Managing Director, Social Sciences Group

Wageningen University and Research (WUR) is looking for a Managing Director for their Social Sciences Group.

On behalf of Wageningen University & Research, Perrett Laver is recruiting for this position. For more information, please visit: Perrett Laver: Managing Director, Social Sciences Group

Holding final responsibility for the strategy, positioning and functioning of the Social Sciences Group, the Managing Director will lead the development of an inspiring vision for SSG as part of WUR and promote a structurally strong scientific position as well as a national and international market orientation for the group. Creating cross-institute cooperation and synergies, the Managing Director enables linking scientific output and innovation to creating societal impact, entrepreneurship, acquisition, and marketing. They are a team player with strong interpersonal skills that can bring people together and motivate them and has a leadership style that is people centred, approachable, guiding, unifying and coaching.

Wageningen University and Research is recognised worldwide as the leading centre for state-of-the-art knowledge in food, the natural environment and societal change. WUR’s integral and interdisciplinary approach, combining fundamental scientific research and education at Wageningen University with the market focus of the Wageningen Research Institutes, leads to scientific breakthroughs that can quickly be translated into practice and incorporated into education.

WUR’s mission is to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life, in the fields of 1) Food, Feed and Biobased Production, 2) Natural Resources and Living environment, and 3) Society and Wellbeing. WUR is driven by the desire to understand and contribute to the world’s challenges and the transitions. The WUR strives for societal impact by transforming current food systems in inclusive, healthy and sustainable food systems. Wageningen University & Research provides innovative technological solutions, yet fundamentally they are about societal change.

The Social Sciences Group (SSG) is one of the five sciences groups of Wageningen University & Research, all of which work to understand nature and society and to develop solutions that can be contribute to a future-proof, healthy, safe and sustainable society. The group covers the entire healthy food and living environment domain from nature to city, from seed to food, from plate to health, from society to technology and from individual consumers to populations.

You can find more information about WUR, the Social Sciences Group and the profile in the attached brochure.