As Assistant Professor of Public Administration you are part of the Chair of Public Administration at the Nijmegen School of Management. The position includes both teaching and research tasks. You will provide high-quality courses in the Bachelor’s and Masters’ programmes. This includes the supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. Furthermore, you will conduct high-quality research in the field of public organisations and organisational behaviour.
 
The Chair of Public Administration covers the broad field of Public Administration, but has a specific focus on governance, accountability and control in the setting of interorganisational and intergovernmental relations and networks. There is a strong focus on theory-driven research using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. Specific research themes of the public administration chair include comparative public governance, dynamics in public governance encompassing Europeanization, and good governance at the local, regional and national levels.

• you either hold, or are close to completion of, a PhD degree in the field of Public Administration, or in a closely related discipline;
• you have specialised knowledge of public policy processes;
• you have excellent knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques;
• you are highly motivated and have the potential to build a record of excellence in both research and teaching;
• an excellent record in academic teaching, as evidenced by good teaching evaluations, and a willingness to obtain the Junior University Teaching Certificate within the duration of the contract;
• with regard to research you should have a pipeline of submissions, revise-and-resubmits, and publications in leading international journals in the field of Public Administration;
• you have experience in contract research;
• experience with the acquisition of research funding is valued as well;
• you should have excellent English and Dutch language skills in oral and written communication.

• employment: 0.8 - 1.0 FTE
• a maximum gross monthly salary of € 4,852 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11)
• the salary is depending on experience and qualifications
• in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• duration of the contract: two years
• classification in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO): Assistant Professor, Level 2
• Radboud University offers a dynamic position in an attractive working environment and has excellent conditions of employment, including an attractive retirement scheme and (partly paid) maternity leave
• under special circumstances, applicants from abroad moving to the Netherlands may qualify for a special tax relief, by which 30% of their salary is tax free.
• you will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service where our Dual Career Officer will assist with family related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation

 
Radboud University has a track record in promoting excellent women scholars to leadership positions and we therefore especially welcome applications from women who fit the above profile. Intended start date: 1 March 2019.

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Nijmegen School of Management
The Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher education, focusing on institutional and managerial issues within complex organisations in both the public and private domains. There are seven disciplines within the NSM: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics and Business Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. The NSM strives for a multidisciplinary approach whenever possible. Altogether, the NSM employs 265 FTEs of whom 75% are academics.
 
Both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are organised in the NSM’s educational institute. The educational program involves small-scale teaching and provides a stimulating learning environment with an emphasis on the development of academic skills. NSM has about 4,000 students. NSM’s research activities fall under the responsibility of the interdisciplinary Institute for Management Research (IMR). Under the motto ‘Creating Knowledge for Society’, the IMR focuses on academic research into the development, design and effectiveness of the public and private structures that regulate, govern or manage human interactions.
 
The Public Administration programme at Radboud University offers courses with a classic, generalist public administration core. They aim for their students to analyse problems and issues concerning government and governance, public policy and public sector management in an academically responsible manner. The programme recognizes the Dutch public sector’s need for generalists with a thorough training in academic skills, and aim to address this by training multidisciplinary, academic professionals. The department is responsible for the development and quality of the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Public Administration, as well as for the courses in the other educational programmes offered by the faculty. What distinguishes the Nijmegen curriculum from others is that students learn to draw on theory and knowledge from constituent disciplines, applying them to problem-solving in the public interest. This multidisciplinary expertise is integrated with a focus on ethics and values in order to be able to act in the general interest in an increasingly complex world. Students are also extensively trained in research skills in order to be able to describe and explain developments in the field of public administration. Theories are offered from a comparative perspective.
 
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