Advertiser's description (via EIT Food):
ABOUT EIT FOOD
EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted by consumers. Established by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in 2017, EIT Food is a fast-growing partnership organisation focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation in the food sector.
EIT Food is a member organisation bringing together key industry players, agri-food startups, research centres and universities from across Europe representing the food value chain in Europe. In addition to thematic leadership, EIT Food is also responsible for coordinating a multi-million euro EU grant allocation from the EIT and distributing it among its partners and stakeholders for the implementation of projects.
EIT Food headquarters (HQ) are based in Leuven (Belgium) and it has 5 regional offices (Co-Location Centres or CLCs) in Europe (based in Poland, Spain, Germany, the UK and Belgium), each working with and for partners in several EIT Food partner countries.
Visit our website: https://www.eitfood.eu
JOB DESCRIPTION
You will create, implement and support dedicated programmes, activities and instruments of EIT Food dedicated to representatives of public sector, students, farmers, researchers, entrepreneurial talents and other stakeholders from agrifood sector in the Nordic and Central European countries.
Reporting to Regional Director and Regional Portfolio Impact Programme Manager in CLC North-East
Your responsibilities will include:
- Co-orchestrate publicly co-financed programmes such as Scale-Up Regenerative Agriculture and Regenerative Innovation Portfolio in the CEE region: programme coordination, procurement, communication,
- Coordinate business development of Regenerative Innovation Portfolio in new countries of the region and other types of production than arable crops, such as diary or meat processing industries
- Cooperate with startups and industry partners around regenerative agriculture incl. innovation scouting for regenerative agriculture solutions from the EU and associated countries,
- Search for external funding to develop and expand the activities within the EIT Food regenerative agriculture programmes,
- Establish and maintain insightful relationships with farmers, farming associations and companies in the CEE and Nordics,
- Present EIT Food and EIT Food Regenerative Agriculture programmes at industry events and meetings,
- Perform other activities around agriculture-related business development and public programme management as required.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
To be successful in this role, you should have strong interpersonal skills, be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and have experience in agriculture and business development. You should also have a deep understanding of the food processing industry and be passionate about promoting sustainable and healthy food systems.
Ideally, you bring:
- A Master's degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. agriculture, agronomy, or agroecology, or alternatively a master's degree in business management with appropriate work experience in the agriculture sector, or equivalent by experience
- At least 5 years' experience in a similar programmes’ management or business development role in the agriculture sector,
- Experience of working in the agri-food sector and/or an understanding of the needs of agri-food processing industry in terms of transition to more sustainable food production,
- Strong team player skills; willingness and openness to work with other members of the partnership team to improve the partner experience together,
- An Impact mindset: Strong focus on driving measurable outcomes that contribute to the success of the partnership,
- Collaborative approach: Ability to work closely with teams across EIT Food, as well as with external collaborators,
- Strong communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively with partners, stakeholders, and senior management, using a range of channels and formats,
- Excellent presentation and public-speaking skills; comfortable talking to media and representing EIT Food,
- Fluent English language skills, fluency in languages of relevance to individual regions is welcomed,
- Flexibility: the ability to work in a rapidly changing organisation,
- Organisational sensitivity and business acumen: ability to translate business needs and problems into solutions.
- Openness and proven ability to establish trust as well as the capacity for building alliances between industry, public sector, research, education and other stakeholders, including remote communication with international teams
- Taking initiative, independent and trustworthy
- Respectful of timelines and deadlines and attention for detail,
- Ability to work both independently and in small but multi-national teams
- Organised, proactive, service-oriented and capable of multi-tasking
WHAT WE OFFER
- A challenging and stimulating position within the leading European food innovation initiative
- The opportunity to work in a human-sized, dynamic and excellence-oriented environment
- An attractive remuneration package incl. annual bonus, and private medical care,
- A full-time replacement contract with no trial period
CONTRACT TYPE
Full time one-year replacement contract under the Polish Labour law. .
LOCATION & TRAVEL FREQUENCY
Regional Office North-East in Warsaw, Poland. Hybrid format with 2 days' work from office after the onboarding process, as an option.
Frequent travel within Europe (+/- 5 days per month).
Please note that all applicants must be legally authorized to reside and work in Poland.
APPLICATION
Interested candidates are asked to upload their CV and Cover Letter in English in electronic format to CV Warehouse before 18 12 2024.
Shortlisted candidates may be invited for an interview and may be asked to prove their background, qualifications, skills and experiences by providing relevant documents.
