We are looking for:
a talented ambitious lecturer and enthusiastic team player with a background in public administration, governance and policy making. You will contribute to our educational curriculum by: coordinating course(s); lecturing; supervising working groups; supervising BSc thesis; facilitating thesis rings; and facilitating forms of experiential learning such as simulation games. You will teach at least in the following courses: Analysis of a Problem Field (BSc1); Governance and Policy Change (BSc2), and Environmental Quality and Governance (MSc1).

We ask for a candidate who:

• has a MSc and preferably a PhD in the field of public administration or related discipline;
• has strong didactic skills and enthusiasm for teaching and working with (international) students in a broad range of educational programmes (teaching qualification is a plus);
• has excellent understanding of the current theories in public administration, governance and policy making;
• has affinity with the domains of Wageningen University (e.g. water, food, energy, biodiversity, climate change);
• has good organization skills;
• is fluent in the language of the relevant courses (English and Dutch).

We offer
We offer you an employment contract for 0.8 FTE (30,4 hours a week). You will start with a one year contract. After a positive evaluation the contract will be extended with another 2 years. The maximum gross salary is between € 2588 - € 4084 per month (based on fulltime employment), (scale 10 Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities). In addition, we offer a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-the-year bonus of 8.3% of your annual salary.

Wageningen University & Research

The Public Administration and Policy Group
The Public Administration and Policy Group is an enthusiastic, ambitious and steadily growing group within the Department of Social Sciences of Wageningen University. Our mission is to study the governance of wicked problems in the interrelated domains of water, climate, food, and agriculture, and to use the generated insights to develop innovative governance arrangements. By doing so the group aims to contribute to scientific progress, to societal debates, and to policy practices. More information on the group can be found on www.wur.eu/pap

Wageningen University & Research
Delivering a substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus - each and every day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search for answers to issues affecting society - such as sustainable food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don't do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on 'the quality of life', turning ideas into reality, on a global scale. For further information about working at Wageningen UR, take a look at www.jobsat.wur.nl.