Shellfish Researcher

Job Details

As a shellfish researcher and project leader, you combine scientific expertise, practical experience, and project management to coordinate shellfish stock assessments in the Dutch coastal and estuarine waters. You lead a multidisciplinary team, actively participate in fieldwork, and translate data into reliable policy advice, while implementing innovations that make monitoring more future-proof.

Your main tasks and responsibilities as researcher and project leader include:

• Coordinating and leading a medium-sized team and external partners in a project management role, while also taking part in fieldwork and data analysis.
• Planning, drafting, and contributing to protocols, reports, and advisory letters on shellfish monitoring.
• Communicating about scientific advice and context with policy officers from national and provincial governments.
• Managing and making survey data available, providing scientific guidance for studies using these data, analysing survey data yourself, and publishing your findings.
• Contributing to methodological and digital innovation, for example through the use of satellite imagery or automated image recognition.
• Carrying out project management tasks such as budgeting, annual reporting, work planning, and participating in coordination meetings with other WOT Fisheries project leaders.

Requirements

• A university degree and a PhD in a relevant field;
• In-depth (scientific) knowledge of shellfish ecology and its connections to (shellfish) fisheries;
• Scientific knowledge of benthic fauna monitoring, including statistical validation and the design of monitoring plans;
• Knowledge of and/or affinity with fisheries related to stock assessments;
• Good command of the Dutch and Englisch language (level C1).

Contact Information

For more information about the position, please contact Cas Wiebinga, Business Manager, via email: cas.wiebinga@wur.nl.

Questions about the procedure? Get in touch with Dax Teunissen, Corporate Recruiter, via recruitment.asg@wur.nl.

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