Climate Smart Farmer Engagement Officer

At Climate-KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and we encourage personal development, learning and growth.

When recruiting, we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations. And because our team has differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns. We’re happy to discuss your situation during the interview and see how best we can support you.

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Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative, entrusted by the European Commission to catalyse transformation through innovation. Headquartered in Amsterdam, with circa 160 people distributed all over the EU, Climate-KIC leads and orchestrates innovation with a community of more than 400. Together we conduct activities in 39 countries. We partner with cities, regions, governments and communities with the highest climate action ambition; providing the framework and expert support to holistically manage the complexity of climate change and deliver accelerated climate action.

Climate-KIC operates as a not-for-profit platform working through public-private partnership, wielding both public and private funding. We consist of 3 Legal entities: a Dutch BV Holding company (for profit) with 14 branches in European jurisdictions, providing grant management, innovation orchestration services, and impact investment advisory owned by a Dutch-based foundation with charity status – Climate-KIC International Foundation. Historically, we have been funded by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), but we are currently transitioning to a multi-funder model.

In this role, as a member of the Resilient and Climate Neutral Regions Cluster, you will support the development of Climate-KICs ‘Green Horizons Network’, which has the ambition to empower farmers in transition towards climate resilience. You will also contribute to the implementation of the Deep Demonstration in Ireland, focusing on  our Dairy Flagship.  Deep Demonstrations are a key part of our strategy. They show that fast and large-scale change is possible to accelerate decarbonisation and strengthen resilience in cities, regions, countries and businesses. The Dairy Flagship is based on a holistic framework for Sustainable Dairy that will identify the boundary conditions within which sustainable dairy production can flourishIn this role you’ll be working with all actors in the dairy value chain, but with a strong focus on the farmers and farmer advisors. As such you’ll be involved in stakeholder management and supporting the organization of and facilitating at workshops.

Key Responsibilities

·       Support project management and coordination of the the dairy flagship of the Ireland Land Agri-Food Deep Demonstration, including:

·       Maintaining and updating the workplan and assure connection to the portfolio of projects within the Ireland Deep Demonstration

·       Engagement of farmers, cooperatives & community groups

·       Engagement with key partners and service providers both in Ireland and internationally.

·       Facilitate workshops about on farm sustainability

·       Analyze data & develop methodologies to help farmer advisors  work with the sustainable dairy Framework

·       Supporting communications internally and externally; including the development of communications materials and delivering on communication strategy

·       Facilitating project meetings and maintaining accurate records of decisions etc.

·       Support Flagship insights and learning

In your role in the Green Horizons network you will:

·       Support  the knowledge exchange among farmers and agricultural experts in Europe

·       Co-organise and facilitate events, webinars, and farm-specific working groups.

·       Support in the development of (online access) access to tools and methods that enhance productivity and sustainability.

Key Working Relationships

You will be supporting the implementation of a complex, multi-stakeholder project, and the launch of the (online) farmers network. The role will involve working with some of the core partners of Climate-KIC, value chain actors and the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Marine in Ireland.

Key relationships for this specific role include:

1.      The Resilient & Climate Neutral Regions cluster in Climate-KIC

2.      The Ireland Land Agri-Food Deep Demonstration Team specifically those engaged on the Dairy Flagship.

3.      Key sector stakeholders within the Flagship Delivery Team

4.      The Climate-KIC  farmers network team & community team.

5.      The Coordinators of the Climate Resilient Food Systems theme within Climate-KIC