Agronomist

Are you keen to contribute your talents to a fast-growing start-up and help farmers store CO2 by making the transition to regenerative agriculture?

Are you an agronomist with 3 years of experience in the agricultural sector? Are you thrilled by the use of data? We’re looking for a motivated individual who is enthusiastic about these different skills and driven by regenerative, low-carbon agriculture.

Soil Capital is on a mission to regenerate over 10 million hectares of land by 2030, addressing our environmental and food security challenges through regenerative and low-carbon agriculture. As a leading expert in this field, we have developed the first payment for ecosystem services program for farmers in Europe.

Through our certified programme and our platform, Soil Capital leads the food and ag sector transformation by engaging with blue chip organisations who seek to deliver on their environmental commitments and build supply chain resilience. These business purchase regenerative units, acting as an incentive for farmers to measure and earning improve their agricultural practices.

Our technology supports farmers by allowing them to efficiently and accurately measure farming practices, as well as the GHG balance of their farm which we then audit and certify to generate certificates. This helps farmers understand the levers to accelerate their adoption of regenerative practices.

In the past ten years, Soil Capital has established as a thought leader and a driver of change at scale in France, the U.K. and Belgium. Pursuing its ambitious growth trajectory, it is now expanding geographical and product scopes.

Roles & responsibilities

In this role, the successful candidate will work in pairs to supervise farmers from the Center of France to lead and advise them in their transition.

 
More specifically, the agronomist will have the following responsibilities:

• Providing advice on how to improve practices based on the results of the mySoilCapital diagnosis, by submitting a personalized report and discussing with the farmer the potential levers that can be put in place.


• Focus on data: use our database to enable our agronomic support activities. Be the lead within the team to exploit our dataset in the service of our farmer (reports, dashboards, insights, content shared through our community, etc) and other teams of the company


• Strengthening relationships with existing customers by becoming the preferred contact for farmers (and our partners, like cooperatives) from the moment they order a mySoilCapital diagnosis through to delivery and beyond.


• Regular organisation of field events in collaboration with our partners and sales team


• Support for our data collection team in carrying out mySoilCapital diagnostics


• Participating in the development of the mySoilCapital tool by gathering feedback from farmers and sharing it internally.

Skills & qualifications

• An excellent understanding of the French agricultural sector (especially the Center regions: mainly Centre-Val-de-Loire and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) and a willingness to learn more about it.


• Data oriented mindset and skills to manage data sets (Excel and Metabase mainly, R is a plus).


• Proven ability to model complex systems, with an eye for detail.


• Positive personality, with the ability to interact easily with others (friendliness in interactions).


• Critical, problem-solving, results-oriented.


• Excellent communication skills in French (mother tongue) and English (fluent).


• Highly motivated and curious about the environmental and social impact of Soil Capital's core mission.

Why Join Soil Capital? 

At Soil Capital, we believe that transforming our relationship with nature is the key to a viable food system. Farmers, as stewards of 40% of the Earth's land, hold the potential to lead this change. By joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a mission-driven company, surrounded by passionate colleagues.

Here’s what we offer:

• Flexible holidays policy: Take the holidays you need, while coordinating with your team and respecting the demands of your role.


• Health insurance with Alan for you and your family.


• Reimbursement if you come to the office by public transport.
  


• Team incentive bonus: Based on your total salary package.


• Flexible remote work: You can work remotely 2 days per week, with flexibility, provided you coordinate with your colleagues.
  Company events and travels: Join quarterly company events and visit our three offices

Soil Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates who meet the job requirements, regardless of their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

Our hiring process

In order to find the perfect match, we have set up a comprehensive hiring process to give you the opportunity to get to know all the key contributors to the role. Between each step, you'll always receive feedback:

1. People interview (30 min) with Charlotte, Talent Acquisition Specialist, to get to know you more


2. Hiring lead interview (45 min) with Max (Head of Agronomy) to go much more in depth into the role


3. Technical interview (1 hour) to evaluate the technical aspects - you will receive more details during the interviews
   


4. Last step interview (30 min) with Nicolas, co-founder & farmer
   

Applications will be accepted until 30rd of June.

Be part of a supportive, dynamic team that celebrates successes together and works toward a shared mission of transforming the future of agriculture!