Economist/Business Economist in Fruit and Vegetable Production Urgent hiring
good food, healthy environment
The ‘Corporate Management and Value Creation’ Research Group is the Swiss federal centre of excellence in the field of microeconomic data for agriculture and collects accountancy data for this purpose. The Research Group conducts the annual income monitoring survey of the Swiss agricultural sector on behalf of the Swiss Confederation. Its research encompasses business and microeconomic analyses of agricultural production and topics at the interface of economics and ecology.
As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will develop decision-making bases for farms and policy-makers in the field of economics in fruit and vegetable production. Here, the focus is on the economic efficiency of new and established management strategies and technologies, as well as their effects on the environment. You will develop and maintain tools for business-economics calculations for the attention of agronomic research and practice.
Your tasks
- Managing and implementing research projects to promote the economic efficiency and competititiveness of Swiss Fruit and Vegetable Production
- Managing accompanying agroeconomic research for the development of practical and sustainable production systems and methods in consultation with sectoral representatives and the Administration
- Acquisition and management of third-party-funded projects
- Publication of current research findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Knowledge transfer and exchange (practice-oriented publications and presentations, expert activities)
Your profile
- Highly motiviated scientist with expertise in the field of fruit and vegetable production economics or a related discipline
- Doctorate in Economics, Maagerial Economics, Agricultural Management or a related discipline
- Skilled at collecting, evaluating and interpreting scientific datasets (statistics, econometrics)
- Achievement-oriented, outgoing personality with excellent teamwork skills
- Knowledge of two official Swiss languages and a very good command of written and spoken English
Additional information
If this challenge appeals to you and you meet the requirements profile, we look forward to receiving your online application at www.stelle.admin.ch, ref. no. 9449.(English is not an official Swiss language - please choose German, French or Italian as a correspondence language).
Additional information can be obtained from Petyo Bonev,Head of the ‘Corporate Management and Value Creation’ Research Group, by email at petyo.bonev@agroscope.admin.ch (please do not send applications to this email address).
Start date: 1 August 2024 or to be agreed. This is a permanent post.
Reference number: JRQ$540-9449
About us
The ‘Sustainability Assessment and Agricultural Management’ Research Division develops decision-making bases to help policy-makers create optimal framework conditions for a competitive and multifunctional Swiss agricultural sector. The analysis of a wide range of data from the agriculture and food sector enables the identification of promising operating strategies and policy measures. The Research Division deals with issues concerning digitalisation in agriculture.
Agroscope is the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in the agriculture and food sector. Its researchers work at a number of sites in Switzerland. Headquartered in Bern-Liebefeld (as of 2026: Posieux), Agroscope is attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER.
We offer you a varied job in an interesting work environment as well as thorough training. Flexible working hours and good employee benefits are additional perks of the job.
The Federal Administration is attentive to the different needs and backgrounds of its employees and promotes diversity. Equal treatment is a top priority.