Who are you?

• You have a(-n almost) completed Master degree in computer science, data science or another related field, with knowledge and experience of relevant artificial intelligence and data science technologies.
• You are curious, investigative and dare to make mistakes in order to come to the right conclusion. You are enthusiastic and motivated to contribute to a sustainable diet.
• You are flexible in your working method, which is reflected in a perseverance to achieve your results. You dare to enter into a conversation to get the goal sharp and you are a critical counter thinker.

You also take this with you:

• You are enthusiastic, flexible and motivated to advance and contribute to the objectives of the BIGFOOD project.
• You can cooperate well with other disciplines and partners and you are willing to take initiative.
• You come up with new solutions, ideas and perspectives. You enjoy approaching complex issues from different angles.
• You are proficient in English both orally and in writing and you know how to write scientific publications in English. Speaking the Dutch language is an advantage and if you cannot, you are willing to learn it.

These are your strengths:

• Analysing
• Creativity
• To collaborate
• Judgment formation
• Self-development

RIVM Committed to health and sustainability

Fixed-term contract: 4 years.

• Salarisomschrijving: The salary corresponds to the OIO salary scale according to the working conditions.
• You will be employed on the basis of a 36-hour week. The appointment is temporary for the duration of 4 years. Your salary: € 2.817,- (per April 1st 2023; 2.902,-) gross per month (based on 36 hours a week) in the first year, ascending to € 3.503,- (per April 1st 2023; € 3.608,-) gross per month in the fourth year .
• In addition the RIVM has many attractive employee-conditions, such as personal development, study facilities, an individual employee conditions choice system (IKB) and a commuter’s allowance (based on public transport).
• Dienstverband: Arbeidsovereenkomst voor bepaalde tijd
• Contractduur: 48 months
• Minimaal aantal uren per week: 36
• Maximaal aantal uren per week: 36

Overige arbeidsvoorwaarden

In addition to the salary, you will receive an Individual Choice Budget (IKB). The IKB consists of money (16.37% of your gross annual salary) and time. With the IKB you make the choices that suit you and you can put together part of your employment conditions yourself. For example, you can choose to have part of your monthly income paid out whenever you wish. You can also convert this budget into leave and vice versa or spend it on tax-friendly goals. The Dutch government is strongly committed to personal growth and career development and offers numerous opportunities for this. The secondary employment conditions include various study facilities, company fitness, full reimbursement of your public transport travel expenses commuting and partially paid parental leave.

The BIGFOOD project team

Description of the team / work culture

The BIGFOOD project team consists of about fifteen colleagues from different RIVM departments.

The Nutrition and Health department is your home base and has over thirty colleagues. The atmosphere in this department is cosy, relaxed, cooperative and helpful. In the department we research a range of policy interventions for sustainable(er) and healthier food supply and food consumption. We make a major contribution to the successful design, introduction and monitoring of product improvement, Nutri-Score and determining the “Carbon footprint” of foods. With a variety of data and techniques, we make 'everything you always wanted to know' about food and food consumption transparent for everyone. With up-to-date data on food consumption, we can respond flexibly to policy questions in the field of food safety, health and sustainability. The Food Consumption Surveys enjoy national and international prestige.

Your PhD study project will be conducted at Wageningen University. The mission of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) 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. WUR has the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and the university has been chosen as the “ Best University ” in the Netherlands for the 18th consecutive time.

Would you like to work on your PhD at RIVM? Then apply via the application button. Send your application to Marga Ocké.

We would like to receive a resume and motivation letter. In the motivation letter we would also like to read what your affinity with the subject of "sustainable, healthy and safe food is". If you have any questions about this vacancy, you can contact Marga from March 6th on by telephone on +31 65 20 96 988 or by e-mail at marga.ocke@rivm.nl.

The first interviews will take place in the week of March 27th, second interview will take place in the week of April 3rd.

After the closing date, the vacancy text will no longer be visible online. We therefore recommend that you download and save the text after you have applied.

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