PAN Europe coordinator on eliminating pesticides dangerous for bees.

Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) is a network of NGOs working to minimise negative effects of pesticides and replace the use of hazardous chemicals with ecologically sound alternatives. Our network brings together consumer, public health, and environmental organisations, trades unions, women’s groups and farmer associations from across 19 European countries.

Our Brussels office is looking for a coordinator on a project on the protection of bees against harmful pesticides. He/she needs to have a good knowledge of (eco)toxicology and at the same time be able to cooperate with our network of members and allies on bee protection. An important element of the project is the start of legal cases on a class of pesticides called neonicotinoïdes and the close cooperation with lawyers. Your task will be the closely follow new science published on neonicotinoïdes and on bee/insect toxicity testing, and make it available for the work we intend to pursue. Together with our partner organisations in France, Italy and Austria, you will develop an effective strategy to lobby politicians and the food chain on bee protection and raise awareness in the public on the negative effects of chemicals such as neonicotinoïdes. You will also have to contribute to strengthening the PAN network and to its visibility.

Qualifications needed are university level knowledge of (eco)toxicology or related fields, good social skills to inspire, help and stimulate our members and partners, and communication skills to translate a complicated technical message into easy to understand language. You must be able to express yourself well in English, while understanding French, Italian or German is a pre.

We offer a position with a lot of responsibility and entrepreneurship in a team functioning on the basis of inspiration and mutual respect. The employee is based in our Brussels office while working from another location in Europe could be discussed. The contract is for a maximum of 4 days a week; we will start with a contract of a year with the intention to prolong the contract to the full project period of three years. The salary is to be negotiated.

Please send your CV (plus a letter stating why you are suitable for the post) before 3rd March 2012 to: jobs@pan-europe.info

More information on PAN activities as well as contact details can be found on our website: www.pan-europe.info.

We anticipate holding interviews on Tuesday 13 March.

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