ambitious and exciting vision is to work at local, national and international levels, leading innovation and sustainable development in agriculture and rural sectors.

Integrating crops and livestock within "mixed farming systems" aims to optimise the use of resources through collaboration and diversified production (crops, animals) where the different enterprises benefit from each other.

Resources can be used more efficiently in these systems, for example, by using crops and grasslands to feed and animals and fertilise fields with manure from the animals, as well as provide benefits such as sequestering carbon in the system and improving biodiversity.

The diversified production can also enhance the resilience of farms and support a more circular use of resources in general.

This 15-month PDRA position in agriculture/soil science at SRUC seeks to 1) use data from long-term agricultural experiments and a meta-analysis of literature to understand the cycling of nutrients and carbon in systems with and without livestock 2) work with short-term experiments on research and commercial farms to understand the impact of sheep grazing of winter cereals on soil health and crop production and quality.

The PDRA will be a member of the Department of Rural Land Use based in SRUC's North Faculty in Aberdeen.

The appointee will work closely with colleagues in SAC Consulting (the commercial arm of SRUC).

This project is part of the wider £9 million Euro H2020 MIXED (Multi-actor and transdisciplinary development of efficient and resilient MIXED farming and agroforestry systems) project.

Field work is an essential part of this role so applicants must be willing to travel independently.

Closing date: 26th
April 2023

Benefits / What you will get in return:

Enhanced holidays (minimum 33 days per year)
Enhanced pension contributions for teaching staff (7.2% 11.9% employee and 14.9% increasing to 17.2% employer)
Cycle to work scheme
RAC Membership
Enhanced family leave
Flexible working patterns
Hybrid working solutions (in some areas)
Tailored investment in and individuals' learning and development

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