• Are you a recent (or near) PhD graduate in agronomy, crop/pasture science, soil science or similar?
• Postdoctoral Fellowship on offer - kick-start your research career in Farming Systems
• Join a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team at CSIRO Agriculture and Food

The Position

Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO provide opportunities to scientists and engineers, who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships will help launch their careers, provide experience that will enhance their career prospects, and facilitate the recruitment and development of potential leaders for CSIRO.  Postdoctoral Fellows are appointed for up to three years and will work closely with a leading Research Scientist in their respective field. They carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO with the possibility of novel and important scientific outcomes.

As a Postdoctoral Fellow in Farming Systems, you will work on innovative crop-pasture options and soil-plant-animal interactions that underpin productive, profitable and sustainable farm businesses.

• Developing novel scientific approaches to investigate original concepts and innovations for new and current agronomic research as applied to cropping and mixed dryland farming systems in Australia.
• Designing and conducting farming systems research and analysis involving crops, pastures, soils, climate and management dimensions.
• Contributing to the design, implementation and analysis of a series of field based and modelling experiments that evaluate the cropping systems benefits of novel pasture management options and associated management packages.
• Undertaking regular reviews of relevant literature.
• Producing high quality scientific papers suitable for publication in quality journals.

Location:  Adelaide (Waite Campus), South Australia
Salary:  AU$80K to AU$91K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure:  3 year specified term
Job reference:  56559

To be successful, you will need:

• A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area such as farming systems, agronomy, crop/pasture science, soil science or related discipline.
• Capability in field-based experimentation in farming systems.
• Capacity to develop or apply simulation models to farming systems research.
• The ability to engage and communicate effectively with a range of researcher and industry stakeholders.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed research team, plus the motivation and discipline to carry out autonomous research.
• A valid driver's licence, and the willingness and ability to travel both interstate and locally, with occasional overnight stays.

Before you apply, please view the full position details and selection criteria here: Position description

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. Talk to us about how this role could be flexible for you. Find out more! Balance

We imagine. We collaborate. We innovate. At CSIRO, we do the extraordinary every day. We innovate for tomorrow and help improve today – for our customers, all Australians and the world. We do this by using science and technology to solve real issues. Diversity is the compass that navigates our innovation. We provide an inclusive workplace that respects, values and actively pursues the benefits of a diverse workforce.

How to apply: Please upload one document only containing both your CV/Resume and cover letter, ensuring you provide specific responses to the essential and desirable criteria as listed in the position description, to enable the selection panel to determine your suitability.

Applications close: 11:59pm AEST, Tuesday1st May, 2018