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Assistant Professor in Economics

The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
9 Mar 2024

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Utrecht University
Research Field
Cultural studies
Researcher Profile
Leading Researcher (R4)
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Established Researcher (R3)
Country
Netherlands
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Not Applicable
Hours Per Week
24.0
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Please pay attention to the following:
The location for this position is University College Roosevelt, Lange Noordstraat 1, 4331 CB Middelburg, so you will not be employed by Utrecht University!

Your job
The post will require the successful candidate to teach two economics courses in each semester (semesters last for 15 weeks). This person will therefore teach four courses per academic year. These will be at all three levels: introductory, intermediary and advanced. The successful candidate will also supervise a number of 3rd-year bachelor student projects (known in the college as ‘senior projects’). To facilitate this supervision, this person will be research active, will have a broad research network and will have published appropriately to their career stage in the discipline of economics. Financial support will be provided by the department to allow for research results to be presented at national and international conferences.

As University College Roosevelt focuses mainly on teaching, research time will be limited compared to large research universities. That said, UCR is a great place for an early-career researcher who wishes to gain some important teaching and student supervision skills before pursuing a more research-focused academic career at a larger research university or research center.

Requirements

Specific Requirements

To be successful in this role, candidates must:

  • Have, or be working on a PhD in Economics;
  • Demonstrable experience in teaching economics and econometrics courses at Bachelor’s-level;
  • Be experienced in coding (Stata, R or Python);
  • Have excellent command of English, both written and spoken (C1 minimum);
  • Have or be willing to acquire a basic university teaching qualification (BKO); and
  • Be able and willing to work across the disciplines with colleagues, especially from data science, artificial intelligence and engineering.

An affinity with a Liberal Arts and Sciences approach to teaching will be an advantage.

Additional Information

Benefits

We offer a one-year, fixed-term employment as Instructor / Assistant Professor at UCR in Middelburg starting per August 1, 2024. This position is being filled as temporary replacement and therefore there is no prospect for a permanent contract. The employment will be for 0.6 fte (22.8 hours per week).

Salary will be based on VSNU salary scales in the range from scale 10 to 11 for Instructor (D) / Assistant Professor (UD). Commuting costs within the Netherlands will be partly reimbursed. Furthermore, UCR offers secondary benefits such as:

  • End of Year Bonus (8.3%)
  • Holiday allowance (8%)
  • Pension arrangement at ABP
  • Multiple choices model
  • Holiday leave hours of 232 per year based on fulltime employment
Selection process

Applications should be submitted via email to personnel@ucr.nl before March 31, 2024 and include a motivation letter, resume and the names of at least two references.

Additional comments

Additional information about the position can be obtained from the Director of Education, Dr. A. Karas, a.karas@ucr.nl.

More information about University College Roosevelt can be found online at www.ucr.nl.

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Universiteit Utrecht
Country
Netherlands
City
Middelburg
Postal Code
4331CB
Street
Lange Noordstraat 1
Geofield

Contact

City
Utrecht
Website
Street
Domplein 29
Postal Code
3512 JE