We are looking for a new colleague for the Innovation & Valorisation team who combines programme management activities with research coordination and doing research in the field of water and circular economy.

Your profile

• Do you have and can you apply an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective on water research?
• Are you able to recognise strategic opportunities for KWR and the water sector?
• Are you able to  connect actual water problems to solution-oriented knowledge packages, and can you translate these into projects with partners in The Netherlands and worldwide?

Then we are looking forward to meeting you!

This position offers you an attractive combination of programme management, knowledge sharing activities and applied research. You will identify relevant partners for KWR, create new connections, and involve them in our activities, formulate research questions and translate these into actual research projects. Together with colleagues you work for some of our large research programmes we coordinate with and for parties in the Dutch-Flemish and international water sector. This way you will actively contribute to the ambitions of KWR, extend our network, and create impact from research. Furthermore you will be involved in inter- and transdisciplinary research projects as a researcher. You will engage in these projects on the basis of your own water research specialisation and with the proven ability to cross borders of your own scientific discipline and the applied scientific community.

• You have programme management skills;
• You have experience in realising collaborations, preferably in a knowledge-driven environment;
• You have relevant research experience in the field of water and circular economy;
• You are an enthusiastic, creative and result-driven team player;
• You have the ability to translate knowledge into practical solutions;
• You have excellent professional skills to represent KWR, e.g. strong communication skills, organisationally sensitive, decisive, diplomatic, humour, courage, energetic and passionate;
• You are involved in national and international networks;
• You have demonstrated these competences, skills and abilities for a period of at least 3-5 years.

For a socially relevant position, in which you work as part of an enthusiastic team and make an important contribution to the international water cycle, KWR is the place to be. We value personal growth, career development and a good balance between work and private life. KWR offers an excellent salary and benefits and is a member of the CAO (Collective Labour Agreement) for the Water Sector (Flexible Working Conditions Budget). In addition to a salary that is commensurate with the market we offer excellent study and leave facilities and a pension scheme run by the ABP.

KWR

Safe and clean drinking water is a valuable resource. As an internationally renowned research institute KWR contributes to the availability of this resource through applied scientific research in the area of the water cycle. ‘Bridging science to practice’ is our mission. Our 175 employees are divided into three knowledge groups and work on innovative projects in the Netherlands, Europe and around the World. KWR is owned by Dutch and Flemish water companies.

Team Innovation & Valorisation

Within the Knowledge Management Group, the Innovation & Valorisation team initiates and coordinates research and innovation in the water sector, and creates value from knowledge. We do this within national and international networks, and in projects and programmes on contemporary water cycle themes, together with actors from research, industry and society.

To improve the valorisation of this research, we also study how one can best transfer knowledge and stimulate innovation. We manage Watershare, an international collaboration in which experts from leading knowledge institutes worldwide share and implement knowledge and practical expertise. Within our team you will initiate, set up and manage projects and work on a diversity of challenging topics related to e.g. the circular economy.