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Three Assistant Professor positions Within the field: Liberal Arts & Sciences, Global Challenges

Job description

• Leiden University College The Hague (LUC The Hague), part of the Campus The Hague of Leiden University in The Netherlands, seeks to appoint 5 junior assistant professors as the core staff for its new Liberal Arts & Sciences BA programme themed on ‘Global Challenges.’  Successful candidates will begin their position no later than August 2010 and will be expected teach a range of courses in the core curriculum of LUC, to tutor students individually or in small groups, and to contribute to the academic environment of the college.

LUC The Hague:
Leiden University will start its University College in The Hague in September 2010. This decision was taken on 29 September 2009 by the Leiden University Executive Board after endorsements by the Board of Governors and the University Council. Leiden University College in The Hague will provide a fully accredited, three year Liberal Arts & Sciences undergraduate programme in English for a selected group of excellent and highly motivated students from around the world.

This interdisciplinary Liberal Arts & Sciences BA, entitled ‘Global Challenges’, focuses on Peace & Justice and Sustainability. The programme links up perfectly with the international profile of The Hague as ‘City of Peace, Justice and Security’ and with the expertise of Leiden University in International Law, World Politics, Area Studies and Governance.  In addition to the core of international academics based at LUC, leading scholars from the Leiden-based faculties will also participate in the programme.  LUC staff will be able to take full advantage of being part of Leiden University.

An important component of the Liberal Arts & Sciences philosophy is the residential element. The international composition of Leiden University College The Hague fully immerses its students in a multi-cultural community, complete with all the pleasures and challenges that come with it, as well as in a vibrant and cosmopolitan city environment.   LUC Assistant Professors will be expected to contribute actively to this stimulating and vital atmosphere.

The University College will provide a demanding and enriching academic education and prepare students for prominent positions in international society.  Academic staff should be unusually dynamic and motivated to take part in creating an environment in which excellence can flourish.

The start of Leiden University College The Hague represents the capstone of a number of initiatives by Leiden University to promote excellence in Higher Education, including an Honours College in Leiden with which LUC will work closely.  For this integrated approach to academic excellence, Leiden University was recently rewarded with a subsidy of €4 million from the so-called Sirius programme in the Netherlands.

Leiden University College The Hague will admit 120 students to start in September 2010. In future this number will be raised to 200 students per academic year.

Responsibilities:

The successful applicants will be expected to:

• Contribute to the core teaching of LUC
• Contribute to the tutorial system that characterises our college system
• Develop personal and team (including undergraduate) research projects
• Participate in and contribute to the academic life of LUC
• Participate in admissions processes and other student-centred activities

Requirements

Preferred candidates will hold a recent PhD degree or equivalent (or be about to complete their PhD). Preference will be given to candidates with:

• A PhD in an interdisciplinary field such as Area Studies , or in a field related to ‘Global Challenges’ in the contexts of the Majors offered at LUC:

.  Global Justice (including international law, international normative theory etc.)

• Governance (including politics and public administration etc.)

• Human Interaction (including a range of arts & humanities)

• Sustainability (including environmental & biological sciences,
   development studies, etc.)

• World Politics (including politics and international relations etc.)

• An interest in and enthusiasm for the concept of Liberal Arts & Sciences education at University level;
• Teaching experience, supported by positive teaching evaluations and/or enthusiasm for developing a progressive teaching portfolio;
• Highly developed research skills and an interest in research-led teaching;
• A Dutch Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs or equivalent. Teachers without this qualification  or its equivalent will be supported to obtain it.
• Excellent command of English;
• Knowledge of Chinese, Arabic, French or Spanish will be an advantage;
• Advanced expertise in Mathematics will be an advantage.

Conditions of employment

LUC The Hague offers three fulltime (38hrs/week) Assistant Professor positions under the terms of the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities for periods of 3 years (in the first instance), with a probationary period of 12 months.  The salary will be, depending on  qualifications and experience, between € 2.379,- and € 5.390,-, based upon a full-time appointment. 

Contract type

Temporary

3 years (in the first instance), with a probationary period of 12 months

Organisation

organisation

Additional information

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