Projectadministrateur (20 uur/week)

Do you have a passion for financial administration and are you comfortable preparing invoices? Are you flexible, able to build connections easily, and do you enjoy working in an innovative environment as part of a friendly team? Then the position of Project Administrator could be your next challenge.

For the Finance & Control department of the Animal Sciences Group (ASG), we are looking for an enthusiastic, customer-oriented, and accurate Project Administrator to join the Finance & Control team of Wageningen Livestock Research in Wageningen (7 team members).

In this exciting role, you will:

• Perform financial and administrative tasks, including invoicing and providing support to Project Controllers;
• Be responsible for accurate and timely invoicing, mailbox management, intercompany (IC) bookings, and processing project milestones in Unit4 Business World;
• Ensure the correct use of general ledger accounts and VAT regulations;
• Work independently with a high level of responsibility;
• Collaborate closely with colleagues within the Finance & Control team;
• Work in Wageningen, with the option to work partly from home.

HR Business Partner for Professors

Are you an HR professional with a strong sense of governance and an understanding of an academic environment? And would you like to play an advisory role in attracting, appointing, and supporting professors? Then we are looking for you!

As HR Business Partner Professors, you are the key link in all HR processes relating to professors. You operate at various levels within the organisation and work closely with the Rector Magnificus, general directors, and various committees. You safeguard processes, provide advice, and ensure careful and professional decision-making.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to contribute as an HRBP within one of WUR’s organisational units and participate in HR projects.

Your duties and responsibilities as HR Business Partner Professors include:

• preparing and coordinating procedures for chair holder vacancies. You attend introductory and final interviews with candidates alongside the Rector Magnificus and the General Director, and are involved in negotiations on employment conditions;
• for appointments of personal professors, you are, together with other HRBPs, a member of the central Appointments Advisory Committee (AAC)/panel. You are responsible for coordinating HRBPs, including invitations and, where necessary, explaining the role of HR within this AAC;
• you attend the feedback sessions of the C-AAC between candidates and the Rector and subsequently coordinate the nomination and appointment process;
• you provide HR advice in cases involving the Rector and ensure accurate reporting and correspondence;
• for the administrative aspects of these processes, you work closely with HR Service Officers. You support the drafting of customised appointment and employment letters, bespoke agreements for termination, and pension letters.

Your team
You are part of the HR Business Partnering Concern Staff team and are based in the Atlas building (Wageningen). Collaboration is a key value within our HR team. As a team, we value a hands-on mindset and a shared commitment to further professionalising our services.

You will work closely with a Senior Business Partner Professors, who focuses more on policy-related work and collaborates with you on complex processes and/or cases. In addition, the team consists of three ‘regular’ (senior) HR Business Partners and an HR Head.

Postdoc researcher in transitions to nature-inclusive farming systems

Are you a researcher passionate about restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems? Are you experienced in the design of reward schemes for farmers and/or the underlying policy frameworks? Would you like to be part of an interdisciplinary research team, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, to address complex environmental challenges? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

There is a need to transition to more ‘nature-inclusive’ or ‘biodiversity-positive’ food systems. Livestock production systems, as a main land user (globally and in the Netherlands), are urged to act and contribute to the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. The design of reward schemes that support farmers in such a transition, however, remains a challenge.

In this context, two research projects have been granted: ECOPESIA (EU Horizon Europe) Enhancing climate and ecosystem outcomes through the promotion and upscaling of payment for environmental services in agriculture; and DECISION (NWO-KIC) Dairy and Ecology: co-innovating business operations for nature. These projects aim to develop integral approaches and reward schemes that support the transition to nature-inclusive (dairy) farming systems in the EU and in the Netherlands.

Your research will contribute to the aims and tasks of these two projects. You will also contribute to the teaching duties of the Animal Production Systems (APS) chair group.

Your research tasks include:

• Developing an analytical framework for designing, assessing, and scaling schemes that reward farmers for delivering biodiversity and ecosystem services (e.g. payment for ecosystem services, agri-environmental schemes, nature credits and result-based finance);
• Mapping and critically assessing relevant policy frameworks at global, EU, and Dutch contexts, and where relevant proposing policy recommendations to support the design and implementation of reward schemes;
• Developing an integrated research agenda aligning the objectives of both research projects;
• Supporting project coordination and management activities;
• Contributing to scientific publications, project outputs, and policy-relevant outputs.

Your education tasks include supervising MSc and BSc students, and contribute to teaching activities (lectures and practicals) in courses, such as APS40306 Future Livestock Systems, APS30306 Sustainability Assessment in Animal Sciences or BEC33306 Finance and Sustainability.

You will work here
This postdoc will be situated at the the Animal Production Systems group of Wageningen University & Research. Here we analyze and explore the roles of livestock in food systems with the aim of making these food systems more sustainable. The group focuses on unravelling the complexity of livestock systems, and exploring trade-offs and synergies of innovations regarding environmental impact, animal welfare, and economic viability, to design a more sustainable future.

You will join the team led by Raimon Ripoll-Bosch, focused on understanding the complex interactions between livestock, nature (biodiversity and ecosystem services) and economy, to design enabling environments for the transitions to nature-inclusive agroecosystems.

Postdoc in Governance and Sustainability Transitions in Farming Systems

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on the governance of transitions towards more sustainable and regenerative farming systems. Governance instruments — including certification schemes, private standards, and policy incentives — play an important role in shaping the future of livestock farming systems. Are you curious about how standards, incentives, and sustainability indicators influence farming systems and farmers’ livelihoods? Are you excited to contribute to interdisciplinary research that supports transitions towards more sustainable farming systems? Then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for a candidate with experience in the governance of farming systems, who is highly motivated to contribute to more sustainable food systems through inter- and transdisciplinary research. You are a systems thinker with an interest in public-private governance of livestock farming systems, agricultural policy and/or sustainable finance. You are familiar with current policy debates on the future of European and Dutch agriculture and enjoy working at the interface of science, policy and practice.

You will strengthen the team working on farming systems governance by contributing to research on public and private governance instruments, sustainability indicators, and perceptions of those affected by transitions. Your work will include contributing to ongoing research on regenerative agriculture (including ReGeNL), facilitating stakeholder engagement, supporting project management, developing research proposals, and contributing to education. You are encouraged to describe relevant experience with these tasks in your CV and motivation letter.

You will work here
This postdoc will be situated at the Animal Production Systems group of Wageningen University & Research. Here we analyze and explore the roles of livestock in food systems with the aim of making these food systems more sustainable. The group focuses on unravelling the complexity of livestock systems, and exploring trade-offs and synergies of innovations regarding environmental impact, animal welfare, and economic viability, to design a more sustainable future.

You will join the team led by Dr. Evelien de Olde and contribute to research on governance issues in farming systems within a polycentric food systems context, including sustainability certification and standards, the role of metrics and KPIs, and the impact of sustainability transitions on livestock farming systems.

Projectadministrateur (20 uur/week)

Heb jij een passie voor financiële administratie en draai jij je hand niet om voor het opstellen van facturen? Ben je flexibel en leg je gemakkelijk verbinding? Werk je graag in een innovatieve werkomgeving waarin je onderdeel uitmaakt van een leuk team? Dan is de functie van projectadministrateur jouw nieuwe uitdaging.

Voor de afdeling Finance & Control van de Animal Sciences Group (ASG) zoeken wij een enthousiaste, klantgerichte en accurate projectadministrateur voor het F&C-team van Wageningen Livestock Research in Wageningen (7 medewerkers).

In deze leuke functie:

• voer je financieel-administratieve taken uit, zoals facturatie en ondersteunende werkzaamheden voor de projectcontrollers;
• ben je verantwoordelijk voor het juist en tijdig factureren, mailboxbeheer, IC-boekingen en het verwerken van milestones in Unit4 Business World;
• zorg je voor juist gebruik van de grootboekrekeningen en BTW;
• werk je zelfstandig met een grote mate van verantwoordelijkheid
• werk je intensief samen met de collega's van F&C.
• werk je in Wageningen (deels thuiswerken is een optie).