The Ecosystem Services Partnership

Researcher ecosystem services analysis (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) Download the vacancie here. We ask You have at least an MSc degree in a discipline relevant to Environmental Systems Analysis. You have a few years of experience in ecosystem services assessment and valuation. Interest in or, preferably, experience with database development is an advantage. We offer The ESA group has a vacancy for a Researcher in integrated assessment and valuation of ecosystem services. The vacancy is part of several long-term projects aimed at the development of an Integrated Assessment framework for ecosystem services as a tool for multi-functional sustainable land use planning, management and decision-making. 1) An EU-funded project (ODEMM 2010-2013) in which you investigate the costs and benefits of the effects of management options on ecosystem services in marine systems 2) Within the WUR Speerpunt Ecosystem & Landscape Services (SELS) you will contribute to the development of a database on biophysical and economic indicators to quantify and model ecosystem services under different management options (co-funded by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment agency). This vacancy is at Wageningen University. According to our collective labor agreement we offer a temporary appointment for 1 year. It is possible to extend the period of employment with another 2 years. Working hours between 32 and 38. Salary scale 11, gross salary between € 3195,= and € 4374,= a month based on fulltime position, dependent on experience and expertise. Information: For further information please regarding the content of this function, please contact Dr. R.S. de Groot. Tel: +31 317 482247. email: dolf.degroot@wur.nl Who we are The department of Environmental Sciences of Wageningen University provides fundamental research and academic education on our living environment: nature, landscape, land usage, adaptation to climate change, water and ocean management, and the various competing claims on space. This also includes biodiversity and the sustainability of management and production. Wageningen University is part of the Wageningen University and Research Centre concern. Wageningen University and Research centre Delivering a substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus – each and every day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search for answers to issues affecting society – such as sustainable food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don’t do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on ‘the quality of life’, turning ideas into reality, on a global scale. Could you be one of these people? We give you the space you need. For further information about working at Wageningen UR, take a look at www.jobsat.wur.nl.