Job Opportunity – Chair Animal Production Systems, WUR
Full Professor and Chair of the Animal Production Systems Group
Wageningen University & Research is recruiting a full professor to lead the chair group of Animal Production Systems (APS).
As head of the APS group, you will lead a vibrant team of researchers and lecturers. You will support our group’s research ambitions by further strengthening its position in national and international networks, by consolidating established research lines as well as developing new lines of research. You will actively contribute to the excellent reputation and position of WUR in higher education through your active role in our current education programme and in the ongoing development of courses at bachelor, master and PhD level.
You will provide an encouraging working and learning environment for academics at different career stages. Strengthening the acquisition of external funding for research and recruiting the best new people at all levels are key elements of the chair holder’s responsibility. In addition to that, it is key to further improve the group’s successes in generating scientific and societal impact, and lead the group in the further development of an internationally competitive research profile in which you embed your own lines of research that are complementary to APS’ current research topics.
You are a scientist with broad interest and expertise that will strengthen and extend the future education and research of APS. Furthermore, you have demonstrated the capacity needed to become an internationally recognized leader in this field and to build multi-stakeholder networks in systems research and agri-food sustainability.
The closing date of the vacancy is August 8, 2021.
To read the full application and to submit your application download the job description below and visit the WUR vacancy website.