Vacancy

Legal Counsel

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May 8, 2025
Location Wageningen
End date Tue 3 June 2025
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Your job

At Wageningen University & Research, you will work (part-time) as Legal Counsel on legal issues that contribute to societal challenges in the field of education, research and business operations. You will have plenty of room to use and deepen your expertise within a dynamic, professional environment. We offer a varied position in an expert and committed team. Are you looking for a substantively strong role with impact and responsibility? Then we would like to get in touch with you!

Because one of our lawyers has taken the next step within WUR, we are looking for a new colleague. Within the Corporate Legal team , you will be a legal advisor on a wide range of private law issues, including cooperation agreements, intellectual property and corporate law issues.

What will you do as a Legal Counsel?

  • You advise various staff departments, with a focus on private law, and draw up contracts for (subsidised) collaborations;
  • You will support the Co-creating Value & Impact department with legal advice on corporate law and intellectual property law, in particular on spin-offs, shareholder agreements, licenses and patent transfers.
  • You develop and implement policy, such as the patent regulations and spin-off policy, and ensure compliance within the organisation;
  • You will contribute to the development and updating of legal templates in collaboration with fellow lawyers;
  • You advise the board of directors on real estate issues;
  • You handle a variety of legal issues, including disputes and Woo requests, based on your expertise and development needs.
Your team
The Corporate Governance & Legal Services department consists of twenty employees, including a team of nine lawyers, a paralegal and three privacy officers. The legal policy for the entire organisation is designed here, in consultation with the lawyers in the science groups. In addition, the lawyers act as sparring partners for the Executive Board, corporate staff directors and other organisational units of WUR, such as the Facilities and Services department.

The CG&LS department's field of activity is broad with focus areas such as: governance, compliance, value creation, internationalisation, scientific integrity, employee participation, education, privacy and disputes. The private law questions are handled by four lawyers.

This is where you will work
Wageningen University & Research is an enterprising organisation. For this legal team, this means that there are always new challenges and development opportunities. The CG&LS team is your home base. Here you spar on content with the other lawyers and the tasks are divided.

You will mainly work together with employees from other departments within Wageningen University & Research. This is done in multidisciplinary teams. For you, this means collaboration with colleagues from the corporate staff departments, including the Co-creating Value & Impact department, the lawyers and project leaders in WUR's science groups.

Your qualities

We are looking for a pragmatic lawyer who knows how to get things done and wants to contribute to the complex legal issues of WUR together with us. Someone who likes to work together and thinks in terms of solutions.

Your qualities are the following:

  • You have completed a university degree in Dutch law;
  • You have knowledge of and at least five years of experience in private law, with an emphasis on contract law, intellectual property and corporate law;
  • You have a proactive and service-oriented work attitude and a sense of administrative relationships. You can work well together, present and include people in your advice;
  • You have good analytical skills, you are able to formulate useful and clear advice. You like dynamics and can keep a good overview;
  • You have a command of Dutch and English in word and writing.
Because more and more communication is in English in our international working environment, the required language level has been determined for each position. We will of course help you with this and you can contact our language center Wageningen in'to Language if necessary

We offer you

When it comes to terms of employment,  Wageningen University & Research is the right place for you. Highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement are, for example:

  • working hours that can be determined in consultation, so that an optimal work-life balance is possible;
  • sabbatical leave, study leave and partly paid parental leave;
  • There is a lot of attention for vitality and you can use the sports facilities on campus at an attractive rate;
  • a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%;
  • excellent pension scheme through ABP.
Of course, these excellent fringe benefits also include an appropriate salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive salary of a minimum of € 4,550 to a maximum of € 6,831 for a full working week of 36 hours in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement Wageningen Research (scale 12). A start-up scale may apply if the employee does not yet fully meet the job requirements at the time of commencement of employment.

When it comes to your contract, we initially offer an annual contract for 0.6 FTE, which - if possible within the (economic) organizational conditions - can be extended if you perform well.

Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training opportunities. You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working atmosphere. For 20 years in a row, we have been voted the "best university" in the Netherlands! A place to be proud of.

Do you want more information?

For more information about the position, please contact
Claire van Gemert, hoofd van de sectie Legal, via 0317 - 48 23 80 or email: claire.vangemert-beaumont@wur.nl.

Questions about the procedure? Please contact Edvard Jongschaap, Sr. Corporate recruiter, via edvard.jongschaap@wur.nl or by phone: 0317 – 489 178.

Ready to apply?
Click on the application button next to the vacancy on our website. Only applications submitted through our website will be considered. We welcome your application letter and CV in the Dutch language.

You can respond until Tuesday 3 June 2025. We will schedule the first interviews as soon as possible after the deadline.

Welcome, safe, and valued
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) highly values diversity and inclusion because we believe that different insights lead to innovative solutions. We create a work environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and appreciated, regardless of background, identity, or experience. Together, we are building a culture where everyone's unique contribution adds to the success of our organization.

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The mission of Wageningen University & Research is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’.

We pursue this mission through a synergistic approach between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation (applied research). Our research focuses on questions within the domains of food, living environment, and society. With approximately 30 locations, 7,700 staff members, 2,500 PhD candidates, and over 13,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is among the world’s leading knowledge institutions in its domain. The integral approach to challenges and the collaboration across various disciplines form the core of the unique Wageningen approach.

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