Sustainability Officer - Hubrecht Institute - Utrecht
Location: Utrecht
Max hours per week: 22,80
Max salary: €4.103
Duration of agreement: 1 year
Apply until: 06/01/2024
What you will be doing
The Hubrecht Sustainable Research Officer will be tasked with designing a comprehensive sustainability plan for the laboratory activities of the institute with short- and long-term goals, grounded in analytics, that can achieve the envisioned degree of CO2 reduction, and reduce resource use and costs.
Task include:
- Coordinate efforts to estimate carbon footprints of a wide range of research activities at the institute, and investigate potential ways to reduce those footprints
- Together with facility heads and the board design an ambitious plan to reduce our institute’s research carbon footprint
- Pro-actively connect with the relevant local (USP), national and international community to learn about best practices in sustainability in lab environments
- Initiate and manage green science projects, challenges and campaigns within the Institute
- Represent the Hubrecht and take active part in wider green science community at the USP and in the Netherlands (e.g. as contact person for Green labs NL)
- Chair the Hubrecht Green Team
- Coordinate the LEAF-program for sustainable science in the Hubrecht
- Be the central point for green science communication
- Systematically review set goals for sustainable research with the board and sharpen goals based on new insights and developments
What you will be contributing
The ideal candidate:
- Is passionate about sustainability and has experience in leading sustainability programs
- Preferably has experience with research lab environments
- Has a constructive attitude: listens to opinions and ideas of internal and external parties and aims to get everyone on board with sustainable science goals and actions
- Has an analytical mind to critically review numbers and datasets
- Has demonstrable project management skills
- Can communicate well
What do we offer?
A challenging and independent 0.4-0.6 fte position in an exciting environment, where you get opportunities to prioritize and develop your own goals. The position is initially for 1 year (with intermediate evaluation at 3-6-9 months) with possibility to extend and/or elaborate depending on progress and follow-up actions. You will report directly to the board in the form of regular progress and feedback meetings.
More information
Please contact: Prof. dr. Geert J.P.L. Kops, Director, g.kops@hubrecht.eu & 030-2121800.
About the Hubrecht Institute
The Hubrecht Institute is a research institute focusing on developmental and stem cell biology. At the institute, more than 20 research groups perform fundamental and multidisciplinary research, both in healthy systems and disease models. The Hubrecht Institute is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and is located on the Utrecht Science Park ‘De Uithof’. Since 2008, the institute has been affiliated with the University Medical Center Utrecht, advancing the translation of research into clinical practice. The Hubrecht Institute has a partnership with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
Terms of employment
Depending on education and experience the minimum salary is €3.072 and the maximum salary is €4.103 gross per month for a full-time appointment (scale 8 cao Nederlandse Universiteiten/KNAW). This is exclusive of 8% vacation allowance, 8.3% year-end bonus, travel allowance, internet allowance, home working allowance and pension accrual with ABP.
The KNAW offers its staff an excellent package of secondary benefits. A package that meets the different needs of employees depending on their stage of life, lifestyle or career ambitions. For example, by working an extra two hours a week, it is possible to increase the number of days off from 29 to 41 days a year (with full-time employment).
For a complete overview of the terms of employment, please refer to the web page: werken bij de KNAW.
Applying for a Certificate of Good Conduct can be part of the employment procedure.
Diversity & Inclusion
The KNAW considers a working environment in which everyone feels welcome and appreciated of great importance. A working environment in which attention is paid to individual quality and where development opportunities are paramount. Together we strive for an inclusive culture in which we embrace differences. We would therefore like to invite candidates who want to contribute to this through their background and experience. In the event of equal suitability, preference will be given to the candidate who thus enhances diversity within the Academy.
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