Published Date: October 24, 2023.
Your job
As a researcher in pig nutrition within the Animal Nutrition Department of Wageningen Livestock Research, you utilize your knowledge of nutrition and feeding strategies to mitigate climate change and nitrogen losses.
You engage in multidisciplinary research projects that focus on the role of animal nutrition in building a sustainable pig production sector. Depending on your expertise and interests, these projects may involve topics such as utilizing by-products as feed ingredients, reducing ammonia emissions, understanding the importance of nutrition for manure quality, or improving phosphate utilization. Some projects result in confidential reports, while others lead to scientific papers as the final outcome.
We work on a project basis for national and international companies in animal nutrition and feed additives, the Dutch government, the Dutch pig sector, and NGOs.
Your main responsibilities include:
- Project leadership and active involvement as a researcher;
- Maintaining close contacts with stakeholders and potential clients in the sector;
- Reporting and presenting research findings;
- Developing existing and new research areas.
Within the Animal Nutrition Department (comprising approximately 40 people), you will collaborate with four direct colleagues focusing on pig nutrition. You will work together with colleagues from your own team as well as colleagues from other departments or research institutes in multidisciplinary project teams.
Your qualities
You are a results-oriented and enthusiastic researcher with a passion for scientifically applied research. Your proactive attitude and excellent communication skills enable you to work across disciplines and foster connections.
Additionally, you possess:
- Experience as a researcher with expertise in pig nutrition
- A relevant education at the MSc, PhD, or DVM level
- A network in the pig sector
- Proficiency in both English and Dutch languages.
In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about language level C2. If you do not yet have this level, we will of course help you and you can go to our language center Wageningen in’to Language.
You can see that there are plenty of challenges ahead of you. These challenges can also be seen as development opportunities. So if you do not yet have the track-record required in the vacancy, but do have solid work experience, we would also like to invite you to apply.
We offer you
Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
- working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
- the option to accrue additional compensation hours by working more, per week;
- sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
- there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
- a fixed December bonus of 8,3%;
- excellent pension scheme.
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 € 4.344,- and € 6.522,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 12). You will initially receive a one-year contract, which will be extended to an open-ended contract upon in mutual enthusiasm.
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.
You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the “Best University” in the Netherlands for the 18th consecutive time.
Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
Our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family.
Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research’s International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about helping your partner to find a job, housing, schooling. For instance under the “30% rule”, certain categories of international staff can receive tax exemption on approximately 30% of their gross salary.
Do you want more information?
For more information about this position, please contact Rosalinde Goselink, teamleader Pet Food, e-mail [email protected]. or Paul Bikker, Researcher Pig Nutrition, e-mail: [email protected].
For more information about the procedure, please contact [email protected].
Do you want to apply?
You can apply directly using the apply button on the vacancy page on our website which will allow us to process your personal information with your approval.
Equal opportunities
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. For more information please go to our inclusivity page. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.
We are
Wageningen University & Research
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 fte) and 13,200 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.
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We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.
