Postdoctoral Researcher in Health, Well-being, and

1 week geleden

Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland Maastricht University Voltijd
Are you interested in unravelling the complex relationships between health, well-being, and educational performance among children in the Netherlands? Are you passionate about doing research on how children can make the most of their potential? And have you (almost) completed a PhD in a relevant field? Then this position may be for you


The postdoctoral researcher will be part of a vibrant multidisciplinary research group, specialized in the relation between various dimensions of health and educational success.

The project team consists of eight people, and is composed of sociologists from ROA and health scientists and psychiatrists from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

The postdoctoral researcher will be supervised by prof. dr. Tim Huijts. The team also includes one other postdoctoral researcher.

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to work on the following:

  • Quantitative analysis of unique new data on health, wellbeing and educational performance of children in the Netherlands.
  • Support data collection, data cleaning and data linkage.
  • Complete studies based on the quantitative data analysis that will be published in leading peerreviewed journals.
  • Contribute to science communication and knowledge dissemination of the results of the project to various stakeholders.
  • Contribute to the ROA research community, for example by taking part in ROA's internal seminars.

Requirements:

  • Advanced skills in research design and relevant quantitative analysis, as demonstrated in your PhD thesis and journal publications.
  • Strong analytical capacity.
  • Preferably experience with data collection and working with register data.
  • Affinity (and preferably experience) with research on topics around health and youth.
  • Affinity (and preferably experience) with science communication and knowledge dissemination.
  • Affinity with work in an interdisciplinary and international environment.
  • Outstanding organizational, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

What we offer

As a postdoctoral researcher
at School of Business and Economics
, you will be employed by the most international university in the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht.

In addition, we offer you:

  • Good employment conditions. The position is graded in scale 11 according to UFO profile Researcher, with corresponding salary based on experience ranging from €4332,00 and €5929,00 gross per month (based on a fulltime employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% yearend bonus apply.
  • An employment contract for a period of 24 months with a scope of 1,0 FTE.
  • At Maastricht University, the wellbeing of our employees is of utmost importance, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work fulltime, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model.
  • As Maastricht University, we offer various other excellent secondary employment conditions. These include a good pension scheme with the ABP and the opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students. Last but certainly not least, we provide the space and facilities for your personal and professional development. We facilitate this by offering a wide range of training programs and supporting various wellestablished initiatives such as 'acknowledge and appreciate'.The terms of employment at Maastricht University are largely set out in the collective labor agreement of Dutch Universities. In addition, local provisions specific to UM apply. For more information, click here.

Maastricht University
Why work at Maastricht University?
At Maastricht University (UM), everything revolves around the future.

The future of our students, as we work to equip them with a solid, broad-based foundation for the rest of their lives.

And the future of society, as we seek solutions through our research to issues from all around the world. Our six faculties combined provide a comprehensive package of study programmes and research.

In our teaching, we use the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method. Students work in small groups, looking for solutions to problems themselves.

By discussing issues and working together to draw conclusions, formulate answers and present them to their peers, students develop essential skills for their future careers.

With over 22,300 students and more than 5,000 employees from all over the world, UM is home to a vibr

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