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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.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £21,420 - £34,941 per annum

Location: Portree, Isle of Skye

REF: CML/CS/046/21

Closing date: 31 October 2021

SAC Consulting is looking for an Agricultural Technician or an Agricultural Consultant to join our friendly Portree team. You will provide advice and support to crofters and rural businesses in Skye area on many aspects of running a crofting business including technical advice, livestock records, crofting regulations, mapping, grants and support payments.

The role would be suited to an individual who is interested in working with crofting and farming businesses. The ability to understand the challenges faced by small businesses will be an advantage.

Duties will include:

helping crofters and other local rural business by providing SAC services
assisting the Agricultural Consultants at SAC Portree to deliver SAC services to clients
assisting with the delivery and promotion of the Farm Advisory Service
preparing maps, livestock records and other products for SAC clients
on croft and farm services such as taking samples or working with GPS
providing technical advice on all aspects of farming and crofting (depends on experience)

In order to be considered for this role, you should possess a good standard of education and be able to demonstrate suitable relevant experience in an agricultural setting. The appointment levels will depend on the applicant’s skills and experience.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £25,598 per annum

Location: SRUC Elmwood, Fife

REF: ANF/RLU/039/21

Closing date: 31 October 2021

An interesting opportunity has arisen for an Apprenticeship Trainer / Assessor in Greenkeeping and Golf Course Management to join the Rural Land Use Department within the North Faculty of SRUC. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with experience of preparing teaching material and assessing Modern Apprenticeship students up to SVQ Level 3 in Greenkeeping and Golf Course Management. The role will require on-site assessment visits across Scotland and a driving licence is therefore essential.

Role requirements:

be an active and engaged member of the Greenkeeping and Golf Course Management Team
have a student-focused approach to teaching and learning and be able to engage students
prepare practical activities
deliver tuition and assessments to a high standard
conduct student assessments in accordance with Awarding Body standards
maintain appropriate records of teaching and assessment
maintain appropriate records of attendance
attend internal and external meetings as required
update personal skills and qualifications
contribute to checking the validity of assessment against the performance criteria being assessed, as part of SRUC’s quality assurance internal moderation processes
actively engage in SRUC’s quality enhancement and communication strategies and their associated procedures
actively engage in SRUC’s performance management processes
develop and maintain links with relevant industry contacts in their curriculum area

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Type: Fixed term - 1 year / full time

Salary: to be confirmed

Location: SRUC Poultry Evaluation Unit, Bush Estate near Edinburgh

REF: CML/CEU/008/21

Closing date: 8 September 2021

Applications are invited for this full time post in SRUC’s Poultry Evaluation Unit based at Bush Estate near Edinburgh.

As Assistant Manager you will report to the General manager and be responsible for the day to day activities on site. You will provide the site with a first class technical and management service, which involves day to day management of the site Food safety and Quality Management Systems, legislative requirements, customer expectations and codes of practice. As an assistant manager you will also provide technical advice to all departments and our customers to maintain our long-lasting relationships and deputise for the General manager during periods when required.

Qualifications and experience:

advance HACCP
Poultry Welfare Officer
advanced food hygiene
recognised internal audit training and experience of managing internal and external auditing processes and requirements
recognised third party audit training
PC and software literate (Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
experience in a similar role within the food manufacturing industry (preferably poultry production)
must have poultry/meat experience (raw)
knowledge of BRC/SALSA audits (desirable)
used to managing a team
experience of microbiology (desirable)
knowledge of HACCP (essential)
great communication skills

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Type: Fixed term - 12 weeks / full time

Salary: £18,335 - £21,561 per annum

Location: Auchincruive, Ayr

REF: CML/CROP/042/21

Closing date: 17 October 2021

Applications are invited for an Assistant Trials Officer to join the SAC Consulting Crop Trials Team. The postholder will assistant the Trials Officers during the potato harvest and the post harvest analysis. Duties will include:

• potato field assessments
• potato yield test digs
• potato chemical applications
• potato harvesting September to October
• potato grading
• potato washing for tuber assessments

In order to be considered for this role, candidates should possess a basic knowledge of arable crops. In addition, basic knowledge in the use and maintenance of farm machinery is essential.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £31,290 - £36,183 per annum

Location: SRUC King's Buildings, Edinburgh

REF: AJN/ROS/011/21

Closing date: 2 November 2021

The post holder will encourage bid and Research and Development (R&D) grant activity, focusing on increasing application quality through the delivery of expert guidance on the full range of pre and post award activities, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the smooth passage of grant applications from initial idea development to award and delivery.

Reporting to the Funding Lead, in this role you will ensure that bids are prepared and submitted, and projects are administered in a consistent and competent manner. Main duties include:

preparation and submission of bids (T&Cs, costing, staffing, VAT guidance), including major research and commercial project funders
undertake wide range of activities, including gathering intelligence, bid development and review, managing related approval processes
advising on costs and providing budget oversight, trouble-shooting and financial reporting, and signposting academic staff as appropriate
facilitating engagement with other offices responsible for ethics, research governance, contracts and any other approvals
facilitate the collection of required information in the development of the bid from project collaborators/partners
establish the framework for key financial and technical reporting for each awarded contract to hand over to project lead to deliver. This includes highlighting key elements of the reporting requirements for the different awarded contracts
to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards it is important that projects (pre and post award) are actively managed, with a variety of actions required
aid in the training of staff to use internal systems to promote and support bid submission in SRUC/SACC
provide support in the development and delivery of large collaborative projects and large commercial/consultancy type projects
some travel to other SRUC locations may be a feature of this role

To be considered for this role you should have proven experience (ideally in a research led HEI) drafting and submitting bids with familiarity of standard research contracts and T&Cs. Experience of major research/commercial funders funding tools and frameworks is critical as well as undertaking project coordination/management. This includes bidding and delivery of large collaborative projects (ideally international projects) and/or large commercial/consultancy type projects.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: Competitive salary and benefits

Location: Flexible

REF: CML/CS/036/21

Closing date: 17 October 2021

SAC Consulting is part of SRUC, turning research into advice and advantage: we deliver leading edge advice and consultancy to over 12,000 clients in Scotland and the North of England. Our consultancy services include crops & soil health, livestock management, business planning, food and drink product development, forestry & woodland management, climate change mitigation, rural diversification, renewables and sustainability.

Our aim is to support the sustainable growth and prosperity of agriculture and land-based businesses, working across sectors and the food supply chain as it rises to the challenges of climate change.

With this in mind we have created a potentially world-leading farm carbon management tool, Agrecalc, designed to help deliver net-zero emissions from food production while increasing the level of both efficiency and farm productivity.

What is Agrecalc?

Efficient - Easy to Use - Evidence Based - Ethical

These are just some of the words we are proud to associate with Agrecalc; our world-beating carbon-monitoring tool which is aimed at the entire Agricultural industry including everyone from small farm operators and corporate farmers alike to Government bodies, retailers, food producers and banks.

Our vision is that the entire Agricultural supply chain will utilise our platform, which has applications across the industry, to help define and reduce their carbon emissions and ultimately reach a net-zero future.

Role overview

As it becomes more complex in terms of its offering, and moves from commercial validation to high growth stage, Agrecalc needs a Customer Development Manager to control and co-ordinate the customer and new business pipelines and maximise the revenue growth opportunities.

This customer-facing role involves working with an established portfolio of current customers, as well as prospective customers, the Agrecalc team and wider SAC consultancy business to ensure excellence in customer service and customer satisfaction results in income growth.

Results/outcomes required from the role

Success in this role will be defined by bringing existing and new customers a co-ordinated experience and facilitating the delivery of these customer’s needs though account management and internal resource management.

This role also has responsibility for identifying new customers and for building and managing the Agrecalc sales pipeline with the goal of increased customer volume and value.

Experience

To thrive in this role will require demonstrable experience within a customer service and/or sales environment. It is essential that you have had experience of B2B sales and of upselling a product to existing clients as well as developing and managing a dynamic customer pipeline.

Ideally you will have worked alongside/within a marketing function and understand how to leverage the relationship between both functions to get the best result for you and your client base.

Experience or knowledge of the agriculture or food industries, and an understanding of sales of both software and consultancy advice, is highly desirable.

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Type: Permanent / part time, five hours per day 8:30am–1:30pm Monday to Friday

Location: SRUC Barony, Dumfries

Reference: ASWF/AVS/017/21

Closing date: 21 October 2021

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Equine Instructor at our Barony Campus. The successful candidate will be based at SRUC’s Barony Campus in Dumfries as part of the Animal and Veterinary Science Department.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with teaching experience and a good knowledge of horse riding and equine husbandry to teach and support Equine students. The purpose of this role is to prepare and deliver riding, practical sessions and assessments to a high standard to Equine students across the range or Equine courses offered at the college.

Applications are invited from Equine professionals qualified to a minimum of BHS AI and/or degree level in a relevant subject, with practical experience of the equine industry.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £38,287 - £44,783 per annum

Location: Flexible depending on area of role

REF: Scotland (South) CML/CS/018/21, Scotland (North) CML/CS/026/21

Closing date: Vacancies will remain open until filled

SAC Consulting Solutions is a group within SRUC and is formed from a number of teams divided into four regions in a variety of locations spread across the country. The group provides an unrivalled level of consultancy service to farmers, crofters and the wider rural sector. Roles are available in the North of Scotland (Highlands) and in the South of Scotland and locations can be flexible.

Work will include FGS grant applications, organising and supervising planting, fencing and maintenance work, budgets, timber sales, woodland surveys and forest plans. Some experience in arboriculture and community woodlands would be an advantage. The consultant will also be required to promote farm woodlands in the press and in person as part of the Farm Advisory Service (FAS). Experience of spoken and written promotional work will be an advantage. There may be opportunities to carry out some teaching work.

The Forestry Consultant will be required to develop new business throughout their area, mostly following up leads supplied by agricultural consultants, and to provide forestry support to staff in the Farm & Rural Business Services Division. An interest in the cross-over between farming and forestry is required so they can develop business with farmers and estates.

A Degree in Forestry or a closely related subject is essential. It would be beneficial to be a member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters or working towards this.

The consultant will have good management skills, an all-round knowledge of forestry, project management and planning skills and must be able to work on their own initiative. Experience and interest in the farming benefits of forestry will be an advantage. The consultant will also be experienced with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and GIS software (ArcGIS/QGIS is the incumbent system). Presentational skills are important as some public speaking will be required.

Further details on the requirements of this role can be found in the Job Particulars document which you must read before applying for this role. This is downloadable when you click the link below.

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Type: Permanent / part time 15.2 hours per week, worked over three days (actual days and times to be confirmed)

Location: SRUC King's Buildings, Edinburgh

Reference: ACF/REES/047/21

Closing date: 24 October 2021

Applications are invited for the position of Horticultural Instructor based at SRUC’s Edinburgh Campus at King's Buildings as part of the Agriculture, Horticulture and Engineering Science Department within the Central Faculty of SRUC. The successful candidate will be managed by the Programme Leader for the Horticulture and Landscape programme.

In this role you will provide Technical assistance for the delivery of the practical elements of Horticulture and Garden Design programmes at the Edinburgh campus. Duties include:

support teaching and student activity in the practical elements of the Horticulture and Landscape curriculum in Edinburgh
ordering of sundries and equipment, raising purchase orders (POs)
preparation for student practicals
delivery of student practicals (years 1-4), delivering lectures and individual student 1:1 assistance
supervising student projects and providing advice on student practical experimental design
keeping the greenhouse and surrounding areas (student plots) in good aesthetic order
cleaning, weeding and maintaining the greenhouse and surrounding areas. Physical activity associated with all maintenance activity
receiving deliveries of equipment and sundries for teaching activity
driving of minibus to assist lecturing staff in travel for student visits

You should possess a minimum of an HNC in Horticulture with practical experience in horticulture in a similar background. A driving licence is essential as transporting students by minibus to remote areas not covered by public transport is a feature of this role.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £20,041 - £23,415 per annum

Location: SRUC King's Buildings, Edinburgh

REF: CFPS/COM/023/21

Closing date: 27 October 2021

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Marketing and Student Recruitment Assistant based at our Edinburgh campus. The Marketing and Student Recruitment team manages all activity relating to the promotion of SRUC education provision, recruitment of students, and market research.

The purpose of this post is to provide enquiries and publications support to the Marketing and Student Recruitment team, thereby supporting SRUC’s vision to be the leading national provider of further and higher education programmes as a 21st century rural enterprise university.

You will be responsible for:

managing the enquiries function of SRUC – dealing with incoming enquiries on multiple channels
assisting with market research activities – data entry and analysis, compiling reports
producing course information leaflets and managing other publications in terms of regular updates, and stock control
website updates, assisting with the content for our newly launched website and ensuring this is fit for purpose
assisting the team with conversion activities, both enquiry to applicant and applicant to student
administrative support to the Marketing and Student Recruitment Team, including occasional financial reporting

This post may involve the occasional request to work outwith normal working hours and travel to other SRUC campuses, for team meetings for example.

Experience and qualifications required

Applicants should be educated to a good, general standard and have demonstrable experience of working within a varied administrative role and competently carrying out a range of administrative duties. Experience of providing an effective service to customers and other internal and external stakeholders is also essential as is good knowledge of IT software, particularly Microsoft Office. Some knowledge of FE and/or HE in Scotland would be advantageous.

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Type: Fixed term up to six months (maternity cover) / full time (08:30am–5pm)

Salary: £20,800- £24,838 per annum

Location: SRUC King's Buildings, Edinburgh

REF: CFPS/FIN/019/21

Closing date: 17 October 2021

SRUC is a widely respected further and higher education institute dedicated to producing specialist research, delivering high quality education and providing comprehensive consultancy services in the rural sector within the UK and beyond.

We have an opportunity for an experienced Pay and Benefits Administrator to join our HR team based in the Edinburgh Office. The main purpose of this role is to support the Payroll Manager in the achievement of a professional, consistent, accurate and timeous Payroll service across SRUC by providing first class payroll administration support. Some duties include:

accurate and timely processing and administration of SRUC’s monthly payroll for circa 1,250 employees
process payroll documentation for starters and leavers
ensure all statutory payroll reporting and returns are completed to the highest standards within legislated deadlines
undertake monthly and year end payroll reconciliations (payroll, pensions, PAYE, NIC)
liaise with managers and employees as required to ensure timesheets are correctly completed and authorised in a timely manner
liaise closely with the HR Department to ensure accurate pay processing
process salary journey increases and the outturn of annual pay award as applicable
process salary sacrifice deductions as well as court orders and statutory payments

This role would suit a highly numerate candidate with a natural flair for accuracy and attention to detail. You should have a proven understanding of payroll legislation and documentation including PAYE, SSP, SMP, treatment and calculation of benefits. You should also have an understanding of pension schemes, salary sacrifice arrangements and other payroll matters. A payroll or benefits related qualification would be beneficial.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £32,615 to £38,287

Location: Central Scotland

REF: CML/CS/050/21

Closing date: 8 November 2021

SAC Consulting is part of SRUC, turning research into advice and advantage: we deliver leading edge advice and consultancy to over 12,000 clients in Scotland and the North of England. Our consultancy services include crops and soil health, livestock management, business planning, food and drink product development, forestry and woodland management, climate change mitigation, rural diversification, renewables and sustainability.

SRUC is enhancing and building its consultancy offering in the potato sector. The primary focus of this role is to deliver practical agronomy advice and trials information to growers and corporate subscribers. In addition to carrying out applied Research and Development work and other consultancy contracts including technical writing and overseas work. Your role is based in SAC Consulting, where you are expected to work closely with colleagues in the SRUC Potato Team; linking between SAC Consulting and SRUC Research, in the development of opportunities and delivery of work to clients.

For this role you must have strong consultancy experience with a strong track record in the potato sector where you can expand our potato business in Scotland. Knowledge of the nematode pests of potatoes would be a particular advantage.

Working within an existing team of potato specialists you will be responsible for delivering independent, impartial advice to growers, grower groups and a wide range of corporate clients, as well as delivering training courses and knowledge exchange events on Potato Cyst Nematode and other potato related topics. You will also be responsible for helping to develop our applied potato trials programme in conjunction with research colleagues. You will be provided with an excellent opportunity to lead and deliver our wider Potato Consultancy Services to farmers, corporate clients, and industry organisations.

A science background with experience of trial work and data interpretation is essential. Possession of BASIS and FACTS professional qualifications would be an advantage. However, training opportunities to gain these qualifications would be made available. The work is predominantly for a client base producing seed and/or ware potatoes in Scotland. Experience of working with grower groups and specialist knowledge of pests and diseases of the potato crop, seed and ware crop agronomy and storage is an advantage.

Ideally you will be located within the potato producing areas of Scotland. There are several possible locations within the SRUC network that could be used as a base with a hybrid of home and office working envisaged.

Ideally you should have a Degree or Higher Degree in Agriculture or equivalent which is essential for this position. Your ability to demonstrate relevant postgraduate experience in potato agronomy/ consultancy is essential. Potato Cyst Nematode experience would be advantageous.

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Type: Fixed term 12 months / full time

Salary: £32,067 to £37,635 per annum

Location: SRUC Inverness

REF: ANF/AVS/043/21

Closing date: 3 November 2021

With a range of research, consultancy and education services, the Scotland’s Rural College passes on vital skills today, and brings innovation to Scotland’s land-based industries for tomorrow. The SRUC Epidemiology Research Unit (ERU) has played a leading role in helping to progress the development of animal health and population medicine both in Scotland and beyond.

An excellent opportunity now exists for a quantitative epidemiologist to join our established Epidemiology Research Unit based in Inverness on a fixed term basis for 12 months.

In this this role, you will form part of the core team working to complete a range of RESAS, EPIC and VMD projects among others.

The focus of the work is the provision of epidemiological input and analyses to a range of projects including antimicrobial usage and control of endemic disease in the livestock industry. You should be MSc or PhD qualified in a related discipline and you should be able to demonstrate skills in quantitative analysis of epidemiological data.

This position will be based in SRUC’s Epidemiology Research Unit in Inverness.

Applicants will be educated to MSc or PhD level and with a quantitative/biological background. A veterinary degree would be an advantage but is not essential.

The appointee should have post graduate training in epidemiology, or an associated area, through either a course work or thesis-based Masters, and/or a PhD in a relevant subject area. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate significant practical experience of involvement in epidemiological studies, with experience in both quantitative methods and a demonstrable ability to engage with livestock industry stakeholders.

Further details on the requirements of this role can be found in the Job Particulars document which you must read before applying for this role. This is downloadable when you click the link below.

Closing date: 3 November 2021

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Type: Fixed term / full time

Salary: Attractive

Location: Bush Estate, Edinburgh

REF: CML/CS/038/21

Closing date: 31 October 2021

What is Agrecalc?

Efficient, easy to use, evidence based and ethical.

Agrecalc was developed by Researchers and Consultants at SRUC aided and implemented by its subsidiary SAC Consulting. Agrecalc currently operates as an in-house company.

Role overview

As Agrecalc becomes more complex in terms of its offering, and moves from commercial validation to high growth stage, our product needs a Software Technical Lead to implement the technical development of Agrecalc in line with the identified strategic plan and scientific advancements. The role will initially report to the Product Development Manager and contacts will be a variety of internal consultants and external technical contractors. It is a position with breadth with a technical skill set required at its core.

The purpose of the role is to create and continuously update a product through software development and coding, leading to the successful placement of the Agrecalc platform into the market. This involves technical product development and developing solutions to challenges brought to Agrecalc by its customers. Following the guidance provided by the Product Development Manager, this role will handle integrating feedback and developing new modules for Agrecalc.

Key requirements

This role needs you to be an established software developer with significant coding experience.

You will:

have knowledge of cloud based databases
be skilled in the use of R coding language and wider software development
have experience using R Studio Connect, Gitlab, R package building and maintenance with
experience of mapping and building APIs
be adept at project management and be able to work to project timelines and to the various signposts along the software development roadmap
have hands on experience of unit, integration and end-to-end testing with troubleshooting abilities shown within a similar environment

It is essential that you are a good communicator as there will be an expectation for you to build relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, from Scientists to Commercial parties.

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Type: Permanent / part time (term time) 7.5 hours per week (approx 0.2 FTE based on a full time working week of 37 hours). Likely to be Wednesdays during term time (36 weeks per year).

Salary: £31,748 - £36,093 per annum (pro rata)

Location: SRUC Craibstone, Aberdeen

REF: ANF/FO/013/21

Closing date 17 October 2021

An opportunity has arisen for a Student Support Tutor (Education) at the Aberdeen campus, within the North Faculty. The role will involve providing a high-quality proactive and, when required, reactive student education support service to both taught students and research students (including current and prospective students, as applicable).

We are seeking a candidate with experience of needs assessing and supporting students with education support needs, preferably in a tertiary education setting. Experience of working with, and positively impacting on, students with SpLDs, additional support needs, mental health issues and other disabilities is also essential.

To be considered for this role, candidates should possess a degree level qualification in a relevant subject and/or a relevant professional qualification.

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Type: Permanent / full time

Salary: £24,789 - £28,707 per annum

Location: SRUC Bush Estate, near Penicuik

REF: CML/CROP/039/21

Closing date: 13 October 2021

Applications are invited for an experienced Trials Officer to join our highly regarded Crop Trials team. The main responsibilities of this post are – trial site selection, crop drilling & establishment, crop spraying, crop harvesting, in field crop assessments working to QA and H&S standards, record keeping and laboratory work during the harvest period. Attention to detail is a key requirement, along with a good knowledge of arable crops, particularly cereals and oilseeds, as the successful candidate will be required to manage SRUC’s field trials sites.

Ideally the successful candidate will have trials machinery experience using a wide range of arable farm machinery/equipment and hold a Certificate of Competence in Use of Pesticides PA1, PA2A & PA6. A BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection would be desirable. A current driving licence is essential since travel to remote farm sites will be required.

Occasional evening and weekend work will be required at peak crop sowing and harvesting periods. There are good opportunities for personal training and development within the post.

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Type: Fixed term 12 months / part time 18.5 hours per week

Salary: £25,487 - £30,068 per annum pro rata

Location: SRUC Craibstone, Aberdeen

REF: ANF/RLU/035/21

Closing date 19 October 2021

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Work Based Learning Instructor to work with the Agricultural Programme Team Leader in contributing to the coordination & delivery of Agriculture Work Based Learning Programmes at the Aberdeen Campus. The postholder will deliver practical vocational skills training to Agriculture Work Based Learning student and will work with the Work Based Learning Manager and administrator in the co-ordination and delivery of efficient project support processes, in line with appropriate project and SRUC policies, procedures and SDS Operational Rules. Duties will include:

Liaise with the relevant funding bodies as appropriate with all enquiries regarding project recording and documentation
Complete participant recruitment & enrolment/registration documentation following project guidelines
Compiles and provides all necessary supporting project documentation
Make timely information requests to other colleagues or departments to ensure the effective delivery and reporting of the project
Co-ordinate project records according to the project and/or organisational guidelines
Ensure all compliance reports and records are maintained, readily available and that statutory obligations are maintained
Ensure all internal and external communications are answered in a timely, effective and customer focussed manner
Delivering programmes of education, training, instruction and assessment, which will include practical vocational skills Conducting student assessment in accordance with Awarding Body standards both at the Aberdeen campus and other host farms
Maintain and update training materials to meet current vocational standards, practice and legislation
Maintaining appropriate records of attendance, teaching and assessment
Attending internal and external meetings as required
Effectively manage own workload and diary
Updating of personal skills and qualifications

This is a part time post (18.5 hours per week) on a fixed term contract for 1 year.

Further details on the requirements of this role can be found in the Job Description document which you must read before applying for this role. This is downloadable when you click the link below.

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Your application form will be circulated to the selection panel. They will use this information to assess your suitability for the post against the selection criteria. If appointed, your application will be retained on your confidential personnel file. If you are unsuccessful, your application will be retained for six months and then disposed of securely.

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