Job Title: Food Sector-Programme Manager
Primary Responsibilities:
* To accelerate the growth and success of businesses through intensive expertise, mentorship, and support with the goal of scaling a business to investment readiness in a short time frame.
* Manage and deliver stage-appropriate training, mentoring, and investment access to accelerate business growth.
Key Objectives:
* To enhance strategic capability, market readiness, and investment attractiveness of regional food sector enterprises.
* To build an interconnected food community (regional, national, and international) to foster collaboration, innovation, and sustainable development within the food sector.
Responsibilities:
* Plan and implement structured, intensive programs.
* Be responsible for planning and implementing a Stakeholder Register and Engagement Strategy.
* Manage all aspects of media dissemination of all program activities and stakeholders' events planned over a 2-year period.
* Maintain a comprehensive record of stakeholder engagement activities and lead on the preparation of required documentation for internal reporting.
Requirements:
* A degree or diploma in a relevant discipline.
* A minimum of 5 years' experience working within a commercial environment, in the Food Industry, with a proven track record of relationship building, project, and event management.
Candidate Profile:
Essential Qualifications & Experience:
* A degree/diploma in a relevant discipline.
* A minimum of 5 years' experience of working within a commercial environment, in the Food Industry with a proven track record of relationship building, project and event management.
Location:
The role of the Food Programme Manager will be based at Teagasc, Mellows Campus, Athenry, Co. Galway, and the BIA Innovator Campus buildings.