Are you an aspiring researcher, looking to start your academic career off well-prepared? As a Junior Lecturer/PhD candidate, you will not only strengthen our research into psychology with a strong methodological and statistical component, but you will also teach your knowledge to students at the school of Psychology. This way, you will be able to obtain both your PhD and university teaching qualification in one position.

The School of Psychology and the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) at Radboud University are looking for a Junior Lecturer in Methods & Statistics/PhD Candidate. You will have teaching duties (40%) and research duties (60%) for a 6-year period. The position will lead to a PhD degree and University Teaching Qualification.

Your teaching will be in the methods and statistics curriculum of the Bachelor's degree programme in Psychology and will include teaching workgroups and delivering lectures. You will also supervise third-year students in their Bachelor's research project, which will align with your own PhD research. Over the course of your 6-year appointment, you will gain various experiences in teaching, including lecturing for large groups. This will enable you to obtain your University Teaching Qualification (BKO) under the guidance of a mentor.

We aim to link teaching and research as much as possible. We are therefore looking for a candidate who will strengthen our Methods and Statistics teaching team, and conduct substantive PhD research in developmental, clinical, social or work/organisational psychology, including a strong methodological and/or statistical component. Examples are: structural equation modelling; multilevel modelling; longitudinal analyses; dyadic data analyses; mixed models; ecological momentary assessments; item response theory; stochastic actor-oriented models (SAOM); actor-partner interdependence models; and psychometric assessment. You will work together with our methods and statistics teaching team (Jules Ellis, Inge Rabeling). Your research will be embedded in one of the BSI research programmes Social Development; Work, Health and Performance; Behaviour Change and Wellbeing; or Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment. In close collaboration with your supervision team, you will develop a research proposal on a substantive topic of your choice, with a strong methods/statistics component. You will be enrolled as a PhD candidate in the BSI Graduate School, which will support your research and training. Because of the strong link between research and teaching in this position, your research topic and knowledge about methods and statistics aim to inspire and trigger the interests of students so that you can supervise Bachelor's theses on topics of your own research.

• You hold a Master's or Research Master's degree in Methods and Statistics, Behavioural Science, Psychology or equivalent.
• You have excellent skills in and strong affinity with methods and statistics.
• You are willing to learn new analysis techniques and the background of statistical analyses.
• You have experience with both teaching and research and are motivated to excel in both.
• You have a very good academic record, as evidenced by your grade transcripts and CV.
• You have a strong interest in conducting research in one of BSI's psychology research programmes.
• You have very good writing skills, as evidenced by a writing sample, such as a chapter from your Master's thesis or a forthcoming or published article or presented conference paper.
• You have good teaching skills in English and Dutch. As part of the selection process, the job interview may be held in English.
• You are a proactive and enthusiastic team player.
• You are competent in project management, flexible and proactive in your approach to work so that you will be able to complete your PhD thesis in time.

Fixed-term contract: 6 years.

• Employment for 1.0 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €2,846 and a maximum of €4,490 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 10). The starting salary will be scale 10, grade 0 (€2,846) or scale 10, grade 1 (€2,979), based on qualifications and relevant experience.
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for 6 years.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 29 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. It is a place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus, in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities. You will be appointed at the School of Psychology and the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI), both part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The School of Psychology offers excellent study programmes for approximately 1,800 students. The Bachelor's programme has a yearly inflow of 500+ new students. The Master's degree in Psychology has three specialisations that prepare students for an academic or professional career: Work, Organisation and Health; Behaviour Change; and Healthcare Psychology. In addition, we have two Research Master's programmes: Behavioural Science (in collaboration with the Behavioural Science Institute) and Cognitive Neuroscience (in collaboration with the Donders Institute). We approach teaching as team science and train lecturers of the future with a strong basis in both teaching and research. This special Junior Lecturer/ PhD Candidate position is an example of this policy.

You will teach several methods and statistics courses offered in the Bachelor's degree programme in Psychology.

You will conduct research in one of the following research programmes of the Behavioural Science Institute: Social Development; Work, Health and Performance; Behaviour Change and Wellbeing; or Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment, depending on your research topic interest.

BSI is a multidisciplinary institute for behavioural research. BSI researchers collaborate across the boundaries of psychology, educational science, and communication science. Our mission is to strengthen people through understanding the foundations of human behaviour, by creating synergy between different paradigms, and by facilitating craftsmanship, curiosity, and connections in scientific research. BSI has seven research programmes covering three main themes: 1) development and learning, 2) health and mental health, and 3) social processes and communication. We conduct fundamental as well as applied/translational research. BSI has excellent facilities and support for lab research (BSI Labs) and field research (in families, schools, clinics, hospitals, etc.).

Both BSI and the School of Psychology are located in the new Maria Montessori building at Radboud University.