The Department of Communication Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam currently looks for an Assistant or Associate Professor with a specialization in organizational communication, corporate communication, marketing or Public Relations.

More specifically, the department aims to hire an Assistant or Associate professor with strong expertise in corporate communication or organizational communication. The envisioned position should address organizational communication focused on internal and/or external stakeholders. Potential research topics of interest include (but are not limited to) Public Relations, organizational change, issue management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), leadership communication, public affairs, and stakeholder management. Our department has a particular interest in new media technologies, so candidates connecting corporate communication to new media (e.g., topics like employee communication during remote working, algorithmic decision taking in and by organizations, or web care) are particularly invited to apply. We especially encourage female and minority candidates to apply. Our department mostly pursues empirical quantitative (and even computational) research, but we are also open towards applicants with multi-method expertise mixing qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Your duties

• conduct state of the art empirical research in your respective field
• be active in acquiring external research funding
• develop, coordinate and teach bachelor and master level courses
• perform management tasks and take part in various committees
• be involved in the supervision of Ph.D. students

• a Ph.D. in Communication Science or a related discipline
• strong research skills as shown in a solid publication record
• didactic qualities as proven by a Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO, basic teaching qualification at Dutch Universities), or experience with various teaching methods/skills, positive teaching evaluations combined with the willingness to acquire a BKO
• fluency in Dutch and/or English; the ability to teach in English at the C1 level or equivalent is required, and we are looking for a willingness to (learn to) teach in Dutch in the coming years
• experience with (and preferably success in) applying for external funding

Fixed-term contract: 18 months.

A challenging position in a socially involved organization. On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of €3,974 (scale 11) and a maximum €6,702 (scale 13), depending on your education and experience.

For Assistant Professor applicants, the job profile is based on the university ranking system (UFO) of Assistant Professor 2 and is open for 1,0 fte. In the first two years the ratio of teaching and research is 50/50. Afterwards, the standard share is 70% teaching and 30% research. For Associate Professor applicants, the job profile is based on the university ranking system (UFO) of Associate Professor 2 and is open for 1,0 fte. The standard share is 70% teaching and 30% research. The initial employment contract is for 18 months and will be changed into a permanent contract if you perform well.

As an UD, you will be a candidate eligible for a starter grant bonus of 300.000 EUR that needs to be shared with two collaborating colleagues for additional research time to boost your early stage career over 6 years.

For both UDs and UHDs, 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)
• contribution to commuting expenses
• discounts on collective insurances (healthcare- and car insurance);

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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 30,000 students. We employ over 5,500 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.

About the department
Over the past decade, the scientific field of Communication Science has changed profoundly due to the continuous emergence of new media technologies and the rise of a media-saturated digital society, new empirical research methods, and new dynamic communication routes. The department of Communication Science at the VU
Amsterdam (see our staff here) responds to these major trends with an educational program (BA/MA) that teaches Communication Science within a "digital society"
framework, and that trains related skills (e.g., on data and computational methods) and knowledge (e.g., on digital marketing) using timely and innovative teaching methods. The department also responds to these major trends by maintaining a pointed and forward-looking research program that is strategically focusing on an examination of Communication Choices, Content and Consequences (CCCC). The department is in a strong position in the field because it has clearly focused on newly emerging communication technologies and solid empirical methods ever since its start in 2003. The department maintains particular expertise in adapting psychology and computer sciences to the study of media. Researchers within the CCCC program are currently organized into three evolving research areas crucial to the discipline of Communication Science: Political Communication (focusing on computational methods, mostly in a political communication domain), Media Psychology (including work on experience and effects of Social Robotics and Virtual Reality), and Digital Media (focusing on social media, mostly in a marketing, PR, and organizational communication context). Teachers are also organised in the theme group Teaching Excellence. The department has been ranked in 2020 at a strong #10 of all departments/universities worldwide in the prestigious Shanghai ranking, the CCCC research program received very strong review scores in the last assessment, and the teaching program was positively evaluated and accredited in the last assessment (2018/2019).