Administrative Assistant - Pig Farming

Your job

In this role, you will collect and manage sustainability data from dairy farms for the Agricultural Business Information Network (BIN). You will be responsible for a set of pig farms, complemented by farms from another agricultural sector (e.g., poultry, dairy, or arable farming). Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining relationships with these farmers. That’s why you’ll work closely with our BIN participants from one of our regional offices: Alkmaar, The Hague, Drachten, Holten, Goes, Oisterwijk, Meijel, or Wageningen.

The Agricultural Business Information Network (www.wur.eu/businessinformationnetwork) is a network of approximately 1,500 agricultural and horticultural companies, 100 fishing vessels and other ships, and 150 forestry businesses. At Wageningen Social & Economic Research, around 50 administrative staff maintain this network. The main tasks and responsibilities in this role include:

Collecting financial and sustainability data from a fixed group of BIN-participating companies. You collect this data from the farm's business administration or digitally (e.g., electronic invoices), derive it from the accounting records provided by their accountants, or by conducting questionnaires with the entrepreneurs. You record the collected data in a database and make it available for internal researchers.

Maintaining relationships with BIN participants. For each entrepreneur, you compile an annual report with the business results and key environmental indicators, and create a digital comparative business overview via MijnAgrimatie.nl. During your visit to the entrepreneur, you explain these reports and answer any questions. At the same time, you initiate the data collection for the new year. Each year, you also recruit a few new participants to compensate for natural turnover. After your onboarding period and in a full-time role, you will spend approximately one day per week visiting farms.

For more information about the organization of the BIN group and the regional teams, visit: werkenbijBedrijveninformatienet. To get a direct impression of this role, be sure to watch our corporate video.

Your qualities

• You have a completed (agricultural) business or economic education (MBO or HBO level), or an agricultural education (MBO or HBO), preferably supplemented with a diploma in modern business administration (MBA). If you do not yet have this diploma, you must be willing to obtain it — we will cover the training costs.
• You have substantial knowledge and experience with pig farming operations and/or businesses in other agricultural sectors.
• You are numerically strong, experienced with digital accounting systems and/or financial automation processes, work accurately, and have an eye for detail.
• You can work well independently as well as collaborate with various colleagues and entrepreneurs.
• You possess 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.

We offer you

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent employment conditions. A few highlights from our collective labor agreement (CAO):

• Full-time or part-time work options (minimum 24 hours per week for this position), flexible hours, and hybrid work options.
• Free use of public transportation for commuting up to 100 km one way.
• Home office setup reimbursement scheme.
• Generous opportunities for training and education.
• Sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave.
• A guaranteed year-end bonus of 8.3%.
• Excellent pension scheme via ABP.
• Discounted sports facilities on the Wageningen campus.

You will also receive a competitive salary appropriate for the responsibilities of this role. Depending on your experience, the salary ranges from € 3,231 to € 4,374 gross per month based on a full-time work week (36 hours), in accordance with scale 8 of the Wageningen Research CAO. If you do not fully meet the job requirements yet, scale 7 may apply as a starting scale.

The initial contract will be for one year. If the organizational and economic conditions allow, and your performance is satisfactory, the contract can be extended. We’d be happy to discuss this further in an interview.

Work Locations
Alkmaar, Drachten, The Hague, Goes, Holten, Meijel, Oisterwijk, Wageningen.

Do you want more information?

For more information about this position, please contact Anita van der Knijff (Team Leader, BIN Expertise Group) via +31 (0)70-3358181 or anita.vanderknijff@wur.nl.

For questions about the application process, please contact Jouke van Oostenbrugge, Corporate Recruiter, via recruitment.ssg@wur.nl.

We are continuously looking for strong candidates, so this position is open on an ongoing basis.

Want to Apply?
You can apply directly via the application button in the vacancy on our website, so we can process your personal data with your consent. Only applications submitted via this route will be considered.

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The mission of Wageningen University & Research is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’.

We pursue this mission through a synergistic approach between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation (applied research). Our research focuses on questions within the domains of food, living environment, and society. With approximately 30 locations, 7,700 staff members, 2,500 PhD candidates, and over 13,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is among the world’s leading knowledge institutions in its domain. The integral approach to challenges and the collaboration across various disciplines form the core of the unique Wageningen approach.

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