JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Six Fields, One Future Programme Lead

Reports to: Farming and Rural Skills Education Manager

Salary: £40,000 per annum

Length of Contract: Fixed-Term – 3-year contract

Location: Dumfries House, Cumnock

The King’s Foundation

The King’s Foundation is a charity founded by King Charles III and was first formed in 1990. Inspired by the vision and values of His Majesty, the Foundation focuses on creating better communities where people, places and the planet can coexist in harmony.

The charity offers education courses for over 15,000 students annually, health and wellbeing programmes for nearly 2,000 people every year, and spearheads placemaking and regeneration projects in the UK and overseas to revitalise communities and historic buildings.

The King’s Foundation is headquartered at its flagship regeneration project, Dumfries House in Ayrshire, Scotland, and acts as custodian of other historic Royal sites including the Castle of Mey in Caithness, Scotland, and Highgrove Gardens in Gloucestershire, which are open to visitors. The Foundation also carries out its work at educational and cultural hubs in London, based at The King’s Foundation School for Traditional Arts in Shoreditch, Trinity Buoy Wharf on the River Thames and the Garrison Chapel in Chelsea.

The work of The King’s Foundation is underpinned by our Founder His Majesty The King’s philosophy of harmony: that by understanding the balance, the order and the relationships between ourselves and the natural world we can create a more sustainable future. We have a diverse and inclusive workplace, creating a welcoming, safe space for everyone. This means that every member of our team can bring their whole self to work. We encourage qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join The King’s Foundation and bring their valuable skills and experiences.

The Foundation is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees, including the provision of workplace adjustments. We do not tolerate discrimination based on protected characteristics (age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership) or other difference such as socio-economic background or social origin.

The Role:

The Project Lead will coordinate and deliver a multi-farm development project focused on establishing six “Changemaker Farms” that demonstrate leading practice in regenerative agriculture. These farms will test, refine and share practical approaches that improve soil health, farm resilience, biodiversity, and financial sustainability to build sustainable food supply chains and demonstrate best practice in local collaborative models can work, Six fields, one Future.

The role sits at the intersection of farm practice, research, and stakeholder collaboration. The Project Lead will work closely with a Postdoctoral Researcher to integrate on-farm experimentation and data collection with practical farm management decisions. They will be the co-ordinator to the six farms, matching and planning training packages and practical support. They will regularly spend time on farm with each of the partner farms to fully understand their needs and measure progress. Opportunities for collaborate working between farms to build a collective approach to improving systems sits at the heart of the programme. The main KPI of project success is capturing proven local, independent and collaborative approaches that can be replicated across other UK and international regions. They will convene and coordinate an advisory group of farm advisors and financial stakeholders to support each farm’s transition. They will be expected to share the milestone achievements and good practice across the wider farming community through a series of events. The Project Lead ensures that activities across the six farms are coordinated, milestones are achieved, and knowledge is shared.

Key Tasks

Specific Duties will include:

• Working with the Farming and Rural Skills Curriculum Manager and post doctorate research team to deliver the Six Fields, One Future programme.

Lead end-to-end project leadership across the full lifecycle, ensuring delivery within scope, on time, on budget, and to quality standards.

Design project frameworks, allocate resources, and manage scheduling, monitoring, reporting, and budgets.

• Deliver and track KPIs throughout the project lifecycle to ensure performance targets are met.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks while managing dependencies and aligning delivery with organisational objectives.

) Implement robust controls, monitoring, and evaluation processes to ensure deliverables meet performance and sustainability requirements.

• Oversee and manage interdependencies across multiple projects within the organisation.

• Produce regular, insight-driven reports to support strategic decision-making and meet stakeholder and business needs.

Take the lead in planning and delivering the activity programme for 6 farms - 5 within geographic cluster surrounding Dumfries House and one partner farm in the North East.

• Manage the budget and keep on top of day-to-day spending and organisation

Set up consistent ways of collecting farm data and benchmarking results in collaboration with Post Doc Agricultural Lead.

Organise and deliver a programme of events, meetings, and outputs across all six farms.

Maintain a schedule of regular communications with in-house team and participating farms.

• Arrange and guide meetings with farmers, team members, and key stakeholders.

• Disseminate updates and results from your farms through articles, newsletters, and social media.

Contribute to the wider agriculture work carried out by The King’s Foundation by producing useful, practical resources for the farming industry.

Person Specification

The essential skills, knowledge and experience required are:

• Able to represent the King’s Foundation professionally at all times, in media, to stakeholders and with local farmers.

• Development and delivery of complex projects through their full cycle, including in

the context of introducing business change.

• Writing and producing briefings and reports for a range of audiences.

Influencing, facilitating, engaging, and building trust with internal and external stakeholders, including at the most senior levels.

Strong interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills and the ability to work proactively and flexibly to achieve set objectives.

• The ability to work well within a team, maintaining positive relationships with the wider education staff.

• Practical knowledge and experience in farming or rural skills settings, including animal handling experience.

• Experience working with young people, developing and delivering educational experiences.

• A passion and interest in regenerative farming practice.

Other:

• The post will be based at The MacRoberts Farming and Rural Skills Centre, Dumfries House Estate, Cumnock, KA18 2NJ with the requirement to travel on occasion.

The contract is a 3-year fixed term post.

• Your working hours will be 37.5 hours per week.

Willingness to work occasional weekends or evenings as required for education or wider estate events, with a TOIL system in place.

• You must have the legal right to work in the UK.

This post is considered to be a regulated activity therefore any offer will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure check with the Disclosure Scotland.

Applications: Please submit a cover letter and CV (please note one A4 page maximum each for CV and letter) to Gordon Watson, email address: - hr.recruitment@kings-foundation.org and request an application form.

Closing date for applications: Friday 29th of May 2026 at 5pm