Basic Function:

The Common European Agricultural Data Space (CEADS) is a major European initiative funded through the Digital Europe Programme to deploy and operationalise a secure, trusted and interoperable agricultural data space across Europe. CEADS brings together a broad range of stakeholders to enable responsible agricultural data sharing, support innovation, and accelerate the digital and sustainability transition of the agricultural sector.

Teagasc plays a central role within CEADS, including co-leading activities related to use case deployment, stakeholder engagement, integration of new participants, as well as contributing to data sharing initiatives. CEADS encompasses a diverse range of agricultural use cases focused on improving sustainability, productivity, innovation, and data-driven decision-making across the agricultural sector.

Teagasc is seeking to recruit a highly qualified, motivated and skilled Research Officer to support the implementation, coordination and monitoring of CEADS activities. The successful candidate will contribute to project coordination, stakeholder engagement, reporting, dissemination, and the integration of agricultural data sources and digital tools within the CEADS framework. Depending on project needs, the successful candidate may also support activities relating to Teagasc sustainability-focused datasets and platforms (e.g., AgNav) contributing to CEADS objectives.

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team across the Teagasc Research Directorate and engage closely with external partners including the European CEADS consortium and industry stakeholders.

The position will be based at Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Other Teagasc locations may be considered solely at the discretion of Teagasc management.

Background:

The CEADS project aims to deploy and operationalise a secure and trusted European agricultural data space, enabling improved data sharing, innovation, and decision-making across the agri-food sector. Further information is available on the CEADS website: www.ceads.eu.

AgNav is a Teagasc-led digital sustainability platform and forms part of CEADS as a use case, supporting farm-level decision-making for environmental performance.

• Support the delivery of CEADS activities within the Data Space Use Case Deployment and Generation Work Package (e.g., engaging with consortium partners and stakeholders through regular meetings, coordinating deliverables, and supporting the integration and progression of new partners, datasets and use cases)
• Support the ongoing development, implementation and application of Teagasc sustainability-focused datasets and platforms within CEADS (e.g., AgNav and related sustainability data resources).
• Support stakeholder engagement and dissemination of CEADS activities and outcomes to researchers, industry representatives, policymakers and end users (e.g., organizing workshops and events, preparing communication materials, and supporting wider knowledge transfer activities).
• Provide support to other CEADS and related Teagasc research activities as required.
• 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.

 Note:  The ‘essential’ qualifications, knowledge, skills and behavioural competencies outlined above are ‘must-have’ which will be used in the selection process.