Job Description Duration: Temporary externally funded non Grant-in-Aid contract post, the indicative duration of which is 48 months, subject to contract.Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.A panel may be formed from which future similar vacancies may be filled; such a panel will remain active for a maximum period of 12 months.Basic Function: The Vista Milk partnership manager post is a temporary full-time position, based in Teagasc, Moorepark Research Centre, Fermoy, Co.Cork.The remit of the Vista Milk Centre is to be an agent of growth for the Irish dairy industry by being a world leader in fundamental and translational research for precision pasture-based dairying.Reporting to the Centre Manager, the primary role of the Vista Milk Partnership Manager is to lead and coordinate the development and implementation of a comprehensive funding strategy for the centre, with a particular focus on diversifying income through non-exchequer sources, including EU programmes such as Horizon Europe.In parallel, the Partnership Manager will play a key role in supporting the centre's innovation and commercialisation agenda by overseeing IP management processes, fostering entrepreneurship, and identifying opportunities for strategic partnerships and spin-out activity.This dual focus ensures alignment between research impact, funding sustainability, and the translation of scientific outputs into societal and economic value.The successful candidate will be responsible for delivery and reporting on the Vista Milk's ambitious targets and KPIs.The partnership manager will also collaborate and engage with the Teagasc Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and the TTO offices of the other research performing organisations (RPO's).Background: The Vista Milk Research Ireland research centre ( which has been operating out of Teagasc Moorepark since 2018, is in its second 6-year phase (2The Vista Milk Research Ireland Centre aims to be an agent of growth for the Irish dairy industry by being a world leader in fundamental and translational research for precision pasture-based dairying.Vista Milk's vision for Phase II will advance the construction of a federated set of digital twins, each representing a module in the soil-to-gut pathway but with the ability for upstream and downstream communication and interaction
- a system-of-systems.Such an integrated collection of independent systems for the dairy sector will enable whole system scenario modelling of a multitude of features and perturbations such as climate change adaptation, policy, farm advice, and research/hypothesis generation, the scale of which has never been achieved.The outcome is informed direction and policy on how best to tackle Ireland's unique challenges.Vista Milk represents a unique collaboration between Agri-Food and ICT research institutes and leading Irish/multinational food and ICT companies.The Centre is hosted by Teagasc, the national agency with responsibility for agriculture and food research.The Centre consists of one Director and 13 co-applicants with skillsets in agriculture (soil, pasture breeding and management, animal breeding and management), food (processing and food for health), sensing, communications, social and behavioural sciences and analytics.
50 funded investigators from 13 institutes and Job Objectives The core remit of the partnership manager includes: Funding Management Implement Vista Milk's strategy for securing external funding including entrepreneurship; and evaluate the centre's performance.Collect information on available relevant national and international funding schemes and develop an effective and tailored communication strategy connecting available opportunities with Vista Milk researchers and industry partners as appropriate.Identify opportunities for Vista Milk researchers to coordinate and collaborate on Horizon Europe projects and aid them in developing consortia and writing the proposal.Support researchers using Teagasc internal online submission system.Contribute and participate in events, conference, seminars and workshops.IP Management & Technology Transfer Liaise with the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in partner organisations and other Vista Milk stakeholders to develop Vista Milk industry collaboration and commercialisation activities to their full potential.Work closely with Vista Milk Project Managers and Principal Investigators to ensure IP Capture from Projects and the filing of Invention Disclosures with the relevant TTOs Maintain the registers of foreground and background Intellectual Property (IP), invention disclosures and commercialisation activities for all Vista Milk Projects Prepare reports on IP management for Vista Milk Executive team, IP Committee and other stakeholders as required Coordinate training and workshops in collaboration with Vista Milk TTOs to educate Vista Milk researchers and students on IP management and compliance, industry engagement and entrepreneurship including managing researcher undertakings in accordance with National IP policy To organise meetings of the Vista Milk IP Committee and ensure all partner TTOs are updated regularly about relevant Vista Milk activities.Vista Milk Operations Support Define, monitor, collect, and report all related key performance indicators to the management team, governance boards and funding bodies as required such as external funding targets.Liaise with Vista Milk Programme Managers and Research Performing Organisations External Funding teams to ensure effective monitoring and reporting to Research Ireland on non-exchequer funding metrics and KPIs.Participate and sometimes oversee the organisation of workshops, seminars, meetings and open days.Other To assist Teagasc in meeting the commitments of the Quality Customer Service Charter and Action Plan.To actively participate in the annual business planning and Performance Management Development System (PMDS) processes.Fully co-operate with the provisions made for ensuring the health, safety and welfare of themselves, fellow staff and non-Teagasc staff and co-operate with management in enabling Teagasc to comply with legal obligations.This includes full compliance with the responsibilities outlined in the Safety Statement.Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
* This job specification is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive.It will be reviewed from time to time with the post holder.Skills Requirement Essential Desirable Qualifications A level 8 degree, (as recognised on the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent) in science, engineering, ICT or a related discipline Experience in a research support role.A relevant postgraduate degree would be a distinct advantage.Project Management, PMP or Six Sigma qualification Experience in research support role, industry engagement or Entrepreneurship.Skills/Knowledge Experience in participating in multidisciplinary projects.Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence individuals at all levels.Previous experience in managing internal and external relationships.Experience in writing and securing funding from national and international bodies.Ability to meet deadlines while working on multiple projects
- ability to prioritise tasks and see them through to completion.Excellent IT skills including experience with MS Word, Excel Power Point and Outlook.Excellent negotiation skills at senior level
- effective communicator both written and verbal with demonstrated ability to influence in a positive way.Previous experience in Agri-Food and Agri-Tech sectors at national and international level.Proven experience in establishing and managing meaningful and productive partner relationships across research centres, academia and or industry.Behavioural Competencies Ability to work as part of a team, including consulting, collaborating and building relationships with key stakeholders.Strives for high quality of work and demonstrates commitment to the programme.Ability to communicate effectively to enable knowledge and technology transfer.A proactive, solutions-focussed approach to work.Commitment to teamwork and collaborating with colleagues as per our Teagasc Together ethos Other Candidates must satisfy and continue to satisfy during employment with Teagasc, legal requirements to drive unaccompanied on Irish public roads.Eligibility This is an open public competition.Should a current serving Teagasc staff member be successful in their application through open public competition for this post, their current contract of employment with Teagasc will come to an end on taking up this post.Note: The 'essential' qualifications, knowledge, skills and behavioural competencies outlined above are 'must-have' which will be used in the selection process.To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page.
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