Job vacancy: junior project manager

De Proeffabriek is looking for a junior project manager to support the activities for two European projects addressing the societal implications of nanotechnology: GoNano and NANORIGO.

Activities

Organising international expert meetings on the societal aspects of nanotechnology.
Organising regular physical and online meetings with a European network of project partners.
Writing policy reports with recommendations for European policy makers, researchers and producers.
Representing the European projects during relevant international events.
Maintaining a European network of researchers, producers, policy makers and non-governmental organisations working in the area of nanotechnology.
Providing support with drafting new project proposals.

Requirements

A combined background in nanotechnology or similar study and the social or human sciences at Master- or PhD-level.
Excellent control of the English language in speech and writing (English will be the main language).
Excellent communicative and networking skills.
Flexible and autonomous attitude.
Readiness to travel abroad regularly .
Experience with WordPress and social media is a plus.

Conditions

A one-year contract for 40 hours per week (1,0 FTE), with the possibility to extend the contract (a part-time position may be negotiable);
Gross salary, depending on background and experience, between €2.709,- and €4.274,- per month on the basis of 40 hours per week, in accordance with scale 10 of the VSNU.
A holiday allowance of 8% per year of the gross salary.
De Proeffabriek is located in Arnhem, flex-work is negotiable.

About De Proeffabriek, GoNano and NANORIGO

De Proeffabriek (DPF) is a consultancy for responsible innovation. DPF focuses on social value creation in research and innovation: we work with researchers, innovators and policy makers to realise social and environmental benefits in addition to economic gain. See: http://proeffabriek.nl/

The EU-funded GoNano project enables co-creation between citizens, researchers, industry, civil society organisations, and policy makers across Europe to align future nanotechnologies with societal needs and concerns. See: http://gonano-project.eu/.

NANORIGO (NANOtechnology RIsk Governance) aims to develop and implement a transparent, transdisciplinary and science-based Risk Governance Framework (RGF) for managing nanotechnology risks regarding social, environmental and economic benefits: https://cordis.europa.eu/projects/en.

Please contact dr Daan Schuurbiers, director of De Proeffabriek for further information (06-14365216, daan@proeffabriek.nl).

Candidates are requested to send their CV and motivation letter to daan@proeffabriek.nl before 1 July 2019. The job interviews will be held in the first week of July.

Download the English text in pdf here: Job vacancy – junior project manager – De Proeffabriek – ENG (pdf)

Download the Dutch description in pdf here: Vacature – junior projectmanager – De Proeffabriek – NL (pdf)

Integrating societal considerations in nanotechnology risk governance

During the 9th Nano Conference on 13 Nov 2020, Daan Schuurbiers argued that the effective integration of societal considerations is an essential condition for the success of the nanotechnology risk governance framework that is currently being developed by three NMBP-13 projects: NANORIGO, Gov4Nano and RiskGONE. The transcript of that talk is here: Integrating societal considerations in nanotechnology risk governance (pdf on Zenodo).

Learning from Safer Chemicals for Safe-by-Design?

From August 2018 – March 2019, DPF has carried out a short-term research project commissioned by The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) on safer chemicals. This brief exploration of ‘the world of safer chemicals’ was a follow-up of an earlier study by DPF that looked into green chemisty, and complements the findings of a study on substitution by Kees Le Blansch of Bureau KLB. The final report: Learning from Safer Chemicals for Safe-by-Design? (pdf, in Dutch) presents the research findings and provides suggestions to strengthen the role of Safe-by-Design in research and innovation policy.

GoNano

DPF is a partner in the EU-funded GoNano project. GoNano enables co-creation between citizens, civil society organisations, industry, researchers and policy makers across Europe to align future nanotechnologies with societal needs and concerns. GoNano aims to demonstrate how researchers can work with publics and professional stakeholders to create novel suggestions for future nanotechnology products. The project started in September 2017 and will run for three years.

DPF leads the co-creation activities with professional stakeholders and supports project communication. We will also contribute to the review of the state of the art in co-creation, training activities and policy outreach.

For more information, see: gonano-project.eu.