Working with us
There are lots of ways to get involved with the Organic Research Centre. We look for trustees, partner organisations, postgraduate researchers and also farmers and businesses to take part in our research programmes. Find out how you can work with us.
Staff vacancies
Content & Engagement Officer – Agricology
Salary range: £26,500 – £30,000 per annum depending on experience.
Permanent – Full time. Location – Home working – 37 hours per week
REF: IDT2501
Do you have knowledge of agroecological farming and a passion to communicate it? Can you create rigorous and engaging written/audio/visual content on a wide range of agricultural topics for a farming audience? Do you have great event co-ordination skills? Then you could be the person that we are looking for!
The Organic Research Centre (ORC) is the UK’s leading charity focusing on the development and promotion of sustainable, agroecological solutions to food, farming and environmental issues. As well as its core work to change how the country farms by translating our research into real world application, we also manage Agricology which exists to provide farmers with a wealth of easily accessible resources and events that deliver practical, sustainable agriculture. As the Agricology project grows, we are looking to appoint a Content & Engagement Officer to join our team to help build our networks, organise and host events, and develop the content we share across our digital networks.
The successful candidate should have previous experience in content creation and curation and of delivering events, the ability to build successful relationships with individuals and businesses across the farming community whilst producing audio and visual materials (podcasts, webinars, videos, photography etc), and be comfortable with working independently and with the wider team to share knowledge and experience in order to deliver impact. The individual must be prepared to travel extensively across the UK to represent ORC and Agricology.
This role is full-time and home-based, with some UK travel required.
Please download the application pack or individual files below:
The closing date for applications is 23/2/25, however applications may be closed early if sufficient quality applications are received. Initial interviews will be held online week commencing 3/3/25.
Internships
No internships currently available.
Postgraduate research
Opportunities may exist for MSc and PhD research projects linked to our current research areas. Contact the relevant team leader for further information.
Participatory research
Much of our research involves participatory engagement of farmers, producers and other businesses. We currently have over 50 businesses working with us and have now established a Participatory Research Network to develop this work.
If you are a producer, farmer, processor or other business interested in getting involved with research, please get in touch.
Partner organisations
ORC works collaboratively on projects and in its dissemination of results with a number of UK and European partners. If you are interested in partnering with us, please do get in touch.
