Senior Agriculture sustainability business analyst

This is what we offer you

• Gross monthly salary between EUR 5,381 and EUR 7,687 (scale 10) for a 36 hour week
• Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance
• 10% Employee Benefit Budget
• EUR 1,400 development budget per year
• Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)
• A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

Senior Agriculture sustainability business analyst

Are you passionate about driving impact in creating a more sustainable food system? Do you have broad expertise of internationally diverse farming systems? Are you energized by taking a practical approach in turning complex sustainability research questions into actionable and viable business solutions? Then Rabo Research is looking for you.

You and your job

As a senior agriculture sustainability business analyst, you will work in one of the most dynamic international departments of Rabobank: RaboResearch. You know all about different farming systems, practices and processes. You are passionate about farmer engagement and have farmers’ interests and perspectives at heart. You have gained experience in farming practice and excel in pragmatic and commercial thinking & acting via roles in private agribusiness companies e.g. farm inputs companies, processing companies, cooperatives or traders. You understand how farming systems vary regionally and how changes in farming practices can differentially impact the environment at local, regional, and global scales.

Vice-versa – from a double materiality perspective – you can assess how climate change, biodiversity loss and loss of ecosystem services impact farming systems. You also understand how F&A corporates in dynamic value chains, influence and depend on farmers, and enable food system transitions. You apply a pragmatic approach to turn fact-based information into practical actionable insights for our farming and corporate agribusiness clients. You bring client-relevant opportunities and challenges for practical, holistic and economically-viable business implementations to internal stakeholders in the bank to make well-informed decisions, in line with Rabobank’s Nature Vision.

Inspirational practical examples

• Explore overlap of existing agriculture sustainability assessment frameworks with climate and nature metrics used for internal steering purposes, as well as with regulatory (reporting) requirements and certification frameworks, to support pragmatic ways of client implementation and progress;
• Identify practical effectiveness, challenges and (economic) opportunities for adoption of sustainable farming practices reducing impact on natural ecosystems and increasing food system resilience;
• Present your work to clients, and internal and external stakeholders active in various disciplines across the world, aligning their knowledge and actions.

Work and pleasure

“I really enjoy translating complex (scientific) ideas into actionable insights for our clients and the bank to make our food system more sustainable. This job gives me the freedom to develop and discuss these ideas in a multidisciplinary team.”
Frank Groenewoud, biodiversity researcher in Food Systems Research, RaboResearch.

The big picture

Growing enough food to feed 10 billion people in 2050 in a just and sustainable way is perhaps the key challenge of the 21st century. Rabobank aims to play its role in shaping this sustainable food future by engaging with clients and other stakeholders in the food system. That’s where you come in, providing important insights that are needed to help our clients to produce food and agri commodities in a way that respects ecological boundaries, complies with international commitments and regulations, and promotes global food security. You will play a key part in implementing metrics and frameworks that will enable us to assess environmental, incl. biodiversity, impacts and risks at farm-level, as well as at corporate clients active in food & agribusiness value chains.

We achieve more together than alone

We believe in the power of difference and cooperation. Bringing together people's unique knowledge and perspectives as well as differences is what makes us an even better bank. So we are very curious about what you can bring to our team at Food Systems Research at the bank’s highly valued knowledge center: RaboResearch.

“It is a privilege to work with a team of colleagues with such a broad and diverse set of expertise, backgrounds and skills, collaborating to deliver insights to support clients and the bank in growing a better, more sustainable, world together. Will you join us to develop and customize sustainability insights for our regional businesses and clients?”
Marjan van Riel, Global Strategist Food Systems Research in RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness.

Your over 140 colleagues in RaboResearch around the globe, and 10 colleagues within Food Systems Research, can't wait to meet you. Now it's your turn to make them stronger in bringing a broad sustainability perspective to the table and connecting the dots strategically but also practically between various environmental, social and economic (business case) criteria to optimize the 'risk-reward-sustainability' triangle. Working together is the way we work; as one creative and energetic team at Rabobank.

Speaking of Rabobank: we are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9,500,000 customers. Together with these customers, our members and partners we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands, we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business.

You and your talent

• A Master’s degree in agricultural science, ag economics or ag environmental science, or related field
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in the private agribusiness sector, supplying to or buying from farmers, preferably in developed regions in Australia, New Zealand, USA, South America and/or Europe
• A pragmatic approach in applied research – starting from an external perspective, you turn complex questions into practical solutions and discuss these with clients (including giving presentations regularly)
• Experience with environmental/sustainability frameworks, certificates and tools assessing on-farm (sustainability) performance
• Knowledge on company target setting guidance frameworks (e.g. SBTN) would be an asset
• Strong verbal and presentation skills to share insights in a simple, practical and engaging way with clients and stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams with different backgrounds
• Strong interpersonal skills to maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Fluent in English in both writing and speaking. Proficiency in (or willingness to learn) Dutch is an asset.