Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Electrochemical

As Assistant Professor with a focus on research you will have the opportunity to develop your own research line and research group, contribute to our English-taught Chemistry & Chemical Engineering BSc & MSc programs, supervise PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, acquire external funding, and promote the societal relevance of your research.

With our faculty's Career Paths in Science and Engineering, you will have excellent career development opportunities, including the potential for a permanent appointment (tenure) in 1-3 years and advancement to Full Professor within approximately 10 years. At the stage of Assistant Professor, 60% of your time is dedicated to research, 30% to teaching, and 10% to organisational tasks.

At the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, we are committed to fostering the growth and development of young academic talent. We recognise the importance of providing ample opportunities for personal and professional advancement. Therefore, we offer
- the scientific freedom to pursue research topics that align with your interests and passions
- an open and (family-)friendly work environment where collaboration is encouraged, and facilities and instruments are shared among colleagues
- dedicated support for grant preparation and interviews, to help (young) academic staff secure funding for their research projects
- integration into an established research unit, with full access to all research facilities, which helps reduce administrative burdens and allows you to focus more time and energy on your academic growth and research endeavors.

Organisation
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Groningen is the lively capital of The Northern Netherlands with a high quality of life and affordable living conditions. The university has 34.000 students in BSc and MSc programmes, 4.400 PhD students, and 4.600 staff members. Our students and staff come from all around the world.

The ARC CBBC is a national center of excellence focusing on long term research in sustainable catalysis, materials and coatings and chemical engineering to provide sustainable solutions to the chemical processes, energy carriers and materials of the future. The Advanced Research Centre is a joined initiative of three universities: the University of Utrecht, the University of Groningen and the University of Eindhoven; four multinational companies: Shell, BASF, Akzo-Nobel, Nobian and Nouryon and the ministries of Economic Affairs and Science and Education (via NWO).

**Qualifications**:

- a PhD degree in organic electrochemistry or a related field
- excellent research qualities, as shown by a publication record in international peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of renowned conferences
- a great affinity with and a good track record in teaching, appropriate for the career stage
- preferably at least two years of professional experience (PhD, postdoc or equivalent) outside of The Netherlands
- the potential to acquire substantial research grants from external sources
- demonstrable communicative and organisational competences
- the ability to work well with others in international and diverse teams
- good command of spoken and written English.

Furthermore, we expect all new staff members to either have a University Teaching Qualification (Dutch: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs) or obtain it within 3 years and, if they do not already speak it, to learn the Dutch language within at most five years.

**Organisation**:
**Conditions of employment**:
The Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen was the first on the European mainland to introduce a tenure track career policy, 20 years ago, and with significant success. We have attracted great talents that have contributed strongly to the worldwide leading position of our faculty’s ten research institutes. Our career system has helped our staff members to develop highly successful and rewarding academic careers. The latest version of this system, ‘Career Paths in Science and Engineering’, offers
- diverse career paths with a focus on research, education or impact
- dynamic career paths, in which staff members can switch focus in the course of their career
- promotion to Assistant Professor level 1, in combination with a permanent contract, already after 1 - 3 years, provided the relevant criteria are met
- promotion to Associate Professor after 5 years, and promotion to Full Professor after another 5 years, if the corresponding criteria are met

As starting conditions, we offer a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, from € 4,332 (salary scale 11) up to a maximum of € 6,737 gross per month (salary scale 12 Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, depending on your career stage) for a full-time position as Assistant Professor.

Additionally, we offer
- a holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of respectively 8% and 8.3% of your yea