ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The Department of Political Science and Public Administration at VU offers a position for an Assistant Professor in Public Administration. Do you have an attractive research agenda, experience with high-quality academic education, and a keen eye for societal impact of academic research? Then this may be an interesting offer for you. As an Assistant Professor, you teach primarily in the Governance and Organization bachelor and the Public Administration master. You also contribute to the research program New Public Governance (NPG). The mission of NPG is to advance our theoretical and empirical knowledge of contemporary governance practices, critically reflect on those practices, improve them, and set the agenda on further big questions arising from the academic governance debate. In our mission we emphasize societal impact in research and teaching, and the underlying values of responsibility, openness and personal involvement.

We are looking for expertise in the areas of quality (integrity) of governance, welfare governance, or governance of security.

We offer a position in a lively and engaged department that is dedicated to outstanding education, research, and societal impact in public governance. We take great pride in maintaining strong contacts with societal partners. At a faculty level, we offer a strong interdisciplinary research master program on approaching societal problems with computational social science. Professional support for the acquisition of research subsidies is available through the faculty’s research institute and the departmental AI Digital Governance Lab. At the inter-faculty level we benefit from thematic cross-faculty collaborations around the VU theme ‘Governance for Society’ and more specific themes, such as security, welfare, care and migration.

Your duties

• you teach and develop courses at the bachelor and master level, and you do thesis supervision
• undertake independent research and publish international peer-reviewed publications
• apply for external research funding
• take on (minor) managerial duties
• where appropriate, co-supervise PhD students and mentor students and junior colleagues
• actively contribute to the scholarly community of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration

An invigorating position in a highly committed team within a societally-engaged university and a vibrant international city. The job profile is based on the university job ranking system assistant professor (UFO profiel Universitair Docent 1 or 2) and is vacant for 0,8 - 1.0 FTE.

On a full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of € 4,332 (scale 11.0) and a maximum € 6,737 (scale 12.10), depending on your experience. Foreign candidates may be entitled to a 30% tax break, upon approval of the Dutch tax agency.

The initial employment contract is for 12 months and will be changed into a permanent contract if you perform well.

Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

• a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• solid pension scheme (ABP)
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

Given the current composition of the department, we especially welcome applications by women and members of underrepresented groups.

The ambition of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is clear: to contribute to a better world through outstanding education and ground-breaking research. We strive to be a university where personal development and commitment to society play a leading role. A university where people from different disciplines and backgrounds collaborate to achieve innovations and to generate new knowledge. Our teaching and research encompass the entire spectrum of academic endeavor – from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences through to the life sciences and the medical sciences.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is home to more than 31,000 students. We employ over 5,000 individuals. The VU campus is easily accessible and located in the heart of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a truly inspiring environment for teaching and research.

Diversity
We are an inclusive university community. Diversity is one of our most important values. We believe that engaging in international activities and welcoming students and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds enhances the quality of our education and research. We are always looking for people who can enrich our world with their own unique perspectives and experiences.

Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences examines the major social problems of our time from multiple perspectives. From bullying at school to dealing with transnational immigration, from the rise of populist politicians to creating a self-reliant society. Only at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you will find all the academic disciplines needed to understand these 'wicked problems': alongside the traditional disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and politics, we also research and teach the new social sciences such as communication science and management & organization science. We do not settle for easy answers in our teaching and research. Our researchers and students are critical thinkers and doers who work together to devise surprising solutions to the problems of today.

Working at the Faculty of Social Sciences means working with colleagues from a range of academic disciplines in an inspiring and personal work and study environment with excellent research facilities. We employ more than 350 staff members, and we are home to around 3,000 students.

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

The Department of Political Science and Public Administration is committed to high quality academic research and education. Our educational programmes include Political Science (bachelor and master), Governance and Organisation (bachelor), Public Administration (master), Philosophy, Politics and Economics (bachelor, with the faculties of Humanities and Economics), and Law and Politics of International Security (master, with the Law Faculty). Our research is organized in two programmes: ‘Multi-layered governance in Europe and beyond’ and ‘New Public Governance’ (NPG). NPG is characterised by critical and inspired public administration. Its mission is

to advance our theoretical and empirical knowledge of contemporary governance practices, critically reflect on those practices, improve them, and set the agenda on further big questions arising from the academic governance debate.