Administrative Assistant Cut Flowers and Potted Plants

In this position, you will collect and administer financial and sustainability data from agricultural businesses for the Business Information Network (BIN). You will maintain your own portfolio of businesses dealing in cut flowers and pot plants, supplemented with businesses from other horticultural sectors (e.g. greenhouse vegetables, flower bulbs or tree nurseries). You will also be responsible for managing relationships with these horticulturalists. You will therefore work closely with our BIN participants at one of our offices in the region: Alkmaar, The Hague, Drachten, Holten, Goes, Oisterwijk, Meijel or Wageningen.

You will also be responsible for relationship management with these entrepreneurs. That means working near our FADN participants from one of our regional offices: Alkmaar, The Hague, Drachten, Holten, Goes, Oisterwijk, Meijel, or Wageningen.

The Farm Accountancy Data Network (www.wur.nl/bedrijveninformatienet) is a network of approximately 1,500 agricultural and horticultural businesses, 100 trawlers and other fishing vessels, and 150 forestry companies. At Wageningen Social & Economic Research around 65 administrative assistants maintain this network.

The main tasks and activities as an administrative assistant for cut flowers and pot plants:

• collecting financial and sustainability data from a fixed group of FADN companies. You obtain this information from business administration records, digital sources (e.g., e-invoices), farm accountancy records, or by conducting surveys with the entrepreneurs. You then enter this data into a database and make it available to fellow researchers;
• maintaining relationships with FADN participants. You create an annual report for the entrepreneur that includes business results and key environmental indicators, and you produce a digital business comparison overview in MijnAgrimatie.nl. During your visit to the entrepreneur, you explain both reports and answer any questions. At the same time, you begin the data collection process for the new year. Each year, you also recruit a few new participants to the FADN to replace natural turnover. After your onboarding period, you will be on the road about one day per week in a full-time position.

More information about the structure of the FADN group and the regional teams can be found here: werkenbijBedrijveninformatienet. Want a preview of the role? Be sure to watch our company video: onze bedrijfsfilm.

• You have completed a degree in economics (MBO or HBO) or agricultural studies (MBO or HBO). The latter preferably supplemented with a diploma in modern business administration (MBA). Or you are willing to obtain an MBA degree, in which case we will reimburse the tuition fees.
• extensive knowledge and experience in operating a greenhouse horticulture business and/or companies in other horticultural sectors;
• a strong affinity with numbers, experience with digital accounting systems and/or financial automation processes, an accurate working style, and attention to detail.;
• the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with various colleagues and entrepreneurs;
• a valid category B driver’s license.
• Proficiency in Dutch is required for this position. If you do not speak and write Dutch at a sufficient level, unfortunately your application cannot be considered. Due to the high volume of English-language applications, we are unable to respond individually.

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• full-time or part-time employment (minimum 24 hours per week for this position).
• flexible working hours and the option for hybrid working.
• free use of public transportation for commuting up to 100 km one way.
• the option to accrue additional compensation hours by working more;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed December bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between € 3,231.- and € 4,374.- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 8).  If you do not fully meet the job requirements yet, you may be placed in salary scale 7 as a starting point.

As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.

Location: Alkmaar, Drachten, The Hague, Goes, Holten, Meijel, Oisterwijk, and Wageningen.

Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a multi-faceted position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland and with your work you have a clear and positive impact on society. At WUR we work on the most pressing challenges of our time, like climate change and feeding the world in a sustainable way. 

For more information about this position, please contact Anita van der Knijff, 070-3358181 or anita.vanderknijff@wur.nl.

For more information about the procedure, please contact Jouke van Oostenbrugge, Corporate recruiter, recruitment.ssg@wur.nl.

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We are continuously looking for qualified candidates, which is why this position is consistently open!

Procedure
As part of our selection process, an assessment may be incorporated within the procedure

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​The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

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