Head of Vegetable Crop Experiment Station (Scientific-Technical Employee)

You can make this contribution • Leading the experiment station from a technical, personnel, organizational, and administrative perspective • Acting at the interface between vegetable crop practice, consulting, and practice-oriented research • Planning, implementing, and evaluating vegetable crop experiments in the field, defined jointly with partners, in close coordination with Agroscope researchers and involved practice businesses • Collecting experiment parameters, processing, and statistically evaluating experiment data • Writing practice-oriented scientific articles, holding presentations for specialist audiences, representing the experiment station to the public What makes you unique • University or college degree BSc/MSc in Agronomy or comparable education • Practical experience in vegetable or productive horticulture, leadership experience an advantage • High independence and flexibility, good assertiveness • Organizational talent and very good communication skills • Good knowledge of two official languages and English In brief • The Vegetable Crop Experiment Station in Ins develops practical solutions for the diverse challenges in vegetable crop production together with partners. • The experiments are set up both on our own plots and on plots of vegetable producers (On-Farm). • This takes into account the specific needs of the vegetable industry and increases proximity to practice. • As Head of the Experiment Station, you will lead a small team of two people. • We are looking for a communicative, proactive personality who recognizes opportunities and enjoys developing solutions in close collaboration with various partners What we offer Working for Switzerland • We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the benefit of the population. Lived diversity • Thanks to equal opportunities, we unfold our competencies and bring in different perspectives. Healthy at the workplace • We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health. All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html) Good food, healthy environment • Agroscope is the federal government's competence center for research in agriculture and food economics. • The researchers work at various locations in Switzerland. The headquarters is in Bern-Liebefeld (from 2026: Posieux FR). • Agroscope is located at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research WBF. Additional information • The Competence Area Plants and Plant Products researches practical solutions for Swiss crop production and performs various implementation tasks. • It is in close contact with agricultural consulting and the industries, ensuring that new solutions quickly reach practice and unfold their effect there. Questions about the position • Manuel Boss, Head of Competence Area Plants and Plant Products +41 58 46 54140