Director Research Policy and Support (including Director ERIM)

Your role

As the director Policy and Research Support, including director ERIM, your role has a dual focus on two closely intertwined sets of activities. At ERIM – Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and RSM's interfaculty research support unit and graduate school – you are responsible to take the lead in organizing the research support for faculty, PhD candidates, and professional staff at RSM and at ESE. Combined, these form one of Europe’s leading research communities in the field of management and economics and comprise a total of more than 300 research-active faculty as well as more than 200 full- and part-time PhDs.

Your role is to further strengthen and develop this community through designing, implementing, and operationalising policies that foster comprehensive research excellence – including indicators that contribute to your research unit’s international reputation but also to Open and Responsible Science, research-based impact and engagement, and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA).

The role has a dual focus on two closely intertwined sets of activities:

As director Policy and Research Support at RSM, you are responsible for co-creating and developing the school’s strategy and policy on research-related matters to further steer and support excellent, impactful research at RSM. In this function, you work closely with and report to RSM’s vice dean of Research (who also serves as ERIM’s scientific director). Likewise, you collaborate with other stakeholders in the school and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), for example, Academic Affairs or Research Policy Advisors at other faculties. You also liaise with actors and institutions outside of EUR to remain apprised of relevant developments in the national and international research policy domain.

As director ERIM, you form part of and work closely with the ERIM management team, which consists of ERIM’s scientific and associate directors as well as the directors of Doctorate Education. In this part of your role, you focus on leading the implementation of the contributing schools’ research policy through the ERIM research support and graduate school teams and ensure the strategic development of the infrastructure needed to foster quality, impactful research. To achieve this, you strategically manage ERIM’s team of research support professionals through the line management of the team leads of ERIM’s research support team and PhD office. You further liaise with the schools’ operational units to ensure the smooth implementation and embedding of research policies, support, and infrastructure. Additionally, you coordinate with other units that offer research-related services at the contributing schools and at EUR (e.g., pre-award funding teams, EUR Engagement and Research Services).

Your main tasks
Altogether you will form a leading connection between the relevant academic and professional service teams at RSM and ESE to help build an ecosystem of research policy, support, and infrastructure that supports the continued thriving of RSM’s and ERIM’s research community.

As director Research Policy and Support, including director ERIM, we expect you can carry out the following:

• Co-create RSM’s research policy together with the RSM vice dean of research by making high-level contributions to the development and implementation of policies, standards, and transformation initiatives that are related to topics such as open and responsible science, data management, research integrity, and research-based engagement and impact. To do so, you will also liaise with research policy professionals at other faculties and relevant university-wide units.
• Provide strategic advice and support to ERIM’s scientific director and the other members of the ERIM management team, to implement strategic research objectives and to promote academic excellence, scientific integrity, and scholarly impact.
• Line-manage ERIM’s team leads of the professional service teams focused on research support and the PhD office, ensuring they operate in innovative ways with a strong stakeholder focus. This task also involves coordination with the non-ERIM staff that supports research at RSM and ESE, e.g., RSM's Grants Team.
• Develop and foster a collaborative, caring, and inspiring working environment, in which research support professionals feel safe and empowered to act as valued expert partners of other stakeholders in the school and university-wide.
• Manage the financial resources available to ERIM, including the management of the annual and multi-annual budget cycle.
• Maintain strong collaborative links with researchers, academic units, and relevant professional service units, to ensure the effective delivery of research support.
• Develop and implement effective engagement strategies and activities to inform researchers about the services and resources available to them.
• Implement and sustain effective systems, including research information and application systems, to ensure the effective performance of research support tasks.
• Serve as RSM's Research Integrity Coordinator and on RSM's IDEA committee as a key liaison to the research function.
• Coordinate the periodic assessment and review of the research performance of RSM to ensure that external expectations are met.

Afdelingshoofd Collecties

Ben jij een gedreven leidinggevende die graag samen met je collega’s kwalitatief hoogwaardige informatievoorzieningen aan studenten, docenten en onderzoekers levert? Weet jij teams te inspireren en als lid van het managementteam strategisch richting te geven aan de bibliotheek? Ga dan aan de slag als Afdelingshoofd Collecties bij Wageningen University & Research (WUR) Library.

Academische collecties bij WUR kenmerken zich door een hoge mate van digitalisering, inclusief ontwikkelingen op het gebied van AI, en open access beschikbaarheid. Als Afdelingshoofd Collecties ben je verantwoordelijk voor de collectievorming, collectiebeheer, IBL/documentleverantie en de speciale collecties bij WUR Library. Samen met jouw afdeling werk je aan het behalen van de teamdoelen. Je coacht en begeleidt de teams in jouw afdeling, stimuleert een positieve werksfeer, cultuur van samenwerking en innovatie, waarbij je oog hebt voor de groei en ontwikkeling van elk teamlid. Je werkt in directe samenwerking met onder andere onderzoekers, docenten, studenten, bestuurders en medewerkers IT. Als opdrachtgever van werkgroepen en projecten ben je de liaison vanuit het managementteam. Tevens zorg je als afdelingshoofd voor een doelmatige inzet en bewaking van het totale collectiebudget van WUR.

Jouw taken en verantwoordelijkheden zijn:

• leidinggeven aan en optimaal ontwikkelen van de medewerkers in de afdeling collecties;
• ontwikkelen en management van WUR Library’s (digitale) collecties – inclusief budget management – in samenwerking met andere universiteiten, en het optimaliseren van het gebruik in onderzoek en onderwijs;
• vormgeven aan de continue transformatie en positionering van de bibliotheek in een snel veranderende informatie-omgeving;
• actieve en strategische bijdrage leveren aan de inrichting en vernieuwing van de organisatie;
• vertegenwoordigen van de bibliotheek in nationale en internationale gremia.

Jouw team
In je rol als lid van het managementteam werk je nauw samen met drie bevlogen directe collega’s, en met Finance en HR. Je rapporteert aan het Hoofd Bibliotheek. Als afdelingshoofd ben je hiërarchisch verantwoordelijk voor de aansturing van 17 collega’s verdeeld over de subteams Backoffice, Collection Development en Speciale Collecties.

Hier ga je werken
Bibliotheken zijn getransformeerd naar digitale kennishubs. De ambitie van WUR Library is om een significante en gewaardeerde bijdrage te leveren aan het versterken van de positie van WUR met state-of-the-art technologie en expertise. Dat doen we in nauwe samenwerking met onze gebruikers en de IT-organisatie.

WUR Library is een kleine en slagvaardige organisatie (54 fte) en biedt een inspirerende en dynamische werkomgeving. Binnen Wageningen University & Research zijn we goed ingebed met korte lijnen naar Onderzoek en Onderwijs én naar IT en de Raad van Bestuur.

Head of Collections

Are you a passionate leader who enjoys collaborating with colleagues to deliver high‑quality information services to students, lecturers and researchers? Do you inspire teams and, as a member of the management team, provide strategic directions for the library? Do you recognise yourself, then this may be the role for you: Head of Collections at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) Library.

Academic collections at WUR are characterised by a high degree of digitisation, including developments in AI, as well as a strong commitment to open access. As Head of Collections, you are responsible for collection development, collection management, interlibrary loan and document supply, and the Special Collections of WUR Library. Together with your department, you work towards achieving shared team objectives. You coach and support the teams within your department, foster a positive working environment, and encourage a culture of collaboration and innovation, with attention to the professional growth and development of each individual team member. You work closely with researchers, teaching staff, students, senior management within WUR and IT colleagues. Acting as executive lead for working groups and projects, you serve as the liaison on behalf of the management team. In addition, you are responsible for the effective allocation and control of WUR’s overall collections budget.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• leading and developing staff within the Collections Department to their full potential;
• developing and managing WUR Library’s (digital) collections – including budget management - in collaboration with other universities, and optimising their use in research and education;
• shaping the library’s ongoing transformation and positioning within a rapidly changing information landscape;
• making an active and strategic contribution to organisational design and renewal;
• representing the library in national and international professional bodies and fora.

Your team
In your role as a member of the management team, you work closely with three committed colleagues, as well as with Finance and HR. You report to the Head of the Library. As Head of Department, you have line management responsibility for 17 staff members across the sub‑teams Back Office, Collection Development and Special Collections.

You will work here
Libraries have evolved into digital knowledge hubs. WUR Library’s ambition is to make a significant and valued contribution to strengthening WUR’s position through state‑of‑the‑art technology and expertise. This is achieved in close collaboration with our users and the IT organisation.

WUR Library is a small, agile organisation (54 FTE) offering an inspiring and dynamic working environment. The library is well embedded within Wageningen University & Research, with short lines of communication to Research and Education as well as to IT and the Executive Board.

WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “orientation year” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “knowledge migrant”.

Full Professor and Chair Human and Animal Physiology

Due to the retirement of the current chair holder, a vacancy has arisen for a Full Professor in the chair group of Human and Animal Physiology (HAP), part of the Animal Science Group of Wageningen University & Research (WUR).

The Human and Animal Physiology (HAP) chair group conducts cutting-edge physiological and molecular physiological research in humans and animals, with the ultimate goal of improving health and quality of life. The scientific focus of the group is to advance fundamental and mechanistic understanding of energy and substrate metabolism, as well as mitochondrial function, in both health and disease. We generate our results through synergistic experimental research conducted in humans, (model) animals (including invertebrates), organs, tissues, and cells. Our research integrates state-of-the-art physiological, functional, computational, biomolecular, and bioanalytical tools. Our teaching covers both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, offering courses in mammalian physiology, biomolecular physiology, morpho-functional physiology, and experimental research across a broad range of academic disciplines. We aim to educate highly skilled academic professionals ready to tackle societal health challenges.

The position of chair of the Human and Animal Physiology group offers you the opportunity to shape and expand your own research portfolio in synergy with the group’s scientific focus, while also further consolidating or developing your academic leadership profile. In this role, you have the responsibility for the academic and operational management of the group. Your responsibilities will include setting the research strategy, guiding and managing a diverse team of scientists, lecturers, and support staff. In addition, you will contribute to high-quality education at the BSc, MSc, and PhD levels and help drive innovation in teaching, supporting WUR’s strong reputation in higher education.

Sales Manager (Executive Education)

Als Sales Manager (Executive Education) opereer je op het snijvlak van sales, advies en relatiebeheer. Je adviseert ervaren professionals bij het vinden van de juiste executive education die bijdragen aan hun persoonlijke ontwikkeling én de doelstellingen van hun organisatie.

Wat deze rol bijzonder maakt? Je bent niet alleen verantwoordelijk voor het realiseren van inschrijvingen, maar fungeert ook als adviseur en sparringpartner. Je voert inhoudelijke gesprekken, brengt ontwikkelbehoeften in kaart en adviseert over de meest passende executive education programma’s. Daarnaast krijg je de mogelijkheid om onze programma’s zelf te ervaren, zodat je klanten nog beter kunt adviseren.

Je dagelijkse werkzaamheden en verantwoordelijkheden omvatten onder andere:

• Een belangrijke bijdrage leveren aan het behalen van inschrijvingsdoelstellingen door leads te kwalificeren en succesvol binnen te brengen als deelnemers.
• Het voeren van advies- en salesgesprekken en het begeleiden van potentiële deelnemers gedurende het volledige salesproces.
• Het adviseren van professionals en organisaties over hun ontwikkelbehoeften en het aanbevelen van passende executive education oplossingen.
• Het opbouwen van duurzame relaties met senior professionals en executives.
• Het optimaliseren van de klantreis en het wegnemen van drempels in het inschrijfproces.
• Het initiëren en uitvoeren van commerciële activiteiten gericht op het vergroten van deelname aan onze programma’s.
• Het effectief benutten van CRM-data om commerciële prestaties en klantbenadering verder te verbeteren.
• Het samenwerken met marketing- en programmateams om de klantbeleving te versterken en de sales funnel verder te optimaliseren.