As Associate Professor of Public Administration you will have teaching, research and dissemination duties. You will develop and teach high-quality courses in the Bachelor's and Masters' programmes and supervise Bachelor's and Master's theses. In addition, you will play a role in curriculum development and fulfil some administrative tasks. You will conduct high-quality individual and collaborative research in the field of public administration, preferably in the area of policy analysis, and publish the findings in high-standing journals in the realm of public administration and/or adjacent fields. You will actively engage in individual and/or collaborative grant writing, so as to further expand our research profile and portfolio of externally funded research projects. Furthermore, you will be visible and active in relevant national and international networks, and play an active role in the societal dissemination and valorisation of research results. You are expected to initiate multidisciplinary collaboration in the Nijmegen School of Management, through one of the Faculty's multidisciplinary research groups, preferably EUROPAL or GAINS.

The applicant should meet the following criteria:

• You have a PhD degree in the field of Public Administration or a closely related discipline.
• You have excellent proficiency in spoken and written English and preferably also in Dutch; non-native speakers should be willing and able to develop their Dutch-language skills in a relatively short period.
• You have a strong record in academic teaching, as evidenced by excellent teaching evaluations.
• We especially welcome candidates with experience in teaching methods courses.
• You have ample administrative experience in the realm of teaching (e.g. programme coordination, board of exams). We especially welcome candidates with experience with curriculum development and teaching innovation at the BA level.
• You have a demonstrated ability to provide methods training, or the willingness to develop this ability.
• You have obtained an advanced teaching qualification, or are willing to obtain this qualification after your appointment at Radboud University.
• You have a strong and recognisable research profile, preferably in the field of policy analysis at the European, national or subnational level.
• You have a strong track record in this subfield, as evidenced by a sufficient number of publications in international high-quality journals, and a well-filled 'pipeline' for the coming years.
• You have excellent knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques.
• You have experience with the dissemination of research results to practitioners or societal stakeholders.
• You have a demonstrated ability to attract individual and/or collaborative research funding, either fundamental or commissioned.
• You have a clear and manageable grant-writing strategy for the coming five years.
• You have experience with or an interest in multidisciplinary cooperation in research.
• You are a results-oriented scholar who can work independently, while being a collegial team member.
• You have ample international experience and a strong international academic network.

Radboud University has a track record in promoting excellent female scholars to leadership positions and we therefore especially welcome applications from women who fit the above profile.

Fixed-term contract: Tenure track - 4 years.

• Employment: 32 - 40 hours per week.
• A maximum gross monthly salary of € 6.317 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 13).
• The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: four-year tenure track.
• The intended start date is 1 october 2020.
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen

The Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher education, focusing on institutional and managerial issues within complex organizations in both the public and private domain. There are seven disciplines within the NSM: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics and Business Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. The NSM strives for a multi-disciplinary approach whenever possible. Altogether, the NSM employs 280 FTE of whom 75% are academics.

Both Bachelor's and Master's degrees are organised in the NSM's educational institute. The educational programme is characterised by small-scale teaching and provides a stimulating learning environment with an emphasis on the development of academic skills. The NSM has about 4,800 students. The NSM's research activities fall under the responsibility of the interdisciplinary Institute for Management Research (IMR). Under the motto 'Responsible governance for sustainable societies', the IMR focuses on academic research into the development, design and effectiveness of the public and private structures that regulate, govern or manage human interactions.

The Department of Public Administration at the NSM offers programmes with a classic, generalist public administration core. They challenge students to analyse problems and issues concerning government and governance, public policy and public sector management in an academically responsible manner. The programmes recognise the Dutch public sector's need for generalists with a thorough training in academic skills, and aim to meet this need by training multidisciplinary, academic professionals. The Department is responsible for the development and quality of the Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Public Administration, as well as for the courses in the other educational programmes within the Faculty. What distinguishes the Nijmegen curriculum is that students learn to draw on theory and knowledge from constituent disciplines, and to apply these to problem solving in the public interest. This multidisciplinary expertise is integrated with a focus on ethics and values in order to be able to act in the general interest in an increasingly complex world. Students are also extensively trained in research skills in order to be able to describe and explain developments in the field of public administration. Theories are offered within a comparative perspective.

The Chair of Public Administration covers the broad field of public administration, with an emphasis on governance, accountability and control in the setting of inter-organisational and intergovernmental relations and networks. There is a strong focus on theory-driven research using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. Specific research themes of the Chair include: policy analysis, comparative public governance, dynamics in public governance, Europeanisation, public service provision, intergovernmental cooperation, and good governance at the local, regional and national levels.