Job announcement
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Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Application deadline: 15.12. 2011
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The newly established chair group in Behavioural Ecology at Wageningen University offers a position as Assistant Professor in the field of Behavioural Ecology (vacancy number ASG-DW-ADP-0001). The candidate will be responsible for the organisation, implementation and coordination of new research activities in this field, as well as building up a leading international position. Your research should focus on vertebrate behavioural ecology. You will be involved in teaching at undergraduate and graduate level, supervise PhD and Masters students and you will be expected to obtain external research funding and to publish in international (refereed) journals. We offer a stimulating and friendly working environment where you are expected to contribute to increasing our understanding of animal populations. Training and coaching is provided to accomplish all this.
As Assistant Professor you are an ambitious and enthusiastic scientist and a team player, devoted to research and education in the field of behavioural ecology. Preference will be given to candidates with experimental approaches using birds in the natural habitat as model systems but applications form a broader field will be considered.
The Behavioural Ecology chair group of the Animal Science Department Wageningen University is a newly established enthusiastic and ambitious group which combines expertise in animal behaviour, animal welfare and behavioural ecology. The group will be formally established on 1st December 2011. The research of the group will focus on vertebrates ranging from farm animals to animals in their natural habitat. The chair group in Behavioural Ecology will have a focus on social behaviour using birds as a model species covering topics including social networks, communication, foraging and cognition but applications from also a broader range of topics will be considered. We encourage applications from individuals with a broad range of interests, but will give priority to candidates with research interests and experience in ecological and evolutionary approaches to study behaviour in the natural habitat.
Wageningen University offers you as talented scientist a challenging new career trajectory called Tenure Track. We have the ambition to attract top scientific talent and to stimulate their development. From the position of Assistant Professor you can grow into the position of a Professor holding a personal chair. We are looking for high potentials who can excel in education and research. We offer you a temporary contract for 38 hours per week, which can lead to a permanent employment contract. A part-time position of 0.8 Fte is negotiable. The monthly salary depends on your work experience and expertise. Gross salary from € 3195 to max. € 4374 as Assistant Professor and based on full time employment. The career path consists of a number of successive career steps, from Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor to Professor holding a Personal Chair. Excellent performance and seniority can be rewarded with an appointment as Associate Professor.
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
The chair of the Behavioural Ecology group, Prof. Dr. Marc Naguib,
Telephone number: 0031 (0)317- -473442; after 1st December 0031-(0)317 483860 E-mail address: m.naguib@nioo.knaw.nl
Application
You can apply till 15 December 2011. Interviews will take place in early January
Go to the website below for more detailed information and to apply for the position http://www.wur.nl/UK/work/Vacancies+New
To access the advertisement use the link above and enter the vacancy number ASG-DW-ADP-0001 into the "vacancy field". Then follow the further links. Contact Marc Naguib at m.naguib@nioo.knaw for or any questions regarding the position or the application procedure.
