Wageningen University is looking for an innovative, dynamic and inspiring scholar to lead the Resource Ecology Chair Group at Wageningen University & Research (0.8-1.0 fte).

The Resource Ecology Group (REG) at Wageningen University and Research (WUR) leads research and education in the field of wildlife ecology and conservation in both natural and human-dominated areas. It works on understanding how changing environments affect wildlife densities, distributions, and interactions. Focus is on changes in food availability, predators, pathogens, land use, and climate, and how this affects evolutionary fitness and ecological resilience. The group embraces observational, comparative, experimental, and theoretical studies, which typically have a large field component. Furthermore, the group works at the forefront of integrating advancements in sensor technology and big data analytics to track animals, measure physiological parameters, quantify population dynamics, and monitor ecological resilience. The level of integration of systems under investigation range from individual to ecosystem level. Besides a fundamental research approach the group also works on the application of acquired fundamental knowledge to advance wildlife conservation and other fields including agriculture, forestry, spatial land use planning, and public health.

As head of the Resource Ecology Group, you will strengthen the Chair Group's innovative research and education programme, and effectively and constructively manage the Chair Group's internal processes. You will ensure the Group continues to grow into a supportive working environment for a diverse group of young and established academics. Strengthening the acquisition of external funding for research and attracting PhD candidates are key elements of your responsibility. You will further strengthen the profile of the Chair Group in national and international networks, and you will further enhance the groups successes in generating impact both within and outside academia.

As a successful candidate you:

• Have a PhD degree with a shown international scientific track record in the field of wildlife and conservation ecology, or a closely related field;
• Have a clear vision on future research and education in wildlife and conservation ecology, and how this can contribute to sustainable use of our planet's resources, a main goal of WUR.
• Have demonstrated management, leadership and coaching skills which are inspiring, unifying and reflective, develop synergy and supports people to achieve scientific excellence.
• Are an inspiring teacher, supervisor and mentor for students of diverse backgrounds, with the ability to develop courses at BSc, MSc and PhD level, developing and adopting innovate teaching methods;
• Have a strong international scientific network and are able to interact with professionals and societal partners in the development of research and education within and outside Wageningen University and Research.
• Have demonstrated the capacity of acquiring and leading externally-funded research projects and programmes.

You will be working for an inspiring international organisation with a large number of interdisciplinary projects all over the world. The scientific quality of Wageningen University is affirmed by the prominent position we occupy in international rankings and citation indexes. We offer you a challenging position as full professor and Chair Resource Ecology. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a number of additional benefits, such as an end-of-year- extra month's salary, a holiday allowance and a pension plan with the Dutch pension fund for government and education. For detailed information about the remuneration package feel free to contact Jacqueline Huisman MSc, Sr Recruiter a.i. +31 (0) 621 563413.

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research

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Resource Ecology Chair Group
The group is composed of eight tenured and tenure-track scientific staff, two lecturers, one research and teaching assistant, one secretary, and one administrator, two postdocs and 16 PhD students. The chair group is part of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University. The department provides research and academic education on our living environment: nature, landscape, land use, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, water management, and the various competing claims on space.

With its emphasis on wildlife ecology and terrestrial environments, the group is unique in Wageningen but at the same time well positioned to collaborate with the other ecologically oriented chair groups (e.g., Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group (FEM), Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN), Behavioural Ecology Group (BHE) and Marine Animal Ecology (MAE)). The group also collaborates closely with other organisations, including the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).

Research and PhD training primarily is embedded within the Graduate School Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC) and partly the Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences (WIAS). All tenured and tenure-track staff also member of PE&RC or WIAS.