Position Snapshot

Location: Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Company: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. 
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent

Position Level: H4

The recruitment will be entirely driven by the fit between the individual competencies and the requirements of the job. Each candidate whose skills match best the requirements of the role will be considered

What we offer at Nestlé

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development

Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces

Dynamic international working environment

Attractive additional benefits

Position Summary 

Nestlé Research is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, employs approximately 1000 people and is comprised of five Nestlé Institutes: Material Sciences, Health Sciences, Food Safety & Analytical Sciences, Packaging Sciences, and Agricultural Sciences. Please have a tour of our facilities using this link or read more about Nestlé Research at our website. Please follow us on Nestlé R&D on LinkedIn.  

As an Associate Specialist in Ruminant Microbiome, you will be part of Animal Sciences group, where you will study greenhouse gas emissions originating from ruminal microbiota and application in dietary mitigation of enteric methane production.

Learn more about the Nestlé Institute of Agricultural Sciences here: Nestlé Institute of Agricultural Sciences

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

A Day in the Life of an Associate Specialist in Ruminant Microbiome

• Autonomously manage & coordinate research activities
• Develop and implement innovative and competitive concepts based on ruminant metabolic activity
• Generate, analyze, and interpret microbiome multi-omics data to investigate the ruminant microbial ecosystem
• Strengthen the internal and external scientific network in line with assigned projects
• Translate scientific knowledge to product innovation and application
• Contribute to peer reviewed scientific publications, scientific communications, and patents
• Actively monitor relevant external partners (academic and industry) and support in selection and set up of strategic relationships when relevant                          

What will make you successful

• Master’s degree in animal sciences
• strong scientific expertise in microbiome
• Minimum 3 years of experience in rumen microbiome and research to reduce methanogenesis
• Experience in analyzing and integrating microbiome-based data
• Working experience in relevant in-vitro and ex-vivo models is a plus
• Creative, dynamic and willing to learn
• Result focus, quick and effective
• Excellent communication skills, team spirit, and open mindset
• Fluent in English both written and spoken, any other language a plus

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.

We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

Be a force for good. Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.

Position Snapshot

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Research
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development

Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces

Dynamic international working environment

Attractive additional benefits

The recruitment will be entirely driven by the fit between the individual competencies and the requirements of the job. Each candidate whose skills match best the requirements of the role will be considered.

Position Summary 

Nestlé Research is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, employs approximately 1000 people and is comprised of five Nestlé Institutes: Material Sciences; Health Sciences, Food Safety & Analytical Sciences, Packaging Sciences and Agriculture Sciences. Please have a tour of our facilities using this link or read more about Nestlé Research at our website.

As an Associate Specialist in Animal Physiology, you will execute Animal physiology research and innovation – in line with the overall Agricultural Science strategy.

Learn more about the Nestlé Institute of Agricultural Sciences here: Nestlé Institute of Agricultural Sciences

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

A Day in the Life of an Associate Specialist Animal Physiology

• Autonomously manage & coordinate research activities
• Develop and implement innovative and competitive research projects based on ruminant animal physiology and reduction of enteric methane
• Generate, analyze, and interpret information about ruminant physiology in dairy – livestock production systems, including the fundamentals of the subject, such as the biological, chemical, physical and environmental aspects of dairy cattle physiology
• Strengthen the internal and external scientific network in line with assigned projects
• Translate scientific knowledge to technology innovation and application
• Contribute to peer reviewed scientific publications, scientific communications, and patents
• Actively monitor relevant external partners (academic and industry) and support in selection and set up of strategic relationships when relevant                          

What will make you successful

• Master’s degree in animal sciences
• strong scientific expertise in ruminant physiology
• Minimum 3 years of experience in ruminant physiology and research to reduce enteric methane produced by cattle
• Working experience in relevant in-vitro and ex-vivo models is a plus
• Creative, dynamic and willing to learn
• Result focus, quick and effective
• Excellent communication skills, team spirit, and open mindset
• Fluent in English both written and spoken, any other language a plus

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.

We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

Be a force for good. Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.

Application Deadline: 14 December 2023

Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University, invites highly qualified applicants for a 3-year assistant professor position in grazing systems for dairy cows with a special focus on nutrition and reduction of environmental and climate impact, starting on 1 April 2024 or soon thereafter.

The position

We seek a candidate with a strong background in animal science, veterinary science, or biology. The candidate should have focus and interest in ruminant nutrition and the effects of ruminant production on environment and climate.

Experience in conducting, analysing, and publishing animal experiments with cattle is a prerequisite, and the candidate must have a good track-record within grazing systems and feeding strategies and technologies to reduce enteric methane from cattle. This knowledge is expected to be transferred to use within other herbivores as well.

The candidate must have good collaborative and English communication skills.
The candidate will be part of an active and dynamic research group, internationally recognized for its research within ruminant nutrition and in the green transition of agriculture.

To support the development of the research area, the candidate is expected to contribute to attract external funding within this area of research and lead projects.

The candidate will participate in knowledge exchange with public authority service and industry as well as teaching and supervision at bachelor, master, and PhD levels in animal and veterinary sciences.

LEARN MORE AND APPLY HERE

The November 2023 Issue of Who’s Counting, the Inventories and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Network Newsletter is now available to view HERE.

Who’s Counting summarises scientific progress, opportunities, resources and events related to national agriculture inventory development, national agriculture climate targets, and international inventory capability-building activities.

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We encourage you to directly submit content for the next Issue of Who’s Counting?

A recording of the Peatland Management Network webinar from 16 November 2023 titled “Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balance of Peatland: Lessons from the Tropics and the North” is now available to view HERE.

It is with great sadness that we share with you the news of Dr Yasukazu Hosen’s passing earlier this month. Yas Hosen has been a valued member of the GRA Community over the years, and his leadership and knowledge will be greatly missed by the Paddy Rice Research Group and by the wider GRA community.

Dr Yasukazu Hosen served as co-Chair of the Paddy Rice Research Group of the Global Research Alliance (GRA) from 2018 to 2023. He completed his doctoral course at the University of Tokyo majoring in soil science, and joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in 1996. He worked as a researcher in the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) from 1996 to 2016 and in the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) from 2016 to 2023 in the field of agricultural environment sciences, especially on greenhouse gas mitigation from agricultural soils in Asian countries such as China, the Philippines, and Vietnam. He was based in the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) from 2004 to 2010 as an International Recruited Staff member and served as Deputy Director of the International Research Division of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, MAFF from 2013 to 2015. He greatly contributed to the field of agricultural environmental sciences especially in international research.

We know that you will join us in sending condolences to Dr Hosen’s family and colleagues at this time.