Senior Marine Ecologist, benthic and shellfish ecology
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As an experienced Senior Marine Ecologist at Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) in Yerseke, you will lead a team of dedicated researchers who are working together on a range of ecologically relevant issues of societal importance in the South-Western Delta.
As a Senior Marine Ecologist, specialized in benthic organisms and shellfish, you will use your knowledge and experience to carry out research in the South-Western Delta. You will lead a team of enthusiastic fellow ecologists with whom you will carry out research focusing on the effects of human activities such as fishing and sand replenishment, and the consequences of climate change on marine benthic fauna. You will contribute to nature conservation through the active restoration of shellfish beds in the North Sea and the Delta. You have an affinity for applied research and working in complex policy and stakeholder environments. You will initiate new research, including securing funding for it, and lead major projects.
Your duties and responsibilities include:
Your team
Based at WMR’s site in Yerseke, you will work alongside various project teams of differing compositions. As a project leader, you will provide substantive and project-related guidance to field staff, junior and mid-level researchers, enabling them to carry out their work efficiently and thoroughly.
You will work here
Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) is one of the nine institutes that form part of Wageningen Research. WMR is a leading, independent research institute with sites in Yerseke, IJmuiden and Den Helder, which focuses on strategic and applied marine ecological research. Products and services are delivered on a project basis and are diverse in nature: field research, realistic-scale experiments, exploratory laboratory-scale studies, data management and modelling. The institute has modern research facilities and is ISO 9001 certified.
Your area of work will primarily be the south-western Delta, but other parts of the Netherlands, such as the North Sea and the Wadden Sea, as well as international projects, are also possibilities.
As a Senior Marine Ecologist, specialized in benthic organisms and shellfish, you will use your knowledge and experience to carry out research in the South-Western Delta. You will lead a team of enthusiastic fellow ecologists with whom you will carry out research focusing on the effects of human activities such as fishing and sand replenishment, and the consequences of climate change on marine benthic fauna. You will contribute to nature conservation through the active restoration of shellfish beds in the North Sea and the Delta. You have an affinity for applied research and working in complex policy and stakeholder environments. You will initiate new research, including securing funding for it, and lead major projects.
Your duties and responsibilities include:
- to act as a leading figure in the field of benthic ecology in contacts with (potential) clients and the media;
- to manage and carry out large-scale and complex research projects;
- securing new research and drafting multidisciplinary research proposals;
- maintaining and expanding the national and international network in the field of delta- and benthic ecology and the restoration of shellfish beds;
- presenting the research findings to the business community, sector organizations, civil society organizations, government bodies and fellow scientists.
Your team
Based at WMR’s site in Yerseke, you will work alongside various project teams of differing compositions. As a project leader, you will provide substantive and project-related guidance to field staff, junior and mid-level researchers, enabling them to carry out their work efficiently and thoroughly.
You will work here
Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) is one of the nine institutes that form part of Wageningen Research. WMR is a leading, independent research institute with sites in Yerseke, IJmuiden and Den Helder, which focuses on strategic and applied marine ecological research. Products and services are delivered on a project basis and are diverse in nature: field research, realistic-scale experiments, exploratory laboratory-scale studies, data management and modelling. The institute has modern research facilities and is ISO 9001 certified.
Your area of work will primarily be the south-western Delta, but other parts of the Netherlands, such as the North Sea and the Wadden Sea, as well as international projects, are also possibilities.