Brussels angered by new Dutch immigration rules: NRC

Wednesday 29 February 2012
The European Commission will take legal action against the Netherlands if it presses ahead with plans to deport EU nationals who are jobless for three months, the NRC reports on Wednesday.
The paper bases its claim on a letter from the Commission to home affairs minister Henk Kamp and immigration minister Gerd Leers. Kamp said last year jobless people from eastern Europe should be deported from the Netherlands if they won't go voluntarily.
Under EU laws, EU nationals have six months to find work in another European country, before they have to return home. To stay longer, they must be able to prove they have 'a serious chance' of finding a job.
Social security
The Commission is also critical of the Dutch decision to exclude people working in the Netherlands but living in another EU country from social security rights. This breaks EU rules on the rights of workers living in border areas, the paper says.
The letter is signed by employment commissioner Laszlo Andor and justice commissioner Viviane Reding. It was sent at the end of last year and has not yet been answered.
The letter states that the Commission has 'serious concerns' about the Dutch position and is not prepared to accept any compromise in such a 'serious question' as the free movement of people within the EU.

Bron:  http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/02/brussels_angered_by_new_dutch.php

Vacancy: Farmhands for strawberry and leek farm

More information: 

T. van Sprundel (Theo)
Gebrande Hoefstraat 30
4715 PP Rucphen
Tel: 0165-343759 / 06-53583164
E: theovsprundel@hotmail.com

Contract from 15-05-2012 t/m 10-06-2013

Found here:  http://www.agriholland.nl/vacaturebank/vactekst.html?id=23324

Senior Packaging Developer for a cheese manufacturer

Fromageries Bel Group / Den Uijl Ploeg & Partners

is looking for:

Senior Packaging Developer

(In a challenging international environment close to marketing and operations)

Duty station

Schoonrewoerd

 
The Fromageries Bel Group (www.bel-group.com) is, with a turnover of nearly two billion euro, one of the leading cheese manufacturesr of the world. Bel specializes in creation and production of affordable, quality branded cheeses that appeal to modern tastes. Bel is present in over 120 countries through its famous international brands, including La Vache Qui Rit®, Mini Babybel®, Kiri®, Leerdammer®, and Boursin®, as well as through numerous local brands. The Group has 11,500 employees, in several locations in the world. The corporate R&D centre of the Bel Group is located in France and the development center for Leerdammer cheese is located in The Netherlands at Bel Leerdammer, one of Bel’s subsidiaries. The packaging development department is together with the product development department responsible for delivering new and improved products to the market. Currently we are searching for a pragmatic Senior Packaging Developer.

Job description

• Responsible for leading packaging innovation and renovation projects, from start-up until implementation in production
  
• Working with European marketing team on concept generation and development
  
• Leading the technical project development by defining the requirements and planning all the experiments in order to develop the right technical solution in line with costs and planning
  
• Validate implemented packaging and processes in production, and monitoring it to take learning from it for future developments
  
• Providing expertise concerning new developments in packaging raw material and processing in order to contribute to new developments and cost price reduction
  
• Initiating cost saving / quality improvement projects in close cooperation with different factories
  
• Extending knowledge in the field of (cheese) packaging and packaging processing (with cheese cutting) trough technical studies
  
• Working closely together with the teams of marketing, product development, operations and corporate R&D centres within the Bel Group
  
• Reporting to the Packaging Development Manager

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in technological or technical direction, combined with packaging knowledge
  
• Several years of working experience within packaging development in an industrial environment
  
• Technical knowledge of packaging materials and eager to learn about new technologies
  
• A plus is the understanding of WCOM techniques
  
• Strong project management skills and able to connect with people on several levels of the organisation
  
• Good communication skills, with fluency in English and Dutch is an advantage
  
• Personal skills: creative, analytical, curious, drive for results, networker, problem solver and helicopter view

Information

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Application

If you are interested in this position, please contact Annoek Kogelman, telephone: +31 (0)317-468686 or +31 (0)6-12504148, or email/send your written application to: info@dupp.nl Den Uijl Ploeg & Partners Gen. Foulkesweg 66 6703 BW Wageningen, the Netherlands

  Mention within your application "AgriHolland Vacaturebank number AH23348".

Found here: http://www.agriholland.nl/vacaturebank/vactekst.html?id=23348

Vacancy: Senior Scientist Tenure Position open at NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is the Dutch national marine science institute

Specifications - (explanation)

Location	Den Burg, Texel - the Netherlands
Function types	Research, Development, Innovation
Scientific fields	Natural Sciences, Engineering
Hours	40.0 hours per week
Education	University Graduate
Job number	AT 2012-010
Translations	en

Job description

For the GEO department the NIOZ is looking for an established scientist with an excellent track record for publishing and acquiring external funding to fill a senior scientist tenure position.
The GEO department is active in ocean-wide marine research. Themes include past to modern climatic and environmental forcing using core records from marine sediments and warm-water corals. Moored time-series instrumentation is used for budgeting modern sediment transports in canyons to cold-water corals and from rivers onto continental margins. For that purpose, GEO operates state-of-the-art instruments including advanced XRF/UV-core scanning, laser grain sizing, stable isotope analysis of carbonates (MAT 253 with Carbo-Kiel), radionuclide spectrometry (for 210Pb and 234Th), and element analysis (Element-2 HR-ICP-MS) in a class-7 clean lab. Studies about methane seepage and possible impacts of increased release by Arctic warming are combined with analyses of water column and atmospheric CH4 and CO2 by GC and CRDS, both of which are employed during cruises on a regular basis. The department has strong links with the technical department at NIOZ to broaden the existing expertise on deep sea landers, moorings, coring and hydroacoustics.

Requirements

Successful candidates need to have a broad knowledge of inorganic geochemistry, and given the existing equipment pool, co-develop new methodologies. He/she should be experienced in deciphering paleoclimatological/environmental and geochemical conditions from sediment and rock records. NIOZ wishes to stimulate research directed towards societal questions regarding effects and consequences of increasing atmospheric CO2 and ocean acidification as well as towards siliciclastic sediment records, e.g. isotopic changes relating burial history to hinterland transport processes during climate change.
Experience in ocean going research cruises is an advantage. Candidates should also have a significant marine research funding track record and should be open to taking part in PR and Outreach activities, besides developing contacts with Dutch universities. NIOZ stimulates Marine Research in the Netherlands in general and NIOZ staff is invited to participate in teaching activities at all levels.

Conditions of employment

We offer a senior scientist tenure position, a pension scheme, a yearly 8% vacation allowance, year-end bonus and flexible employment conditions. Conditions are based on the Collective Labour Agreement of Research Centers. Cost of relocation and help with housing is provided by NIOZ.

Organisation

NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is the Dutch national marine science institute and among the most renowned internationally. Approximately 330 scientists, lab assistants, technicians, ship’s crew and auxiliary staff collaborate in world-leading marine research. NIOZ acquires and disseminates scientific knowledge on the world’s oceans and seas. Our multidisciplinary research is carried out in 6 scientific departments, which are distributed over two facilities in the south (NIOZ Yerseke) and the north of the Netherlands (NIOZ Texel). The open position is located at NIOZ-Texel in the Marine Geology department on the barrier island Texel in the Dutch Wadden Sea. NIOZ also houses the National Marine Research Facilities for academic marine sciences in The Netherlands and has a dedicated department for marine electronics and offering a full suite of sea going instruments (landers, traps, corers, hydroacoustics, CTD etc.).

Department

GEO department

Additional information

For further information on the department or the position, please contact Dr. Jens Greinert (head of department) via email jens.greinert@nioz.nl or phone +31 222 369 397.
Applications should include a CV with a publication and acquired-funding list, names of three possible referees, as well as a research plan highlighting possible links within the GEO department, to NIOZ and other national and international partners.

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German Speaking TeleSales Executive

TeleForwarding - German Speaking TeleSales Executive - New Business Development

Type baan:	Permanent
Locatie:	Amsterdam - Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
Salaris:	OTE-Salary of € 47.500 annually
Talen:	Engels, Duits

Details van de adverteerder

Bekijk profiel

• Naam:
  TeleForwarding
• Geplaatst:
  28-02-2012
• Code:
  TLJTF02

German Speaking TeleSales Executive - New Business Development

Short description
For our sales department TeleForwarding International B.V. is looking for passionate telesales candidates with sales & business development talent. Interested? Read this vacancy and apply!

Long description
TeleForwarding International B.V. is looking for passionate sales candidates. In our fast-growing business you will be responsible for bringing in new contracts by telephone. As telesales agent you will directly contact multinationals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United States in order to present and sell our international telecommunications portfolio.

Besides contacting interested parties, you will also be responsible for writing offers, concluding agreements and answering requests made by e-mail. Thereby, you will contribute to the growth of our international client base. As telesales executive at TeleForwarding you will get a lot of freedom; therefore, you have to be able to work independently.

Candidates will be employed in Amsterdam, however, on the long term, and after proven suitability, it might be possible to relocate to our Düsseldorf office.


Requirements:
We are looking for
* A (near-)native German speaker with an excellent command of English
* Brains (Master level)
* An enthusiastic, motivated and result driven personality
* Entrepreneurial skills
* Sales drive in a complex B2B environment
* A good telephone voice
* Preparedness to move to Amsterdam


What we offer:
* An international career
* An informal, diverse and challenging work environment
* Work within a young and inspiring professional team
* A 35-hour working week with great office hours between 10am and 5.30pm
* OTE-Salary of € 47.500 annually, based a 5 day/35 hours working week
* Changes of quick salary increase and a linear and open bonus system

Are you our match? Respond quickly and reply!

More here: http://www.toplanguagejobs.nl/job/1746301/German-Speaking-TeleSales-Executive-New-Business-Developmen

arvato Benelux B.V. - CSR Technical Support

Related to the ongoing growth ambitions and professionalization of our organization we would like to get in touch with highly-motivated and enthusiastic new colleagues wanting to strive after optimal customer services in their role as a:

CSR Technical Support M/F
Location Venlo
30- 36 hours per week

You would be working for the world wide renowned company that is a leader in digital imaging products, developed to enrich communication simplify complex tasks and helps to reach the customer creative goals.

Start date: As soon as possible

The Customer Service Representative (CSR) will be responsible for the answering and processing of questions and responses from our clients (B2B and/or B2C). The client is the central point of attention for our customer and we strive after delivering optimal customer services and 100% customer satisfaction.

As a CSR you will be first point of contact with clients delivering customer service and answering questions concerning:

• Answers on frequently asked questions.
• Driver - and software downloads, so that the customer profits of the newest functions for hid/her digital products.
• Firmware-updates repairing and service information questions.
• Information on obtaining an user-manual for the clients product


Daily Duties:
• Handle queries from clients received via email and phone independently and responsibly in a correct and speedy manner
• Inform and advise clients on all subjects related to hardware and software issues, the products, promotions and services from the customer
• Diagnose and solve the possible problem
• Accurately logging data and cases, summarizing information, processing data and coordinating data in the available client systems ensuring accurate reports and client cases
• Responsible for quality and quantity of own work, consult with direct manager when problems arise
• Collecting, keeping updated and signaling possible shortcomings and difficulties concerning the contact registration and knowledge data base and give information on these subjects to the direct manager
• Positive contribution to a good work atmosphere within the team, active role in operational discussions on progress and signaling options for improvement to enhance overall quality and cooperation
• Being able to analyze queries to find best possible solution for the client




Your qualities:
• MBO level of education
• Experience in a service environment, customer services and preferable in a technical support role
• Experience or proven affinity with computing, IT and Client software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in fluent French and English in order to be able to handle calls and emails
• Commercial skills are a plus
• Administrative experience, typing skills and being able to process data in IT systems
• Clear and friendly telephone voice
• Client oriented, service oriented and a positive attitude
• Striving after best possible solution
• Good communication and social skills
• Team player
• Independent and pro-active
• Driven, enthusiast, positive work attitude
• Analytical and structured worker
• Flexibly available from Monday to Friday between 8.00 and 19.00 o’clock
• Prepared to work weekend if this incidentally occurs
• Fulltime available during the whole training period

An assessment is part of the selection procedure, as well as a reference check.

Who is arvato?
Outsourcing partner arvato Benelux B.V. is an authoritative service provider of effective and complete solutions in Customer Services, Credit Management Services, Marketing & Data Services and International Supply Chain Management for markets in and outside Europe. In the Netherlands arvato services has branches in Abcoude, Amstelveen, Venlo and Venray and currently has 500 employees.

arvato Benelux B.V. is a division of Arvato AF, the media service provider of Bertelsmann AG. Renowned Bertelsmann companies in the Netherlands are e.g. RTL Nederland (TV stations RTL 4,5,7, and 8, Radio 538) and Publisher G+J (Magazines National Geographic, Quest and Glamour).

For more information, please visit our website: www.arvato.nl

What can we offer?
We offer you an interesting job in a fast-growing and inspiring organisation. We offer a competitive salary and travel reimbursement. You will start with a 3 week training program. You will be trained in customer products, application, software and hardware. Goal is to be a partner to our clients delivering optimal services.

Are you interested?
Send your application letter together with your resume to the attention of arvato Benelux, B.V., Department HR, Newtonweg 10, 5928 PN Venlo, The Netherlands or e-mail to jobs@arvato.nl.

Due to the nature of this position, the recruiter has requested to restrict applications by location. Only candidates in the Netherlands may apply.

Source:  http://www.toplanguagejobs.nl/job/1777681/CSR-Technical-Support

2 Meijers PhD-positions: Interaction between Legal Systems

Specifications - (explanation)

Location	Leiden
Function types	PhD positions
Scientific fields	Law, Behaviour and Society
Hours	38.0 hours per week
Education	University Graduate
Job number	12-035
Translations	en

Apply for this job within 33 days

Job description

Research in Leiden is concentrated in five research programmes, in which researchers from different (legal) disciplines work together. The five research programmes are Securing the rule of law in a world of multilevel jurisdiction, Criminal Justice, Coherent Private Law, Limits of Tax Jurisdiction and Reform of Social Regulation. Research fellows and doctoral candidates from the Leiden Law School carry out cross-border research in these programmes. The research within these programmes is characterized by exploring the limits of the law. The five research programmes are united by the coordinating profile area ‘Interaction between Legal Systems’, which is meant to facilitate and stimulate interaction between legal researchers working in this field.
The Meijers institute, Research Institute and Graduate School offers 2 PhD-positions.
Tasks:
Meijers PhD-position 1 is allocated to an outstanding participant of the Talent Programme of the Leiden Law School. Meijers PhD-position 2 will be granted to a talented (post-) master student. Candidates are offered the opportunity to write their own research proposal. Applicants can be Dutch or international students. Both grants subsidize a four-year term.

Requirements

• An excellent academic track record and a Master's degree in law and/or social sciences
• The applicant completed the Talent Programme with excellent results (Meijers Phd-position 1) or
  The applicant has an interest in and preferably qualifications for scientific research, e.g. a training in a research master or completed the Talent Programme with excellent results (Meijers Phd-position 2)
• An interesting and detailed research proposal which fits in one of the research programmes of the Leiden Law School, including a dissertation supervisor of the Leiden Law School.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills in English; good command of a second foreign language is desirable;
• Demonstrated research experience, including qualitative and/or quantitative research
• Capability of finishing the proposed research within the period assigned to the project
• Ability to work in a team and willingness to support the activities of the Leiden Law School, e.g. the organization of research meetings, symposia etcetera.

Conditions of employment

The two PhD candidates will be initially appointed for one year. At satisfactory performance during this period, the appointment will be renewed for the rest of the period of three or four years. The appointment is for 1.0 full-time equivalent. Remuneration will be € 2,042 gross per calendar month in the first year, increasing to a maximum of €2,612 gross per calendar month in the fourth year in accordance with current pay scales as indicated in the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO Nederlandse Universiteiten). You will also receive a end-of-year bonus of 8.3% of your yearly income.

Organisation

Leiden University

Leiden is a typical university city, hosting the oldest university in the Netherlands (1575). The University permeates the local surroundings; University premises are scattered throughout the city, and the students who live and study in Leiden give the city its relaxed yet vibrant atmosphere.
Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia.

Department

Leiden Law School

We encounter law everywhere in life. Leiden Law School stands in the centre of society. With over 4000 students and 500 employees the Leiden Law School is the oldest and one of the larger Law Schools in the Netherlands.

Additional information

Should you require more information regarding this vacancy please contact dr. C. E. Smith LL.M., Coordinator of the Graduate School, phone. +31(0)71 – 5277733 or email: c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl.

More information about employer Leiden University on AcademicTransfer. Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/13174

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Source:  http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/LEI/vacancy/13174/lang/en/

Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in 'The Globalization of High Culture: How Markets for Contemporary Art Develop in Brazil, Russia, India and China'

Function types Postdoc positions
Scientific fields Behaviour and Society
Hours 38.0 hours per week
Job number W12-039
Translations en
Apply for this job within 24 days

Job description

The postdoctoral researcher will study the emergence and development of the market for contemporary art in Brazil from a sociological perspective. The researcher will cooperate with other members of the project team, who conduct comparable studies in Russia, India and China. The researcher is also expected to teach in the field of Social Sciences.
Requirements

Completed Doctoral degree in Sociology or Anthropology. Candidates with a Doctoral degree in Economics or Art History, with a strong and demonstrable social scientific interests, are also encouraged to apply;
publications in peer-reviewed journals or with established academic publishers;
extensive experience with empirical research;
excellent command of English. Fluency in Portuguese will be considered a strong advantage.

Conditions of employment

The position will be on a temporary basis for the period of 3 years in case of a 0.8 fte appointment (30,4 hrs / week) or 2,4 years in case of full-time appointment. The starting date will be in the fall of 2012. The gross monthly salary will be € 3,195 in the first year in the case of a full-time position (38 hrs / week). Secondary benefits at Dutch universities are attractive and include 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end of year bonus.
Organisation

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves around 9,000 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,200 employees at the Faculty, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
Department

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is one of the Departments in the FMG. Research and education are carried out by special institutes. The College of Social Sciences (CSS) and the Graduate School for the Social Sciences (GSSS) are responsible for the undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes in the social sciences. Research takes place under the aegis of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), a multidisciplinary research institute.
Additional information

For more information regarding the AISSR, see: www.aissr.nl

For more information regarding the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, see: www.fmg.uva.nl/sociology_anthropology

For more information regarding the research project, please contact the principal researcher, dr. Olav Velthuis (ovelthuis@fmg.uva.nl)

For more information regarding the principal researcher, see: home.medewerker.uva.nl/o.j.m.velthuis/

More information about employer University of Amsterdam (UvA) on AcademicTransfer. Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/13153

Bron: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UVA/vacancy/13153/lang/en/

'immigratiecijfers bewust hoog'

Den Haag -  Het kabinet houdt immigratiecijfers kunstmatig hoog om de gedoogconstructie van het kabinet te legitimeren. Dat zei Tweede Kamerlid Tofik Dibi (GroenLinks) in een reactie op antwoorden van minister Gerd Leers (Immigratie en Asiel) op Kamervragen over gezinsmigratiecijfers.

Dibi stelde de vragen nadat uit onderzoek van het ANP en Sargasso.nl was gebleken dat de Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) ook baby’s die in Nederland worden geboren, als gezinsmigrant telt. Het cijfer voor gezinsmigratie zoals de IND hanteert, is daardoor ongeveer 20 procent te hoog.
,,Het is bizar,” vervolgt Dibi. ,,Je zou een vreugdedansje verwachten nu blijkt dat de cijfers in werkelijkheid minder hoog zijn dan werd aangenomen.” Hij vermoedt dat het kabinet de cijfers hoog houdt omdat het immigratieprobleem een belangrijke pijler onder de gedoogconstructie is. ,,Als dit probleem vervalt, is de noodzaak van gedogen voor een groot deel weg. Het kabinet heeft dus belang bij het bestaan ervan.”
Minister Leers zegt in de antwoorden op de vragen van Dibi dat hij niet van plan is de registratie van de IND aan te passen omdat de instantie uitgegeven verblijfsvergunningen telt. Het CBS telt immigranten. ,,In het IND-cijfer worden nu eenmaal procedures geteld en ook in Nederland geboren baby's hebben een verblijfsvergunning nodig", liet de woordvoerder van de minister weten.
Dibi is verontwaardigd omdat de minister bij de afgelopen begrotingsbehandeling het cijfer van de IND als het immigratiecijfer presenteerde en niet dat van het CBS. Dibi: ,,Hij weigert de cijfers uit te splitsen, dus hij geeft bewust een vertekend beeld.”

Bron:  http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/11538286/___Bewust_hoge_immigratiecijfers___.html?sn=binnenland

Avans School of International Studies (ASIS) is looking for a Lecturer International Marketing m/f

Job description

As a lecturer of International Marketing you are a real team player and your main objective is to enhance the students’ practical and theoretical expertise, in order to prepare them to become highly qualified professionals in the international business world. In addition to teaching, you will be involved in the study career coaching of students and guide them in their research projects during internships and graduation.
You will give lectures and training sessions in the English language within a project and competency oriented curriculum. You will also tutor project group meetings and coach students in group and individual meetings. Beside teaching activities you will (co-)develop and apply the latest innovations in education in conjunction with the marketing department. We are looking for candidates that have knowledge and/or experience with new media and/or emerging markets like Asia and the BRIC countries.

Requirements

The ideal candidate:

• Has a PhD or Master’s degree in the relevant field;
• Has recent relevant international practical experience;
• Has expertise in the current state-of-the-art theory and practice in the field of International Marketing (including social media, emerging markets);
• Has expertise in modern teaching methods and business research methods;
• Is expected to be a ‘reflective practitioner’ and/or to be willing to develop in this area;
• Is expected to have excellent social and communicative skills in the English language;
• Is expected to be an excellent team player;
• Is expected to develop their professional competencies within the educational context.

Conditions of employment

Salary: min. € 3.177,05 – max. € 4.365,16
Starting date: as soon as possible
Position type: temporary position (possibility for a structural position)
Scope of the position: 0,6 - 1,0 fte

Contract type: Temporary, temporary position (possibility for a structural position)

Organisation

Avans School of International Studies (ASIS)

Avans School of International Studies (ASIS) offers students of all nationalities the International Business and Management Studies programme, listed as number 1 in the national ranking of IBMS programmes in the Netherlands. As of 2010 – 2011, we  offer the newly developed bachelor programme, International Finance and Control.
ASIS has a dynamic and highly skilled team of 60 staff and around 900 students. With 16 different nationalities in our staff and 40% of our students coming from outside the Netherlands, we offer an international working and learning environment.
Due to the increase in student numbers, we wish to expand our team of lecturers.  We are looking for an enthusiastic Lecturer in the area of International Marketing who has our students’ interests at heart and has a passion for teaching and applied research. A professional with a thorough understanding of International Marketing and capable of applying the theoretical models and concepts in a practical context Our programmes are completely taught in English.

Additional information

For an informal discussion about the position, please contact Mr Nies Rijnders, Msc, Dean of Avans School of International Studies, tel: +31 (0) 6 20 77 86 31.
The contents of this text can not legally binding.
This vacancy is simultaneously released for internal and external recruitment.
Acquisition further to this advertisement is not appreciated.

Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/13037

PhD Student EuroSkinGraft

Job description

The PhD student will be part of the European FP7 research consortium EuroSkinGraft to develop skin-regenerative therapies (e.g. for the treatment of burns), and to test three promising skin substitutes skin substitutes in the clinic (phase I and phase II trials; adults and children).
The tasks of the PhD student in this project will include comprehensive molecular evaluation of the clinical performance of the skin substitutes, i.e. biochemical, structural and molecular-biological evaluation. Emphasis will be on microarray analysis, including bioinformatics. New standards for the evaluation of skin substitutes will be set based on high density gene expression microarrays and gene ontology analysis. These data will be combined with all other data obtained in the project by other partners in order to obtain a comprehensive molecular evaluation of the clinical performance of the skin substitutes applied.
The European partners in the project will at least meet yearly to discuss the progress of the project. 

Requirements

We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student with an MSc in Biology / Life Sciences and with affinity for both fundamental and clinical research. Your working style can be described as independent with a high degree of initiative, and well-structured. You are a team player who can operate within a multidisciplinary environment. Expertise in the following areas is highly recommendable: gene expression/microarray analysis (including bioinformatics and statistics), protein biochemistry and (immuno)histology. 

Conditions of employment

Maximum all-in yearly salary on full time basis is € 38,000 gross

Organisation

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC)

Nijmegen www.umcn.nl/ UMC St Radboud
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUN MC) is a leading academic centre for medical science, education and health care. Knowledge forms the heart of our organisation, connecting research, education and patient care. Over 10,000 staff and 3,500 students are committed and ambitious to contribute to the future of health care and medical science.
Driven by knowledge, empowered by people.

Department

Biochemistry

The Department of Biochemistry is devoted to translate biomedical research into medical practice. A major focus of the department is to make smart scaffolds to stimulate/generate new organs. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are focus areas within the research institute Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS).  

Additional information

You will be trained to develop yourself tot become an independent researcher. You will report your results in international medical journals with the ultimate goal to obtain the PhD degree.

For more information please contact:
Dr. Toin van Kuppevelt, associate professor, +31 (0)24 3616759, a.vankuppevelt@ncmls.ru.nl
or
Dr. ir. Willeke Daamen, assistant professor, +31 (0)24 3614303, w.daamen@ncmls.ru.nl 

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Patent Attorney

TomTom - Amsterdam (Amsterdam Area, Netherlands)

Job Description

Your opportunity
The Patent Attorney is responsible for managing all patent prosecution matters within TomTom. In addition, since the majority of patent prosecution is handled in-house, the job also entails a significant amount of direct patent prosecution work.

Your main tasks will be:
* Management of TomTom’s global patent and design portfolios. Ensuring that all prosecution matters relevant to the portfolios are dealt with by the relevant due dates.
* Prosecution of TomTom’s European patent portfolio. This includes preparing or approving all substantive responses relating to TomTom’s European patents and patent applications.
* Instructing and managing all of TomTom’s outside counsel in patent prosecution matters. Providing instructions for foreign counsel to respond to official communications.
* Maintaining of an overview of TomTom’s patent portfolio for prosecution and litigation purposes.
* Preparing draft official responses in respect of US applications, for sign off by a US attorney.
* Representing TomTom at the EPO. Dealing with any matters that require direct representation at the EPO offices, such as oral proceedings before the Examining or Opposition divisions.
* Ensuring that patent administrators are suitably instructed and overseeing their work.
* Training one European trainee attorney and one US agent. Ensuring that their work is correct and suitable for filing with the relevant patent offices.
* Generating a budget prediction. Predicting the spending that will be incurred by the department in relation to patent and design prosecution.
* Training patent administrators via tutoring for the CIPA formalities course.
* Speaking at external conferences on behalf of TomTom.



Your profile
* Qualified European Patent Attorney specialising in electronics or computer-related technology.
* One or more years of post-qualification experience.
* Ideally a Chartered Patent Attorney (UK)
* Experience of global patent prosecution required, particularly US patent prosecution.
* University degree in science or engineering.



Business Unit
The IP Creation Department is responsible for the protection of TomTom products and services against unauthorized copying by third parties. By obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights, such as patents and trademarks, TomTom can prevent the competition from reproducing our unique solutions. The IP Creation Department is also responsible for fighting counterfeit goods and for safeguarding the company's single most valuable asset, the TomTom brand.

Our Organisation
Founded in 1991, TomTom is the world’s leading supplier of location and navigation products and services focused on providing all drivers with the world’s best navigation experience. Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has 3,500 employees and sells its products in over 40 countries.

Our products include portable navigation devices, in-dash infotainment systems, fleet management solutions, maps and real-time services, including the award winning HD Traffic.

Our working environment is an innovative, fun and dynamic one, full of agile; relentlessly customer focused self starters and entrepreneurs.
Our core values; open spirit, passion for results, innovative thinking and customer driven remain at the roots of how we work and we cherish our pioneering spirit.

Bron: http://www.tomtom.jobs/apply.aspx?JobOpeningId=20422

Senior Business Ethics & Compliance Manager

Description

 

The Senior Business Ethics and Compliance Manager contributes to Starbucks' success by developing and implementing programs to ensure compliance with legal requirements and Starbucks Standards of Business Conduct. Consults with and advises senior leaders to influence strategic direction and support ethical leadership, promotes ethical behavior, facilitates proper decision-making, and provides Starbucks partners with the tools and resources to do what is right in any context. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

  

Summary of Key Responsibilities

 

As Senior Business Ethics and Compliance Manager you consult with and advise senior leaders to influence strategic direction and support ethical leadership. You promote ethical behavior, facilitate proper decision-making, and provide Starbucks partners with the tools and resources to do what is right in any context. You model and act in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.

 

More info: http://starbucks.taleo.net/careersection/10600/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en-GB&job=20120124-1&media_id=21389&src=LinkedIn_Slots