TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECT MANAGER - FUTURES FOR FOOD

(ref. BAP-2022-37)

Laatst aangepast : 24/01/2022

Overview: The KU Leuven Institute for the Future (IF) is looking for a Transdisciplinary Project Manager to support its transdisciplinary activities in the context of the project "FUTURES4FOOD (F4F) - Connecting futures and stakeholders of food systems by designing effective transition trajectories". IF is a growing research incubator that supports, catalyzes and accelerates transdisciplinary research at KU Leuven, developing innovative, alternative solutions, scenarios, policies and/or transition thinking for current and future societal and global challenges. IF believes that one way to transition to a sustainable future is by thinking across disciplines together with stakeholders on working towards solutions that benefit the common good. We are looking for a dedicated professional to support our projects. Project: F4F is financed by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and coordinated by IF. It is a collaboration between IF, the Sustainable Food Economies Research Group, Flanders Business School and the Earth and Life Institute. Policy frameworks such as the EU Green Deal and the European Farm to Fork strategy are key drivers for orienting the EU towards a sustainable future. The gap between discourse and action, however, is considerable. F4F focuses on developing and putting into practice a methodology while engaging all relevant stakeholders to close this gap.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibility is to monitor the progress of the F4F project by keeping an active dialogue with all actors and partners involved.  

You will therefore liaise proactively with partners, actors and stakeholders, and organize meetings and workshops to support the transdisciplinarity of the project.

You will contribute to the capturing and dissemination of the knowledge that is being created in the project by keeping diaries, writing reports, newsletters and publications for both a professional and a lay public.

You will also contribute to the creation of new projects where the knowledge acquired can be transferred to new areas and domains beyond F4F: identification of new projects, writing project proposals, … 

Profile

We are looking for a talented professional with a university degree of any disciplinary background who has a strong interest/background in transdisciplinarity, futures, system thinking,and co-creation with stakeholders.

You have excellent organization skills, and you determine objectives and priorities in an effective and systematic way. You set actions, time and resources required to achieve the goals. You check and monitor progress.

You communicate flawless and fluently in English (oral and written), and you are fluent in Dutch and/or French.

You like collaboration and teamwork, and you are a natural relationship builder.You can communicate empathically, and take on-board and process verbal and non-verbal messages. 

Offer

We offer a 50% to 100%-time employment; preferentially as from March 2022, for one year, renewable for 2 years after positive evaluation. (https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/en/academic-staff).

You will be embedded in an international, enthusiastic, and dynamic team.

The historic university, founded in 1425, has a top research and teaching standard(http://www.kuleuven.be/english).

KU Leuven features consistently in Europe's top-15 universities and has been elected by Reuters as most innovative university in Europe for three years in a row.

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Anne-Mieke Vandamme, tel.: +32 16 32 13 95, mail: [email protected] or Mrs. Anneleen Kiekens, mail: [email protected].

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