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.

In the coming years, the Faculty will make an extra investment in two research themes: 'Digital legal studies: building technology for law' and 'Law in a globalizing society: regulation and protection.’ The assistant professor is expected to do research on one of these two themes, in a tax-related context (see attachment).

Applicants should fulfill the following main requirements:

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

Fixed-term contract: 5 years.

Candidates are employed temporarily as assistant professor (level 2) and agree to specific performance goals. Five years after appointment if the performance goals are met, the candidate is promoted to assistant professor (level 1) in a permanent employment. On the candidate’s request, the decision on a permanent employment can be deferred in case of special personal circumstances, such as pregnancy leave, parental leave, or chronic illness.

The salary depends on academic qualifications and experience. The salary will be set in salary scale 11 (minimum gross month salary € 3.637,00 and maximum € 4.978,00) and after being promoted to assistant professor level 1 the salary will be set in salary scale 12 (minimum gross month salary € 4.406,00 and maximum € 5.656,00) of the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch Universities. For people recruited from abroad a reduced income tax rate may apply.

Starting date: 1 September 2019.

More information on terms of employment of the university can be found on: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Support > Employees.

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 16,300 students and 4,300 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.

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Department of Tax Law

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.

The Faculty of Law has six departments (Private Law, Public Law, International and European Law, Criminal Law, Tax Law and Foundation and Methods of Law) and hosts eight research institutes, while many researchers of the faculty also participate in interdisciplinary interfaculty institutes (https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/faculties/law/research).