NICRE director Jeremy Phillipson, Professor of Rural Development at the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University, said: “Our innovation projects are a key part of our activities.
“Working directly with partners in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, they bring together theory and practice to encourage new ways of thinking.
“This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of this work and help unlock potential and support thriving rural businesses and communities.”
NICRE is ideally looking to recruit a candidate with knowledge relating to one or more of the following areas: net zero and clean growth; energy; agricultural transition; agri-food systems or supply chains; digitalisation and data economy; health and care.