Your capabilities
- You have a master degree. We focus on what drives you, not your degree. Applicants with a bachelor's degree who have experience in the position can also participate. Students graduating in 2024 can 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 good knowledge of project management
- You are fluent in English
Personal competences
- You take responsibility for assigned tasks and can shift gears quickly
- You are a good communicator and connector
- You are a strong team player. Your task requires working together with different colleagues at ILVO and with international partners
- You can ensure that people work together to achieve the desired results in the required timeframe
- You are strong in planning and organization .
Plus points
- You have experience in agriculture, food and digitalization
- You have basic knowledge of European projects
- You have experience in project management and/or communication management
- You have experience in research and literature studies
- You have experience in project reporting
- You are in possession of a driving license B.
We offer
We offer you a open-ended contract 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.
In the Technology and Nutrition - AgriFood Technology department, the focus is on developing, testing and validating new technologies in agricultural, horticultural and fishery applications with the aim of making the agricultural sector more sustainable. The focus within this team is on digitalization. Indeed, the agricultural sector is bulging with data generated by all kinds of sensors, technologies, connected machines and data-driven applications. The useful use of this data and converting it into usable knowledge and information leads to better advice, less administration, efficiency gains, more climate-friendly production, more sustainable use of raw materials, support for the promotion of sustainable and healthy food for consumers, etc. Major benefits for farmers and horticulturists, but also for the many agri-food companies and consumers. ILVO is therefore strongly committed to the valorization of agro-food data through concrete advice and support to the entire sector, through applied demonstrations, through the expansion of the data-sharing platform DjustConnect and through data-driven research and innovation projects in Flanders and in Europe. All facets of digitization, data and data sharing are covered - from increasing involvement and adoption of farmers and horticulturists, to supporting companies in the development of their digital strategy, to future-oriented research on European agricultural dataspace.
The team that develops, coordinates and implements these projects is looking for an additional project support person. You will perform your job in close collaboration with the senior project managers and other team members. The person will initially start working on 2 ongoing projects. On the one hand ICT-AGRI-FOOD (https://www.ictagrifood.eu/), a European research and innovation program focusing on the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in the agriculture and food sector. And on the other hand, FoodDataQuest (link), a research project on data-driven innovation around the future of food, healthier communities and a healthier planet. Both projects include both coordination and research tasks. Good collaboration skills are a necessity, but you are also expected to complete tasks independently. Variety is guaranteed. Within each project, tasks and responsibilities are divided according to experience, talent, motivation and feasibility. This gives you opportunities to use and further develop your competencies, but also to develop new talents. Besides the specific tasks, you will also actively contribute to the progress of an entire project. Within the framework of the projects, workshops and events are regularly organized, where you help with the preparation and smooth running of them, including communication. You will initiate discussions with international partners, companies, farmers and other knowledge institutions to work out digital pathways together. This position will require occasional business travel.
What does your job looks like?
- Communicate with project partners to ensure the proper execution of the project
- Communication tasks: gathering information, creating newsletters, maintaining website, analyzing and communicating (research) results, writing reports,...
- Follow up the planning of the project
- Prepare, follow up, lead and report on the meetings with the European partners. Usually these are online, but at least once a year also live.
- Help think strategically about the project's challenges and next steps.
- Help monitor and apply the project's code of ethics.
- Help update the ICT-AGRI_FOOD strategic research and innovation agenda.
- Follow up and co-author the timely and qualitative submission of deliverables (results) and reporting
