Post-doctoral researcher in Professional identity development and career choices of STEM students and young professionals

You hold a PhD degree in (Social, Organizational, Business) Psychology, Educational Science, or a related field. In addition, you:

• have expertise or demonstrable interest in professional learning and development;
• have an interest in the challenges related to STEM students’ school-work transitions; also from a gender and diversity perspective;
• have experience with field research, and preferably with longitudinal field and/or intervention studies;
• have strong methodological and statistical knowledge and a willingness to learn additional statistical skills;
• have good social and communication skills in academic as well as non-academic contexts;
• are fluent in English and Dutch (minimum C1-level) and have excellent writing skills. This has resulted in a good publication record and/or a promising publication pipeline;
• are willing and have proven ability to work independently, but also to collaborate with the team and stakeholders.

Job application

Your application should include the following documents:

• a cover letter (in English or Dutch) which explains your interest in the position and your qualifications for it;
• a curriculum vitae which also includes the name and e-mail address/telephone number for (preferably) two or more references;
• a copy of your PhD-thesis or, if it is not yet available, an outline and summary of your thesis and one of your scientific papers.

Applications should be uploaded via the application link below. Since only three documents can be uploaded per application, please combine documents if needed.

The application deadline is May 30th, 2018. Interviews will be held in June.

For additional information about this position you can contact dr. Ruth van Veelen (r.vanveelen@uu.nl) or dr. Maaike Endedijk (only after appointment via Sandra Schele, s.schele@utwente.nl / 053-4892022).

More information about the department of Educational Science can be found on the following website: https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/owk/

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

A 3-year part-time postdoc position (0,6 fte), starting September 1st (preferred). There are options to extend the contract with teaching tasks to a full-time position. The gross salary is in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU) € 2.588,- to € 4.757,- per month for a fulltime position, depending on experience. On top of this, you receive a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.

We offer excellent auxiliary terms of employment, such as professional and personal development programs; a secondary remuneration package; a dynamic environment with enthusiastic colleagues; and an organization focusing on internationalization and a high degree of responsibility and independence.