The Department of Tax Law offers several courses in the field of international and European tax law, as part of our LL.M. programmes. We offer an international classroom with students from over 20 different nationalities. We invite applications from persons who would like to help our students to excel in this highly dynamic field of law and who can contribute to our department’s research efforts in the field.

Applicants should fulfill the following main requirements:

• A PhD degree related to the field of international (and European) tax law;
• Experience and excellence in international (and European) tax law;
• Experience with academic teaching is preferred;
• Fluency in English, at least at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• A willingness to learn basic Dutch in due time.
• Being able to work both independently as well as in a team, with a solution-oriented attitude and a healthy dose of academic curiosity.

• A salary initially based on scale 11 of the collective labour agreement of the Dutch Universities depending on qualifications and work experience (minimum € 3.821 and maximum € 5.230 gross per month for a full-time job). An 8% holiday and an 8.3% year-end allowance is also provided;
• While the position is a permanent one, the initial contract will be for 18 months for any candidate newly entering Maastricht University.
• Candidates will be required to acquire a university teaching qualification within 2 years (on-the-job) if still needed.
• Start: 1 September 2022 or earlier.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > About UM > Working at UM.

Maastricht University

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 22,000 students and about 5,000 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law of Maastricht University provides challenging and high-quality legal education for Bachelor's and Master's students. The faculty is a pioneer in small-scale and innovative education and trains lawyers for both the national and international labor market. The faculty is in the top 3 of law schools in the EU and, with 51% foreign students, is the most international law faculty in Europe. It has 3000 students and more than 300 employees. Maastricht University provides you a unique international experience in a Dutch city.

The Department of Tax Law and the Maastricht Centre for Taxation

The Department of Tax Law, embedded within the Faculty of Law, services some 500 students in various tax programmes at the Faculty of Law and the School of Business and Economics, including an LL.M programme in International & European Tax Law. It also provides post-graduate courses for accountants and controllers and elective courses to students from other programmes. Our Maastricht Centre for Taxation, in which all department members participate, focusses on research in regard to migration and cross-border employment as well as international business taxation and tax competition.

You will work in the field of international and European tax law together with dedicated colleagues and a soon to be appointed new full Professor of international tax law.