Your capabilities
- You have a master degree in a graduate program with a field related to agriculture, animal welfare, precision livestock farming or equivalent. Candidates with doctoral degrees are also welcome to apply. Students who will graduate in 2024 may also apply If you have a foreign diploma, we ask you to obtain equivalence recognition. You can apply for this at NARIC Vlaanderen
- You have previous research experience, from setting up experiments to publishing articles.
- You have experience with data analysis and programming languages such as R or Python.
- You have a good oral and written knowledge of English.
We offer
We offer you an open-ended contract (with minimum guaranteed financing for 8 months) with a competitive salary based on your degree. You will be recruited in the salary scale A165 or A166 (depending on your degree). You can make a gross and net calculation of your monthly salary, a holiday bonus and your end-of-year allowance via Salarissimulator | Vlaanderen.be (note, do not use the new salary simulator). Relevant experience can be considered for financial seniority.
You get a varied, challenging and socially relevant job in a dynamic environment with attractive working conditions and development opportunities. Hybrid work is possible if the position allows it.
Additional: Hospitalization and group (life) insurance, commuting allowance (bicycle – public
transport), meal vouchers (8 €/day) and option to lease a bicycle. A total of 35 paid vacation days based on last year's performance (private scheme). An additional week of holidays are given between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
The agrofood technology group of ILVO works in European projects on the development, demonstration and validation of innovations around data, digitalization, artificial intelligence, etc. All of this is aimed at sustainable agriculture and food. A specific research line is focused on precision livestock farming, where sensor technologies and algorithms are developed to help better manage livestock and ensure good health and welfare of each individual animal.
