Wageningen University & Research offers excellent
employment conditions. Highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
- Working hours that can be agreed in consultation, allowing for an optimal work-life balance.
- The possibility of building up extra compensation hours by working more, up to a maximum of 40 hours per week.
- Sabbatical leave, study leave and partly paid parental leave.
- A strong focus on vitality; you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for an attractive price.
- An 8.3% fixed end-of-year bonus.
- An excellent ABP pension scheme.
In addition to these excellent fringe benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. Depending on your experience, we are offering a competitive minimum salary of €3,088 to a maximum of €5,737 (scale 10-11 of the Collective Labour Agreement for Wageningen Research). Additionally, a part-time contract for 0.8 FTE may be possible in consultation. We will offer you a year’s contract, with the intention of converting this into a contract for an indefinite period.
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 unique 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 at a university that has been chosen as the “
Best University” in the Netherlands for the 19th consecutive time.
Coming from abroad Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family.
Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's
International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example helping your partner to find a job, housing, or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.