(Senior) Researcher and Project Manager Life Cycle Assessment in Agri-Food Chains
Your job
Are you an experienced researcher with a track record in supporting public and private sector clients in sustainability measurement and LCA? Would you like to support businesses, policymakers and NGOs in measuring negative impacts of (agri-food) products, and designing pathways to reduce those?
We are looking for an experienced colleague with a market- and customer-oriented attitude and a great affinity for applied scientific research. A track record in executing life cycle assessments is a must. You should have excellent project management skills in that field.
Your most important activities in this function will be:
You will be working in the expertise group Sustainable Value Chains, one of ten expertise groups at Wageningen Economic Research. The Sustainable Value Chains group is committed to contributing to more sustainable value chains by doing applied socio-economic research for food businesses, governments and NGOs. The group comprises of a multidisciplinary and multinational team of value chain and (environmental, and social) sustainability experts. The group is specialised in true cost accounting, developing new and fair business models, and market, and competitiveness research on various agricultural value chains (e.g. livestock, horticulture and floriculture) .
Your qualities
To strengthen our team, we ask you to have:
We offer you
Wageningen University & Research offers excellent . A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between 3693 and 5737 for a contract with a working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the (scale 11 or 12 depending on experience). Additionally, a fulltime contract can be discussed.
Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a multi-faceted position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.