Opportunity to join the Mid North High Rainfall Zone team
The MNHRZ is offering candidates an opportunity to join the team as their Research and Extension Officer (REO).
This new role will be instrumental in developing and implementing local research while being effective at project management and extension to the MNHRZ membership and wider research community.
- Developing, managing and delivering MNHRZ project activities
- Implementing local research and generating adoption with effective extension
- Ensuring MNHRZ is seen as a trusted platform for information sharing
- Linking farmers with farmers, researchers, agribusinesses and other industry organisations
- Upholding MNHRZ reputation as a reliable collaborator for research and development with other grower groups and industry bodies
- Having a presence at events, meetings and from time to time travel to intra-state and interstate locations
- Identifying project priorities and funding opportunities, submitting applications, project management, data analysis and reporting outcomes and results
- Coordination of MNHRZ trial sites and management of contractors for trial site operations
- Delivering innovative extension to drive adoption of research outcomes
- Reporting progress of operations prior to MNHRZ committee meetings
- The REO will be engaged as a contractor and is available for immediate start, with three month probationary period within the first 12-month period with contract review held annually thereafter
- The role will be conducted on an as required, flexible basis for a suggested 0.4 FTE subject to review
- Workload is dependent on funding and can be variable throughout the production season
- Contract rates and reimbursements will be based and assessed upon skill level and upon review