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Contact us via jobs@partnersforinnovation.com or Ingeborg Gort.

LCA expert (4 to 5 days per week)

Do you want to help promote the transition to the circular economy and work with many different clients?
Do you have extensive experience with LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and the circular economy and enjoy working in a small and dedicated team? Partners for Innovation is looking for an experienced LCA expert to join the circular economy team. Together with your colleagues, you can make a difference and actively contribute to a more sustainable world!

Does this position appeal to you and do you meet the profile description below? Please write a cover letter and send it together with your CV to jobs@partnersforinnovation.com.

Function

As an LCA expert, you will help companies, organisations and governments carry out screening LCAs, full ISO-certified LCA studies and calculate the circularity index. Through data analyses, you contribute to strategic advice, and design and process optimisation within circular economy projects. In this, you work closely with your team members.

Your tasks include the following:

• Conducting, together with team members, LCA quick scans and full LCA studies and research and consultancy projects within the field of the circular economy, in the packaging, automotive, electronics, consumer products and recycling systems sectors.
• Presenting knowledge or results during trainings and meetings.
• Keeping knowledge up-to-date LCA methodology and the use of software and databases (SimaPro).
• Possibly contributing to the recruitment of new assignments and developing new services.

Partners for Innovation

Partners for Innovation is the agency for sustainable innovation. Founded in 2006, it has 27 employees in the Netherlands and 15 in Niger. Our professionals work on challenging and innovative projects that contribute to the transition to a sustainable future. Our fields of work are the circular economy, renewable energy and sustainable land use. Our clients include companies, industry organisations, governments and NGOs in the Netherlands but also in Europe and Africa. The core values of Partners for Innovation are: sustainability, expertise, innovation, focus on results, connection and reliability.

Our Circular Economy team is committed to meeting Dutch and European targets to be circular and climate neutral by 2050. To be halfway through this transition by 2030, we support companies, government agencies and organisations in the development of circular products, services and systems. Within the team of eight highly driven colleagues, we switch quickly, are people-oriented and together create practical solutions that help our clients in their circular transition.

Profile

• You have a relevant education (e.g. a master’s in mechanical engineering, Engineering Management, Industrial Design, Environmental Science, Industrial Ecology, etc.).
• You have at least 3 years’ demonstrable work experience in performing life-cycle analyses (both full and screening LCAs) and are familiar with using SimaPro Software.
• You live in the Netherlands, preferably in the Amsterdam area.
• You a good to excellent command of the English language. Knowledge of Dutch is a plus.
• You work carefully, independently and quality-oriented.
• You are communicative, entrepreneurial and focused on collaboration.

Personal growth

Partners for Innovation attaches great importance to development and personal growth. That is why we pay a lot of attention to training, exchanging ideas, coaching and self-development. The working atmosphere is pleasant and open, where creativity, initiative and independence are highly valued.

Accessibility and inclusiveness

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all. Partners for Innovation provides an accessible work environment and appropriate support during the application process and in the workplace. At Partners for Innovation, we believe that diversity is the foundation of a healthy organisation and indispensable for innovation.

What do we offer

• A market-based salary and benefits (e.g. 8% holiday allowance, travel allowance, collective and individual bonus, neat pension scheme, and lunch at the office);
• A training programme for advisers, personal coaching and development opportunities;
• Colleagues who are passionate about sustainable innovation and changing current linear systems;
• A horizontal, informal working environment where your opinion matters;
• The chance to think along at a strategic level and actually make an impact;
• A nice workplace at an inspiring location in Amsterdam and the possibility to work partly from home.

Contact

Are you interested and do you think you are suitable? We look forward to receiving your CV and cover letter to jobs@partnersforinnovation.com . If you would like to know more about this vacancy, please feel free to contact Ingeborg Gort (+31 6 3933 3524 or i.gort@partnersforinnovation.com) or Siem Haffmans (+31 6 2157 4702 or s.haffmans@partnersforinnovation.com).

• Applications without a motivation letter will not be considered.
• Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.