Within the department of Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Animal studies of Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), we seek a veterinary epidemiologist/risk assessor to contribute to and take the lead in multidisciplinary projects in a veterinary and One Health context. The core of our work concerns assessing risks of infectious diseases in animals, including zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance, as well as quantifying the effects of envisioned intervention policies.

As a veterinary epidemiologist/risk assessor you will:

• Contribute with your veterinary and epidemiological skills to ongoing projects on understanding and controlling infectious diseases including zoonoses.
• Analyse complex research questions by combining your veterinary and quantitative epidemiological skills.
• Employ your veterinary and epidemiological expertise to become actively involved in and/or manage (inter)national multidisciplinary projects.
• Develop and apply quantitative risk assessment and statistical models.
• Pro-actively seek to initiate new research projects to a degree matching your seniority and experience.
• Contribute to maintaining and extending our (inter)national network of clients and peers.
• Communicate research findings through reports, peer-reviewed publications and presentations.

We seek a candidate with:

• Academic training in veterinary medicine, life sciences or natural sciences, completed with a PhD degree.
• Experience in quantitative research in Veterinary Science or Public Health.
• Experience in statistical and/or quantitative risk assessment modelling.
• Proven interest in veterinary-epidemiological research, a research background showing scientific creativity and the ability to incorporate quantitative methods to address research questions.
• Good analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a project driven environment; experience in project management is a plus.
• Good communication skills, including communicating results in spoken and written form in English.

an inspiring and dynamic working environment with a modern benefits package. The salary indication depends on your work experience and background, you are classified in scale 10 or 11 in accordance with the CAO, a maximum of € 5183 gross per month based on a full-time employment of 36 hours per week. Initially, this concerns a fixed-term employment of 1 year for 32-36 hours per week, with the option of extension and the option of permanent employment. The place of employment is Lelystad in the Netherlands.

We also offer:

• A holiday allowance of 8%;
• a fixed year-end bonus of 3%;
• excellent training opportunities and fringe benefits;
• an excellent pension scheme via ABP;
• 171 vacation hours, the opportunity to buy additional and good additional leave arrangements;
• a choice model to compile part of your employment conditions yourself, such as a bicycle plan or an addition to travel costs.

Wageningen University & Research stimulates internal career opportunities and mobility with an active internal recruitment policy. There are ample opportunities for personal initiatives in a learning environment.

Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen Bioveterinary Reserach (WBVR) is the Dutch national reference laboratory for notifiable animal diseases and a contract research organisation for various partners nationally and internationally. Our mission is safeguarding animal and human health through bio-veterinary research. With a team of 12 colleagues, the research of the Epidemiology group focuses on the following topics: design of surveillance systems for endemic and epidemic pathogens; assessment of infection and transmission risks; assessment of disease prevention and control strategies; designing, conducting and analysing transmission experiments; analysis of field data; evaluation of diagnostic tests; epidemiological consultancy. A wide variety of disciplines, including population biology, veterinary epidemiology, veterinary medicine, animal production, physics and mathematics are represented in the team and used to carry out both specialised and multidisciplinary projects. Our expertise is complemented by that of in-house bacteriologists, virologists and bio-informaticians, with whom the group maintains close ties and co-manages joint projects. Co-operation with other scientific disciplines within and outside Wageningen UR allows for an integrated analysis of animal disease control in which also social acceptability and economic aspects are taken into account.