Wageningen Universtity & Research has an opening for a highly motivated and enthusiastic leader who will further develop our Sharing Research Facilities. You will be operating at academic level with a mentoring leadership style in the position of

Programme Manager Shared Research Facilities

Your job will be diverse in nature and act primarily on the strategic-tactical level, yet extends to the operational level. Advanced research facilities form an essential part of the strategy of our Wageningen University & Research (WUR). We craft solutions that have impact on the world's challenges to secure healthy food and living conditions. We open up and share these facilities with our research partners, and have developed an SRF-fund and programme since 2010, both of which will be enhanced under the current strategic plan 2019-2022. In order to further stimulate collaboration on a regional (innovation ecosystem) and national scale, we will invest in novel R&D infrastructure by extending our SRF-program.
We seek the leader to realise this development together with the Shared Research Facilities (SRF) team and many partners.

You will act as the figurehead of SRF and you are first point of contact for all stakeholders like companies in FoodValley, the national incubator StartLife and startups, the province of Gelderland, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs a.o. Reporting to the director Value Creation directly you will support and work closely together with the chairs of the SRF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and Steering Group. You will lead the programme within the Campus & Facilities team, 7 strong plus a few part-time colleagues, both strategically and hands on.

• you will manage and lead by example and coach the team to a result oriented organisation with keeping the goals, timing and joint effort in focus
• you will guide the implementation of the new proactive strategy at WUR on high end research facilities, including alignment of applications with internal and external funding sources for Wageningen University and Wageningen Research
• you will run and monitor the further development of SRF externally, by improving the links with the innovation ecosystem on the Campus and beyond, including securing the continuation of the SRF-fund with new subsidies.
• Internally, you will align and guide all internal partners towards the new strategic aims on our research facilities, including professors/senior researchers, business unit managers, business developers, WUR-Facilities & Services, management of the Science Groups, finance & control, and the Executive Board; to assure SRF development in line with the vision for our University and Wageningen Campus.

Furthermore

• you have at least 8-10 years relevant work experience
• you have a sound understanding of the business environment at management level
• you are skillful in business administration & finance
• your level of speaking and writing English and Dutch is impeccable.
• you have excellent interpersonal skills and you are able to represent WUR externally on different levels.
• you have proven organisational skills in the alignment of different interests and stakeholders, affinity with stimulating open innovation as well as programme management.
• you are experienced in the interplay between public and private partners in regional development. Insight in the research domain is self-evident.
• you are a team player and you operate dedicatedly with a customer focus and result orientation.
• A PhD/hands on research experience should be a very interesting advantage

Due to the nature of the work flexibility and coping with pressure are key. A deep understanding of the key role that high end research equipment and facilities play in the positioning of chair groups, research institutes, campuses and science parks is essential.

The position is directly available as a permanent position with a temporary first assignment for one year. Salary is based on the Central Labour Agreement of the Foundation Wageningen Research and is open at scale 13 (based on 36 hrs), depending on your experience. An appointment of 4 working days per week or 40 hours a week compensated with holidays is negotiable.
In addition we offer:

• 8% holiday allowance
• A fixed-year allowance of 3%
• Excellent training opportunities and secondary working conditions
• Flexible working hours and vacations can in consultation with colleagues be determined so that an optimal balance between work and private is possible
• Excellent pension scheme via ABP;

Wageningen University & Research

We provide researchers the opportunity to use the advanced research equipment of our university and companies/institutes on Wageningen Campus. We are open to all researchers from universities, research institutes and companies. At SRF there is both a fund to invest in new R&D infrastructure, funded with public money, and a drive to enhance R&D collaboration within the innovation ecosystem on the Campus by offering access to facilities. The management of sharing research facilities is embedded in the Campus & Facilities team, organising Wageningen Campus in a broader sense, and part of the corporate Value Creation team of WUR. We want our operations, campus and infrastructure to be optimally organised for future success in education, research and value creation. A pleasant working and study environment stimulates success and collaboration.

The Campus & Facilities team enriches the campus as a dynamic meeting place for scientists and researchers, several research organisations, established entrepreneurs, start-ups, R&D centres of (inter)national companies and students all working in the field of agro technology and food production, health and nutrition, biobased economy, and balanced living environment. For additional information see our website on https://www.wur.nl/en/Value-Creation-Cooperation/Facilities/Wageningen-Shared-Research-Facilities.htm or https://www.wageningencampus.nl/en/campus.htm.

Wageningen University and Research centre is delivering a substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus - each and every single day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search for answers to issues affecting society - such as sustainable food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don't do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on turning ideas into reality, on a global scale.

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