Beleidsmedewerker - Humanities Cluster

Als beleidsmedewerker ontwikkel, implementeer en evalueer je beleid op een of meer aandachtsgebieden/beleidsterreinen van het KNAW Humanities Cluster. Daarin combineer je een pragmatische en resultaatgerichte instelling met een analytische en gestructureerde aanpak.

Als beleidsmedewerker heb je de volgende taken en verantwoordelijkheden:

• Je ondersteunt het Bedrijfsbureau HuC bij beleidsontwikkeling;
• Je verzamelt, interpreteert, bewerkt en levert informatie aan over relevante ontwikkelingen;
• Je geeft mede vorm en inhoud aan en stimuleert de ontwikkeling van beleid binnen het HuC met inachtneming van de richtlijnen van de KNAW;
• Je draagt bij en bevordert de uitvoering van het geformuleerde beleid binnen het HuC;
• Je adviseert gevraagd en ongevraagd het Management Team van het Bedrijfsbureau, maar ook het Directeurenoverleg van het HuC over organisatorische beleidsontwikkeling en kwaliteitsbeleid;
• Je ondersteunt in projecten en levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan de verdere professionalisering van het team Beleid.

Research Technician MALDI-TOF - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Utrecht

The Westerdijk Institute is seeking a full-time Research Technician to support a European-funded research project within the Molecular Medical Mycology laboratory. The project focuses on building a MALDI-TOF reference spectra library for filamentous fungi and yeasts and exploring its application in detecting antifungal resistance and identifying outbreak-associated strains.

• Culturing fungal and yeast strains
• Extracting proteins and generating MALDI-TOF spectra and MSPs
• Expanding and curating fungal spectral databases
• Performing DNA extraction and barcode sequencing
• Conducting species verification through sequence analysis
• Maintaining accurate data records and adhering to certified protocols

Data manager - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Utrecht

What you will be doing

• Organize and centralize morphological, physiological, sequencing, and omics datasets
• Curate and maintain our open-access and internal fungal culture databases
• Work with tools like R, Python, and SQL to manage, clean, and visualize scientific data
• Ensure compliance with FAIR data principles and support open science
• Collaborate with researchers, bioinformaticians, and the culture collection team.

What we are offering

• A full-time data management position in a leading fungal biodiversity institute
• Supervision by the Institute’s Director and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment that encourages professional growth
• Opportunities to participate in internal training for soft skills development
• The chance to contribute to globally impactful biodiversity and genomic research

Postdoctoral Researcher in Survey Methodology

What you will be doing

The position
This postdoctoral position is ideal for a researcher interested in working at the intersection of scientific research and data infrastructure. You will contribute both intellectually and operationally to the GGP, playing a key role in advancing its survey methodological foundations while also supporting its implementation. The focus will be on validating newly collected GGS data and coordinating efforts to ensure its quality, usability, and relevance for cross-national comparative research.

Your tasks will include:

• Shaping and coordinating GGP’s internal research agenda on data quality and methodological development, including initiating and overseeing the production of outputs such as technical papers and data quality reports. This may involve exploring topics like nonresponse, mode effects, or longitudinal consistency, depending on your interests and expertise;
• Engaging with national teams, external researchers, and thematic experts to ensure methodological work aligns with infrastructure needs and substantive research priorities;
• Supervising and collaborating with junior staff, and contributing to day-to-day infrastructure tasks as needed.

EHRI-ERIC Research and Content Officer - NIOD

What will you do?

• Develop and implement EHRI-ERIC’s scientific strategy
• Monitor trends in the research landscape of Holocaust studies
• Coordinate and provide editorial oversight of EHRI-ERIC’s online content
• Contribute to events, working groups, policy, strategy and planning documents, and publications
• Support and co-author external funding proposals
• Represent EHRI-ERIC in networks, expert meetings, and committees
• Support the monitoring of EHRI-ERIC’s scientific and social-economic impact
• Provide cover for colleagues when needed