Join Farm491! Two Exciting Job Opportunities Open

Two exciting positions have arisen within the Farm491 team – a chance to become part of a cutting-edge incubation hub that is delivering excellence across the food and farming agritech industries.

Agri-Tech Commercialisation Specialist

The Agri-Tech Commercialisation Specialist is a key individual within the IAI programme with an entrepreneurial mind-set and extensive agricultural knowledge and experience and will have a huge impact on the ultimate success of the companies being incubated and the success of the Incubator.

The role holder will act as an ‘Entrepreneur in residence’ in support of both academic and start up communities.

The role will directly contribute to the success of IAI programme by facilitating the translation of innovations and discoveries in Agri-Tech by entrepreneurs and SME’s from university and wider community to viable propositions and ultimately help them to grow to sustainable ventures.

For the full job description and a list of key responsibilities please click here.

Closing date for application forms is 27th November with interviews on 8th December 2017

IAI Outreach Officer

The pain purpose of this position is to develop and deliver an outreach programme in coordination with external resources that engages, informs and recruits prospective AgTech SME’s and people from the target beneficiaries.

A full list of key activities can be found here.

Closing date for application forms is 27th November with interviews on 14th December 2017