Vacancy Information

Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6PW

Closing Date:    10 August 2025 with interviews being held on 21 August at our offices in Cirencester, GL7 6BW (what3words – swarm.changed.static)

Starting Salary:   from £23,492 per annum, depending on skills, experience and qualifications plus overtime at x1.5 rate during peak season

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

ABOUT THE JOB

We wish to appoint a keen, hardworking individual to work as part of our busy Regional Trials Teams. The role will focus on all aspects of agronomy in the delivery of field trials and demonstration plots across a range of crop species including combinable crops, herbage, potatoes, root and forage crops to evaluate varietal performance, disease resistance and agrochemical efficacy. 

Main duties will include seed preparation, drilling, monitoring, spraying, harvest, processing and storage of material for future use.  You will also be involved in assessing trials during the season and recording information so attention to detail is essential. The majority of the work will be carried out as part of a team based at our regional centre in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. On occasions there will be a need for some off-site work assisting with trials operations at other centres around the UK.

We offer a comprehensive development programme integrated and tailored to reflect staff career paths where appropriate.

Location

The role will be based at Cirencester (Gloucs). 

Benefits include flexible working hours, 25 days holiday plus public holidays and 3 days off during the Christmas period, generous sick pay, attractive pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, employee discount scheme, free on-site parking. 

ABOUT YOU

Ideally you will have:

Essential Requirements

• A level or equivalent
• Basic agricultural skills and experience
• Knowledge of the agricultural sector
• Microsoft office eg. Word and Excel
• Team player with ability to work under pressure
• Prepared to work unsociable hours at certain times of the year

Desirable Requirements

Ideally you will also have:

• Tertiary qualifications in science or agricultural subject
• Working experience  of field crop husbandry – drilling, spraying, harvesting
• Use of data loggers
• Experience of conducting field trials
• Forklift, Trailer Licence, Pesticide application certification (PA1 and PA6)
• Good level of physical fitness

Driving licence or access to independent means of travelling, enabling travel to other centres around the UK. Transport can be provided from the regional office to our various sites.

See full Job Description for more details.

ABOUT US

NIAB is a dynamic, research led and market driven plant bioscience organisation, with an emphasis on innovative applications for end-users in the agricultural, horticultural and food sectors.  With almost 90 years’ experience of technology evaluation and transfer, NIAB is spear-heading the advancement of plant genetic resources through research, technical services and training.   

NIAB actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. As a Disability Confident Employer we have a positive approach to employing people living with a disability.

Cirencester site https://www.niab.com/about/locations/regional-centres/cirencester-west

TO APPLY 

Click the ‘Apply’ button for further details and to apply directly.  Any questions? Email [email protected] or call Human Resources on 01223 342282.

Please note that following changes to Immigration Law in July 2025, this role does not qualify for a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.  Candidates with independently held immigration permission would be considered.