"Assistant Professor Public Policy and Governance"

Are you an enthusiastic public policy scholar with a passion for education? Do you conduct research on the Global South with an interest in the politics of policy implementation? Then we have the perfect challenge for you! Come join our team at the University of Amsterdam.

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Political Science with a specialization in public policy. We are particularly interested in candidates with a research focus on the Global South and an interest in the politics of policy implementation. In addition, candidates require academic teaching experience in core public policy literature, so that they contribute to our international, diverse, and broad political science undergraduate and graduate programmes within the College and Graduate School Social Sciences.

What are you going to do? The core tasks of the successful candidate will be teaching (0.6 fte) and research (0.4 fte). You will occasionally fulfil organizational tasks and committee work in the wider context of the Department of Political Science.

You are asked to teach introductory and advanced courses in public policy and governance in the BA and MA programmes of the Department of Political Science. Occasionally, you can also teach courses that are part of the core curriculum of the BA program. You can also be asked to teach in an interdisciplinary BA or (Res)MA-programme associated with the Department of Political Science.

For research we are interested in candidates who can offer innovative theoretical and empirical contributions to literatures on the politics of implementation, implementation success/failure, the role of street-level bureaucrats, implementation instruments and practices in specific countries in the Global South. Your research will be affiliated with the Programme Group ‘Transnational Configurations, Conflict, and Governance’ (TCCG), housed in the Department of Political Science and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR).

You will actively contribute to the development of the research programme of TCCG by publishing in international scholarly journals or books, by co-supervising junior researchers, and by submitting grant applications.

Core tasks:

• Teaching general and specialist courses in public policy and governance at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and involvement in post-graduate supervision;
• Developing, conducting, and supervising high quality academic research on the topics mentioned above;
• (Participating in) acquiring external research funding;
• Contributing to the research programme of the Programme Group TCCG and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research through scholarly publications and engagement in local, national, and international networks.

What do you have to offer? A completed doctoral thesis in Political Science – specifically in public policy – or a closely related field such as Public Administration or Sociology; The proven ability to provide relevant and inspiring academic teaching – at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Dutch and/or English – as evidenced by successful experience in independently designing and executing courses, and a clear didactical vision; The ability to work both as an independent professional and as a team player; A demonstrated expertise in the field of public policy and governance; Connections to practitioners/policy-makers to the benefit of teaching and research; An ongoing research programme and publications, focused on international peer reviewed journals and/or books published by internationally recognised academic presses; Mastery of social science research methods appropriate for your research agenda; The ability to develop and submit competitive research grant proposals; Solid knowledge of the canon and contemporary literature related to public policy and governance; Affinity with teaching students from other tracks within political science, and from interdisciplinary programmes, within and beyond your own specialization; A capacity to teach in English and/or Dutch, and a willingness to acquire passive knowledge of Dutch within three years; The basic qualification at Dutch universities in higher education (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs; BKO) certificate, or a willingness to acquire such.

What else do we offer you? A challenging disciplinary and interdisciplinary work environment with a variety of duties and ample scope for individual initiative and development within an inspiring organisation. We offer a temporary employment contract of a maximum of 18 months with a probationary period of two months. Upon proven suitability and unchanged financial and organizational circumstances, the contract will be converted into a permanent employment. The employment contract will be for 38 hours per week. Salary depends on past education and relevant work experience. For this position the University Job Classification profile Universitair Docent (UD 2 or UD 1) applies, with a minimum salary of €4728 and a maximum salary of €6512 gross per month based on full-time employment for a 38-hour working week, in keeping with salary scale 11.0 – 12.5, as per the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and a year-end bonus.