Job Description:
Postdoctoral Fellow Job Category: Research Requisition Number: POSTD001054 November 9, 2024 Full Time ~' '~to~' '~Ardmore, OK 73401, USA
At Noble, we believe the health of soil, plants, animals, and humans is one and indivisible. We believe in rebuilding healthy soils and helping producers maintain a strong bottom line. Through these two actions, we can transform degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society as a whole.
Our focus is to help farmers and ranchers apply regenerative ranching principles to the nation’s 654 million acres of grazing lands. This monumental undertaking requires thousands of producers across the U.S. to overcome significant barriers and change their current practices to work with nature, not against it.
Our Research team conducts applied research to validate and understand the boundaries of regenerative management. This research aims to uncover new knowledge, address challenges faced by farmers and ranchers, and contribute to the broader scientific understanding of soil health and grazing animal production. Our researchers strive to answer critical producer-guided questions regarding soil management, grazing, economics and business operations.
So, do you want to join us? We are looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow
As a postdoctoral fellow, you will conduct applied research focused on regenerative agriculture in line with the Institute’s goals and objectives. This work is key in helping Noble achieve its goals and share the story of regenerative land stewardship with farmers, ranchers, potential donors, and society at large. The work you do is essential in making a difference in a producer’s operation, their life and the society that depends on them.
You are:
A life-long learner. First and foremost, you must be a passionate learner: personally professionally, everywhere, all the time.
A visionary. You know that the motivating force in all that Noble does begins and ends with the farmer and rancher. You strive to use your knowledge and skills to deliver meaningful research outcomes to assist our customers in their journey to applying the principles of regenerative ranching successfully and profitably.
A strategic thinker. With the customer in mind, you strategically prioritize and execute research activities ensuring deliverables align with organizational goals and provide data backed outcomes.
A builder of relationships. You promote trusting relationships with open dialogue and an outward mindset. You identify, cultivate, and steward all relationships in an effort to support Noble’s objectives and help our customers achieve their goals. You are a conscientious teammate who works for the success of others.
Essential Functions:
Scientific Presentation – Communicate research discoveries through presentations to teams, stakeholders and external partners, and through publications in scientific peer reviewed journals and other media outlets.
Research – Design, prioritize, and execute scientific experiments related to regenerative agriculture. With guidance, prioritize and organize daily workflow. Document, compile, and analyze experimental data in accordance with the Institute’s data management protocols. Report data in oral and written reports. Stay abreast of current scientific literature in relevant research areas.
Data Collection and Management - Generate, identify, collect, manage and retain research-generated data; ensure that sufficient records are kept and good record keeping practices are followed to document experimental methods, accuracy of data collected and methods and accuracy of data interpretation. Utilize Institute provided resources to ensure orderly, dated and secure data. Abide by applicable Institute policies and procedures, including the Data Classification and Research Data and Materials Retention and Access policies.
Outcomes - Deliver management-dependent animal and land-based metrics reflective of improving ecological function at scale in grazing animal production for lasting producer Report data in oral and written reports. Disseminate such outcomes for farmer and rancher action to assist them to profitably and regeneratively manage their lands and, when appropriate, seek additional opportunities to benefit science, agriculture and/or public understanding.
We will:
Teach you. We will support you with professional development opportunities that will hone your skills and grow you professionally.
Support you. We’re committed to building solutions for each other in addition to our stakeholders. Our team members make time to help, provide solutions, and remove roadblocks with regular collaboration across groups, regardless of where our office is. We are empowered and equipped with the tools that allow us to connect, to be intentional and to grow together.
Include you. We come from different parts of the globe and from different walks of life, but we share the vision of our founder, Lloyd Noble, to improve the land for the benefit of all society. Our culture is inclusive, supportive, and diverse. We want to be a part of your story and you to help write part of ours. Your perspective and experience is invaluable. Come grow with us!
Provide you. We offer competitive salary and benefits, including multiple options for health and retirement plans, employee wellness program, employee recognition program, and onsite wellness center. In addition, we have a flexible working environment and organizational support for community involvement and volunteering.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
