Postdoc: Upscaling and co-creating narratives in saline environments

In this interesting postdoc position, through co-creative methods you will improve understanding and application of saline agriculture as a nature-based solution bringing biodiversity and human well-being together in saline landscapes. Using environmental policy analysis and economics, you will conduct research activities in our SaltyBEATS project, funded by Biodiversa+ under the call “Nature-Based Solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change (BiodivNBS)”. You will work at IVM Environmental Policy Analysis Department

Your duties

• you will organise farmer need assessment
• you will conduct ecosystem services mapping in at least two countries
• you will develop a Virtual Reality game on salinity and biodiversity
• you will create future scenarios taking into account project outcomes and needs of policy makers and impact investors
• you will assist in participatory biodiversity monitoring with a farmer in the Netherlands
• you will collect data with natural science colleagues for evaluating plant and insect diversity and assessing soil characteristics in natural and agricultural saline environments

Requirements:

• you have a PhD degree in environmental social science, or a closely related field (or you are very near to completing your PhD)
• you have experience with qualitative and participatory approaches for interviews and stakeholder meetings
• you have a strong interest in nature-based solutions and saline environments
• it is an advantage if you speak some Dutch

We realise that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise and mindset. Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not fully meet all the requirements.

Salary Benefits:

An exciting postdoc position in a socially-engaged organisation with a supportive project team and an active early-career scientist community. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

• a salary of minimum € 3.378,00 (Scale 10.0) and maximum € 5.331,00 (Scale 10.12) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Researcher 4. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
• a position for 0.8 FTE. Your employment contract will initially start with a 1-year contract with the possibility to extend with another 2 years.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• solid pension scheme (ABP)
• contribution to commuting expenses
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

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