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Agronomist

Agreena

Agreena

Operations
Copenhagen, Denmark
Posted 6+ months ago
About Agreena
Agreena is an exciting, dynamic, and purpose-oriented organisation united in a mission to mobilise farmers and corporations to unlock the value of nature and help restore the planet. While we’re rooted in agriculture, finance, and technology, our team of experts range from soil carbon scientists and software developers to market strategists and regulatory affairs experts. Over 200 employees across more than 40 nationalities are gathered under the common Agreena flag – either working from our headquarters in Copenhagen, offices in London, or remotely across Europe.
Agreena provides solutions that drive both environmental and financial sustainability. Our company offers a supportive and positive work environment with opportunities for learning, leading, and growth no matter where you are in your professional journey. We believe in giving our employees a lot of responsibility, and we encourage new thinking, innovation, and fun.
And this is where you come in:
As an Agricultural Specialist you will coordinate the multiple projects and activities within the Program Science team to support communication and scientific research on regenerative agriculture to integrate to our existing program of work.
We are looking for someone who has an agronomic/ agricultural science background with experience in communication of agricultural practices and strong communication (advisory) behind them. This person will have a knowledge of agricultural, environmental or carbon sciences combined with an ability to communicate effectively within the Agreena Program. An ideal candidate is mission-driven and outgoing with a deeply rooted ambition to support change and increase knowledge of regenerative agriculture amongst peers and farmers.
The Agreena Program team investigates the science required for on farm activity and data measurement that can support verification by independent standards. The team comprises of the Science, Standards and Program & Data Operations groups. You will be a part of the focus on Science and will be working closely and supporting the team efforts to communicate and develop the Agreena Program and supporting the understanding across the business and with farmers.

How will you make an impact:

  • Communicating farm management practices within regenerative agriculture and how they impact the wider Agreena program to both your colleagues and farmers;
  • Facilitating and developing workshops to train teams internally to support farmer engagement;
  • Creating support material for communication, guidance and promotion of best farm practices for the Agreena Program and carbon farming;
  • Collaborating with the wider Agreena teams to translate this work from research into activities and logic that help strengthen our existing work and platform;
  • Communicating across multiple teams, the needs of science and methodologies in a practical and feasible way to help the business to implement changes, including alignment with our international standards, activities to be practised on farms, data required to provide evidence and other initiatives.

Who we’re looking for:

  • Proven experience in working in agronomy, agricultural sciences, carbon science or other relevant discipline;
  • Minimum 3 years experience working in the agriculture/food industry to promote best practice;
  • Experience with communication of technical messages, material and /or workshops;
  • A broad scientific knowledge of research and relevant literature on best farm management practices available and their impact on the environment;
  • Evidence of effective communication with multiple stakeholder groups e.g farmer groups, seminars, articles or other material within the agricultural sector;
  • Minimum Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences or similar;
  • Strong communicator and team player, with a people-focus and organised approach to projects;
  • Fluency in English.

Bonus points if you:

  • Have experience with research for private business and/or academia;
  • Have experience in on-farm advisory;
  • Have project management qualifications;
  • Are passionate about collaborating with different teams;
  • Are detailed-oriented with the ability to produce well-presented, error-free results.

What’s in it for you:

  • A unique opportunity to join and help shape a fast-growing tech scale up with the determination and ambitious mission to reverse climate change;
  • A truly global environment where you can collaborate and socialise with diverse and passionate colleagues;
  • Competitive compensation package and holidays;
  • Centrally located modern office in Copenhagen and the option to work from home a couple days a week;
  • Team events throughout the year;
  • An exciting purpose-led culture and mission;
  • Open communication and supportive feedback culture.
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🌍 Be your best-self everyday at Agreena
At Agreena we are devoted to building an environment that promotes equality, inclusion, and diversity. We are on the path towards expansion and growth so with that, we believe everyone’s uniqueness should be celebrated and embraced to help us achieve this exciting journey. This is critical to our success and innovation. We want to build a product that is loved by our customers and we want the same to be reflected in our teams.
With this in mind, we are working to ensure Agreena remains a diverse and inclusive environment for everyone.