- supervising research and researchers, particularly PhD students in reproductive and child health, and conducting research
- initiating new research and acquiring external research funding from national and international financiers
- teaching in both Dutch and English
- representing the section in relevant national and international bodies, partnerships and networks
- participating in committees and working groups and contributing to the execution of assigned management duties
The candidate will support and supervise PhD-candidates with Global Health research topics, will work on strengthening and enlarging cooperation with JHPIEGO and with Central Europe, and will be given the opportunity to extend this research line jointly with the other staff. Teaching activities will mostly align the research focus.

The candidate should:
- hold a PhD degree in medicine/social science (including health economics) or in any other discipline relevant for/related to the above mentioned research fields
- have a track record of international peer-reviewed publications
- have teaching experience at university level, and an interest in teaching; a University Teaching Qualification (BKO) is an advantage
- be competent in qualitative and quantitative research methods
- be able to teach and supervise undergraduate, graduate students and PhD-candidates
- have demonstrated success or capacity for success in the acquisition of research funding
- have a demonstrable interest in interdisciplinary cooperation
- have organizational competence, entrepreneurship, and excellent communication skills
- a registration as Community Physician or similar is an advantage
- have demonstrable experience in maintaining networks in fields relevant to the position
- have methodological and/or epidemiological expertise; registration as professional in a relevant field (VvE, VGE, ISPOR, ISPE, SMBWO or other) and the BROK certificate are an advantage
- have good command of Dutch and English or the willingness to acquire it
- be flexible, ambitious and results-driven.

The UMCG has a preventive Hepatitis B policy. You may be required to build up sufficient protection against Hepatitis B before you can be appointed. Vaccination is provided by the UMCG if necessary.

Depending on the candidate’s profile, a suitable salary offer will be made. The minimum salary is € 3.562 (scale 11.0), the maximum salary is € 5.562,- (scale 12) gross per month for a full-time position. In addition, the UMCG will offer you 8% holiday pay, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus and a development budget. The terms of employment comply with the Collective Labour Agreement for Medical Centers (CAO-UMC).

The UMCG offers an attractive working environment among inspired and committed researchers and good primary and secondary terms of employment, for example study regulations.

More information
The interviews will take place on 26 September. For further information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. J. Stekelenburg, (j.stekelenburg@umcg.nl), or Prof. S.A Reijneveld (s.a.reijneveld@umcg.nl); telephone +31(0)50 3616977
(please do not use e-mail adresses for applications)

Department of Health Sciences

The Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen (the Netherlands), is presently seeking to fill up a postdoc position (0.8 fte) on the theme "Internationals aspects of reproductive and child health" in its section of Community and Occupational Medicine. The position is for four years, with a perspective on a tenured position thereafter.

The section Community and Occupational Medicine conducts research and provides teaching, to contribute to disease prevention and health promotion. The section employs over 70 academic people engaging in multidisciplinary research on social issues such as the psychosocial care of children and adolescents and employee health protection, in close collaboration with professionals working in these fields. It is successful in terms of publications, PhD defences and research turnover. Internationally, the section collaborates with research partners in various countries.
The teaching responsibilities of the section include teaching medical students (taught in both Dutch and English (www.rug.nl/bachelors/medicine/) and students of the Research Master Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology (only English; www.rug.nl/masters/clinical-and-psychosocial-epidemiology-research/). Responsibilities involve programme coordination, small-group teaching and thesis supervision. Community and Occupation Medicine is also one of the compulsory clerkships in the Master’s degree programme (M2).

The Global Health unit within Health Sciences consists of two professors and two senior staff members (all part-time), and of approximately 25 PhD-students mostly working abroad. Its research domains regard reproductive and child health (inclusive vaccines), infectious and chronic disease, and health systems closely collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of professionals working in Groningen.
Within the field of Reproductive and Child Health, collaboration has been set up with the John Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, www.jhpiego.org. This facilitates JHPIEGO senior staff to set up PhD-research projects, making use of the data that have already been collected. Further, a long-term collaboration exists with Central Europe, in particular Slovakia. This collaboration currently hosts 6 PhD students on child & youth health and 4 in chronic disease. It is the ambition of the Global Health section to grow towards a comprehensive unit covering the most important fields of Global Health, in particular reproductive and child & youth health, infectious and chronic disease in their interplay with health systems, including health economics.