Tenured academic staff, Sustainable innovation in marketing - 2019ZAPFBEEX030

The Faculty of Business and Economics is seeking to fill the following part-time (55%)vacancy in the Department of Marketing

Tenured academic staff in the area of sustainable innovation in marketing

Job description

The assignment has a structural character in the three core activities of the tenured academic staff.

• You are assigned the lecturing (in Dutch) of courses like Marketing and Communication management, Marketing management: Theory and cases, and/or Consumer Behaviour, in consultation with the department council.
• You supervise Master theses at our faculty.
• You conduct scientific research in the area of sustainable innovation in marketing. You acquire research funding and supervise Ph.D. students in this area.
• You offer scientific services: both within our university as outside our university we expect you would render scientific services based on your own expertise.

Profile and requirements

• You hold a doctorate degree (PhD) in applied economic sciences or another relevant field.
• You have experience in teaching academic courses in the area of the vacancy and the focus in your teaching corresponds to the educational vision of the university.
• You have experience in acquiring and conducting (international) research projects concerning sustainable innovation in marketing and in supervising Ph.D. students.
• You have publications in international peer-reviewed journals on sustainable innovation in marketing.
• Your academic qualities comply with the requirements stipulated in the university’s policy.
• Relevant business experience is a plus.
• You have leadership skills (or the potential to develop them).
• You are quality-oriented, conscientious, creative and cooperative.
• If you do not master Dutch, the administrative language of the university, you should be willing to obtain a CEFR B2 level of proficiency in Dutch. As soon as you take on teaching duties as a course unit coordinator, you should be able to demonstrate a CEFR C1 level of proficiency in the language of instruction. The University of Antwerp supports international staff members on an integration trajectory and offers tailor-made language coaching in compliance with Flanders’ statutory language regulations.

We offer

• either a part-time position with a structural assignment as a lecturer, in a temporary appointment in the tenure track for a term of five years. This position will lead to an immediate permanent appointment as a senior lecturer if the performance is assessed favourably on the basis of previously fixed and publicly announced evaluation criteria;
• or a part-time position with a structural assignment as a senior lecturer or higher, generally entailing a permanent appointment. In the case of a first appointment to the corps of academic personnel (ZAP), the university board may proceed to a temporary appointment for a period not exceeding three years. This position will lead to a permanent appointment if the performance is assessed favourably;
• the date of appointment will be 1 October 2019;
• a gross monthly salary ranging for lecturer from € 4.255,06 - € 6.272,13 and for senior lecturer from € 4.872,61 - € 7.654,80;
• a dynamic and stimulating work environment.

How to apply?

• Applications may only be submitted online, until the closing date 24 March 2019.
• A pre-selection will be made from amongst the submitted applications. The remainder of the selection procedure is specific to the position and will be determined by the selection panel.
• More information about the application form can be obtained from vacaturesuantwerpen.be.
• For questions about the profile and the description of duties, please contact Prof. Dr. Nathalie Dens (Nathalie.densuantwerpen.be ), chair of the department.

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