[Commlist] Vacancies: Two Assistant/Associate Professor Strategic Communication (Tenure Track), Wageningen University and Research

Vacancies: Two Assistant/Associate Professor Strategic Communication 
(Tenure Track), Wageningen University and Research

We are looking for
Would you like to work at a top class university, ranking among the 
world’s leading institutions in the food, agri- and environmental 
domains? Are you an ambitious and enthusiastic communication scholar?

Then come and join our Strategic Communication group as Assistant 
Professor/Associate Professor in a tenure track position!

Within this position, you are responsible for the organisation, 
implementation and coordination of new research activities as well as 
building up a leading international position. We expect from you to 
generate external financial support for an innovative research agenda. 
We also challenge you to motivate and teach students and develop new 
courses. A significant part of the teaching duties includes acquainting 
students from various programmes with different forms of communication 
research, and assisting them in developing executing coherent research 
projects. We provide training and coaching is for you in order to 
accomplish all this.
You prefer inter- or transdisciplinary approaches and an international 
orientation. To address current problems and solutions, societal 
engagement (e.g. between governments, societal actors and researchers) 
are both a topic for analysis, as well as an approach to work with 
society in teaching and research projects. As our new colleague you will 
critically explore and contribute to debates on topics such as:
- the role of digital communication and new media in processes of 
change, for instance in relation to sustainable production and consumption;
- persuasive communication strategies in the public sphere and everyday 
interaction, for instance around environmental issues, (public) health, 
and consumption;
- questions around dialogue, citizen engagement and ‘new democratic 
spaces’, for instance regarding urbanization, and climate change 
mitigation and adaptation.
- interaction around knowledges and knowledge production in these and 
other contexts, as introduced above.

We ask
You are an ambitious and hardworking scientist and a standout colleague, 
dedicated to research and education within our broad field of expertise.
You:
- hold a PhD in a relevant social science field- or discipline (e.g. 
communication science, innovation studies, psychology, science and 
technology studies, sociology, public administration, anthropology, 
environmental policy, development studies etc.);
- are an inspiring teacher and student supervisor with enthusiasm for 
teaching and working with students in an international setting;
- have the ability to teach diverse communication theories and research 
methods (both qualitative and quantitative);
- have a strong affinity with life sciences;
- have a proven international and interdisciplinary orientation;
- have an excellent publication record relative to your stage of career;
- possess the capacity or potential of acquiring, leading and managing 
externally-funded research projects;
- are committed to achieve societal impact in relation to global challenges;
- enjoy a collaborative orientation and possess good management skills.
This position requires an excellent English language proficiency (a 
minimum of CEFR C2 level). For more information about this proficiency 
level, please visit our special language page

We offer
We offer you a challenging and meaningful career trajectory called 
Tenure Track within the COM group. This challenging career path starts 
at the level of assistant professor, from which you can grow into an 
associate professor and obtain ius promovendi and furthermore grow to 
personal professor position. Depending on your experience and track 
record, you can enter at various levels.

You will receive training and mentorship and interdisciplinary 
(international) cooperation is stimulated. As we will only be selecting 
excellent talent to take part in Tenure Track, this will be a good 
stepping stone to a further career within our organization or elsewhere.

We offer a temporary contract for 7 years followed by a permanent 
position, after good evaluations. The salary will depend on expertise 
and experience and the maximum gross salary for Assistant Professors is 
€5,656 per month and for Associate Professors the salary can grow up to 
€6,738 per month. Both based on a full working week of 38 hours in 
accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement Dutch Universities. In 
addition, we offer:
- 8% holiday allowance;
- a structural year-end bonus of 8.3%;
- excellent training opportunities and secondary employment conditions;
- flexible working hours and holidays can possibly be determined in 
consultation so that an optimal balance between work and private life is 
possible;
- excellent pension plan through ABP;
- 232 vacation hours, the option to purchase extra and good 
supplementary leave schemes;
- a flexible working time: the possibility to work a maximum of 2 hours 
per week extra and thereby to build up extra leave;
- a choice model to put together part of your employment conditions 
yourself, such as a bicycle plan;
- a lively workplace where you can easily make contacts and where many 
activities take place on the Wageningen Campus. A place where education, 
research and business are represented;
- use the sports facilities on campus
Wageningen University & Research stimulates internal career 
opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There 
are ample opportunities for own initiative in a learning environment.
We offer a versatile job in an international environment with varied 
activities in a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

More information
We would like to receive your online application with motivation letter 
and curriculum vitae before October 1st, 2019. The first round of 
interviews will be held on October 7 or 8, 2019. Additional information: 
Prof. Dr. ir. L. Klerkx, (mailto:(laurens.klerkx /at/ wur.nl) or tel. 
0317-484694) or Dr. M. Poortvliet (mailto:(marijn.poortvliet /at/ wur.nl) or 
tel. 0317-484004).
Please find additional information about the research programme 
'Communication and change in pluralist contexts’ look at 
https://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Chair-groups/Social-Sciences/Strategic-Communication-Group/Research.htm 
You can read more about Tenure Track within Wageningen UR on 
https://www.wur.nl/en/Jobs/Why-choose-Wageningen-University-Research/Your-development-in-focus/Tenure-Track.htm. 

We are
About the group Strategic Communication
Our group’s research and teaching is connected to life science issues of 
global importance, such as food production, sustainable consumption, 
climate change, nature conservation, land use planning, and health. 
Collaboration with social and natural scientists is a defining element 
of the group’s research and education portfolio. In education, the group 
contributes to various programmes, most prominently the bachelor 
programme “Communicatie en Life Sciences” and the master programme 
“Communication, Health and Life Sciences”. The central aim of our group 
is to understand the role of communication in planned and unplanned 
change in life sciences domains. Hereto, communication is studied at 
micro level (e.g., conversations and dialogue) and macro level (e.g., 
public debates), and includes mediated (e.g., social media and blogs) 
and non-mediated (e.g., expert-lay interactions) forms of communication. 
Communication themes such as:
- the mobilization of actors around issues e.g. through persuasive 
strategies,
- implications of digital communication for engagement with life science 
issues in the public sphere
- questions around construction and communication of knowledge in a 
‘post-truth’ society could be of interest.
The organization
Wageningen University and Research Centre Delivering a substantial 
contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus – each and every 
day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search 
for answers to issues affecting society – such as sustainable food 
production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don’t 
do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on ‘the quality of life’, 
turning ideas into reality, on a global scale. For further information 
about working at Wageningen UR, take a look at www.jobsat.wur.nl. The 
organization Wageningen University and Research Centre Delivering a 
substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus – each 
and every day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, 
we search for answers to issues affecting society – such as sustainable 
food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we 
don’t do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on ‘the quality of 
life’, turning ideas into reality, on a global scale. For further 
information about working at Wageningen UR, take a look at 
http://www.jobsat.wur.nl.


---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------