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  • Assistant Accountant – NIAB

    Assistant Accountant – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation, are looking for this role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Assistant Accountant to support financial operations, ensuring accurate record-keeping, and assisting with reconciliations, payroll, and reporting. Maintaining accurate financial records, including supplier ledger and bank transactions. Processing and reconciling month-end journals, prepayments, and accruals. Conducting weekly and monthly sales ledger and purchase ledger reconciliations. Supporting payroll reporting and staff expenses. Apply by 30 Mar 2025

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  • Plant Pathologist (3 year fixed term contract) – NIAB

    Plant Pathologist (3 year fixed term contract) – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation, are looking for this role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Plant Pathologist (3 year fixed term contract) be at the forefront of plant pathology research, tackling major threats to crop health. You’ll apply advanced molecular techniques and field trials to assess and mitigate plant diseases, working across laboratory, growth rooms, field trials, and data analysis. This dynamic role offers variety, innovation, and impact, ensuring no two days are the same. Lead Cutting-Edge Research – Contribute to breakthrough projects in plant pathology and disease resistance.Molecular & Genetic Analysis – Extract and prepare high-quality genomic DNA, conduct PCR/qPCR, genotyping, and help with next-generation sequencing. Pathology Trials & Data Analysis – Design and execute trials in laboratory, growth room, and field environments, assessing disease resistance in crops. Equipment & Lab Management – Maintain and oversee laboratory equipment, ensuring seamless research operations. Apply by 12 Mar 2025

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  • Plant Pathologist – NIAB

    Plant Pathologist – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation, are looking for this role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Plant Pathologist to Plan and Set Up Cereal Pathology Trials: Dive into the heart of research by planning and setting up exciting cereal pathology trials for Variety and Recommended Lists purposes. Contribute to Research Projects: Your expertise will drive research forward. Multiply Plant Pathogens: In our pathology lab, you will multiply wheat, barley, and oat pathogen isolates for inoculating trials. Apply Pathogen Inoculum: Get hands-on with plants as you produce, prepare, and apply pathogen inocula. Assess Trials: Be the detective – score diseases, process results, and interpret data from our inoculated trials as well as from natural disease observation plots. Host Visits from Funders and Breeders to the Field Trials. Apply by 05 Mar 2025

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  • Head of Statistics (Variety Evaluation) – NIAB

    Head of Statistics (Variety Evaluation) – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation, are looking for this role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Head of Statistics (Variety Evaluation) a senior leadership position that ensures the integrity and excellence of crop trial data analysis—informing key statutory contracts and commercial projects. You’ll work with APHA, Defra, BSPB, and other major stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge statistical evaluations. As part of this role, you will Shape Strategy – Play a vital role in Niab’s leadership, influencing the future of agricultural data science. Drive Innovation – Implement the latest statistical methodologies to advance crop evaluation. Engage with Stakeholders – Present findings and insights to policymakers, industry bodies, and researchers. Apply by 23 Feb 2025

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  • Temporary Field Trials Technicians – NIAB

    Temporary Field Trials Technicians – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation, are looking for this role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Temporary Field Trials Technicians to work in plant variety trials. The roles will involve sample collection, measuring plant characteristics in the field and via image analysis, and a range of other practical tasks. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in agricultural field crops/plot trials, while developing professional skills in team working, time management and practical problem solving. The work can be physically demanding and will entail spending substantial periods working outdoors, in all weather conditions.  Fixed term from 1 April 2025 30 August 2025 Working hours Full time Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week (0800:1600). Apply by 13 Jan 2025

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  • IT Support 1st Line Technician, Temporary Field Trials Technicians – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation, are looking for these roles based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    IT Support 1st Line Technician (12 month contract in the first instance) to assist the senior members of the IT Support team and to make a great impression and to uphold the reputation of support across all sites. Resolving & escalating support tickets, answering incoming calls and assisting the Support team on new infrastructure projects. Apply before 05 Jan 2024

    Temporary Field Trials Technicians to work in plant variety trials. The role will involve sample collection, measuring plant characteristics in the field and via image analysis, and a range of other practical tasks. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in agricultural field crops/plot trials, while developing professional skills in team working, time management and practical problem solving. Fixed term from 25 March to 30 August 2024. Apply before 12 Jan 2024

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  • Temporary Trials Technician – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation are looking for this new role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Temporary Trials Technician which will involve basic plant husbandry, which includes watering, pruning and potting of plants as well as assisting the trials co-ordinator with assessments, record keeping and photography and a range of other practical tasks. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in protected agriculture/horticulture trials, while developing professional skills in team working, time management and practical problem solving. You will be working outside in all weather conditions and in our glasshouses, which can reach high temperatures during the summer months. You will be in constant contact with plants and insects (including bees), therefore sufferers from hay fever or other allergies could experience problems. Fixed term from May to 31 September 2023 – Contract extension possible. Closing date: 14 Apr 2023

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  • Laboratory Manager for Pathogen Diagnostics – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation are looking for this new role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Laboratory Manager for Pathogen Diagnostics to undertake seed-health diagnostics and plant variety identification for the agricultural industry. The key responsibilities will include managing the organisational, staffing and financial aspects of running the Laboratory, timely and accurate delivery of test results to customers and hands-on testing of samples. Closing date: 10 Apr 2023

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  • Glasshouse Technician – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation are looking for this new role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Glasshouse Technician to work with a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crop species in their protected environment growing facilities. Managing plants to specific protocols for a variety of crop trials. Plant care, including watering, potting, feeding, monitoring, treating for pests and diseases, staking, dead-heading, pruning and propagating and occasionally assessing and photographing plants. The team is responsible for growing crops for commercial and research purposes that include cereals, legumes and ornamental crops. Closing date 12 Mar 2023

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  • Events and Marketing Officer – NIAB

    NIAB, a crop science organisation are looking for this new role based at their Park Farm location in Impington.

    Events and Marketing Officer to co-ordinate and deliver the corporate events programme; from online workshops to on-farm events, from scientific conferences to trade events and exhibitions across the UK. You will also assist in the delivery of our corporate communications programme, working with teams and services across NIAB in delivering marketing materials, website content and event graphics. This is an opportunity for someone with either a background in business or events administration, or a new graduate looking for their first step on the communications career ladder.  Apprenticeship opportunities available.  Closing date: 05 Feb 2023

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