Are you the coordinator with strong organizational skills, who wants to join our content team? Are you ready to support our teachers and other team members in developing our new hybrid course about: Biobased Materials for Future Proof Design? Then this could be the ideal project for you! We are looking for a Junior Projectmanager Sustainable Textiles, starting September 1st 2022 till April 1st 2023 for 32 hours a week!

Circular Fashion Lab , Wageningen University & Research has developed a Circular Fashion MOOC and will expand on the existing course material. The new course will be a collaboration with ArtEZ University of the Arts and other external experts. Currently we are looking for a Junior Projectmanager Sustainable Textiles to help the development of the course. You will help the content team in preparing, designing, developing and elaborating material for the course. Moreover, you operate as a linking pin with the production team.

Primary tasks
Your main responsibilities are:

• to assist the content team in writing a blueprint and module outlines for the course;
• to safeguard the consistency between course parts developed by different teachers, e.g. in look-and-feel, organization and terminology;
• to coordinate the planning with the production team, guard the production timeline and remind teachers of deadlines (coming up or overdue);
• to keep the production board up-to-date;
• to organize bilateral and plenary meetings with the teachers (set date, book a room, prepare agenda, take notes);
• to assist teachers in booking the studio.

Additional tasks

• find articles or other background materials upon the teachers' suggestions;
• collect or create images to be used in the slides for the videos or as illustrations with texts and assignments;
• check if all copyrights are cleared for images and articles that the teachers wish to use;
• together with the Instructional Designer, give feedback to teachers on draft materials (video scripts, texts and assignments);
• write 'glue texts' connecting different parts of the course, e.g. introduction sentences to each video;
• process text edits proposed by our native speaker;
• attend the production day and production stand-up meetings.

• you have recently completed a Master's degree, preferably from Biobased Science or a related field;
• proven experience in project management;
• you have excellent organizational skills, and a keen eye for detail;
• you are able to perform under pressure and work with deadlines;
• proficient in English, level C1.

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• the option to accrue additional compensation hours by working more, up to 40 hours per week;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed December bonus of 4%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between €2.574,- and €3.392,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 7).

Please note, that due to Dutch Immigration Law, you will not be able to obtain a working permit if you are not an EU citizen. Applications for this position from outside EU will therefore not be taken into account.

Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a multi-faceted position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees. Applicants from abroad moving to the Netherlands may qualify for a special tax relief, known as the 30% ruling. Our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family.

Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about helping your partner to find a job, housing, schooling, and other issues.

Wageningen University & Research

The mission of Wageningen University and Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.

With its roughly 30 branches, 7.200 employees and 13.200 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of Wageningen's unique approach. WUR has been named Best Employer in the Education category for 2019-2020.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch this video to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.