Job Opportunity: The Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department at Teagasc seeks a highly skilled professional to join our team as a Contract Research Officer. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for someone with expertise in agricultural economics, environmental economics or general economics. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing an econometric model to estimate economic returns across different farm systems and enterprises. Job Description The Contract Research Officer will work on the AgNav project, which aims to create a farmer-centric sustainability platform utilising collective knowledge, data and support tools from various agencies. The platform is designed to enable delivery against Climate Action Plan targets for the agri sector. Key objectives include literature review of methodologies that estimate economic returns to agricultural production by linking farm level activity data with farm level economic databases, development of an econometric-based model, validation of the modelling approach using calibrated farms within the Teagasc National Farm Survey, as well as development of modelling infrastructure capable of estimating cost-effectiveness assessments. Essential Skills & Qualifications: