Apply until 18/02/2025 (DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (Brussels time)
* Discipline: Paediatric Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy in Neurological Disorders
* 100% Assistant professor tenure track
* Reference number: 202411/GE/ZAP/004
ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 15,000 staff members and 50,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterised by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.
ASSIGNMENT
This position is situated in the department of Rehabilitation Sciences of the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The appointment includes a teaching, research and service assignment.
Academic education
You lecture various course units in the discipline of Paediatric Rehabilitation, preferably in the rehabilitation of children with neurodevelopmental conditions, (including congenital and acquired neurological disorders). You participate in the 3-year academic bachelor and the 2-year academic master's programme within Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy and possibly in the interuniversity paediatric postgraduate programmes aimed at interdisciplinary care and rehabilitation professionals. In addition to subject-specific assignments, you also take on more generic teaching assignments. You also supervise master’s theses within the Faculty. The assignment can evolve according to needs and changes.
Academic research
You conduct research in the field of paediatric neurodevelopmental conditions (including congenital and acquired neurological disorders), preferably in the field of early diagnosis, early treatment, and interdisciplinary counselling of the child and his/her context. You lead projects within this domain and contribute to collaborations and joint supervision of PhD students with other partners within and outside the department. You conduct your research within a regional, national and international network, involving critical stakeholders from research design to publication. You will be responsible for applying for funding for research and infrastructure.
Academic services
You take part in the internal and external service provision of the department of Rehabilitation Sciences, amongst others by translating the results of your research to the broader public. During your career, you are willing to include roles and management positions that are relevant to the department and/or faculty. To support this, you will apply for funding for valorisation projects.
PROFILE
Experience
* You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in high-quality academic journals and peer-reviewed books;
* You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research;
* You are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic competences;
* You have experience with, or willingness to carry out, socially relevant research in collaboration with relevant national and international stakeholders in the field;
* You have an (inter)national research network within the described research domain;
* You have experience with, or willingness to include, the following topics in your teaching and research: interdisciplinarity, context-oriented, quality of life, coaching/motivation;
* Recommended are:
1. International mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your highest academic degree;
2. Positively evaluated experience in provided or organised academic lecturing;
3. Professionalisation of education;
4. Leadership experience in research;
5. Clinical experience with patients in mentioned domain.
1. You must master the language of instruction in which you will teach a course at CEFR-level C1. You can demonstrate this by means of a language certificate or a diploma obtained from an institution in which that language is the language of instruction. In addition, Article II.270, §1 of the Codex of Higher Education requires that: (i) you must master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level A2 within two years after the start of the appointment. (ii) you must be able to master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level of B2 within five years after the start of the appointment.
Skills / Attitude
* You are quality-oriented;
* You take initiative;
* You have good didactic skills;
* You are a team player and contribute to the tasks within the department and the cooperation with both interdisciplinary and external partners;
* You are excited by the prospect of interdisciplinary collaboration and internationalisation;
* You have an innovative attitude and are eager to engage new collaborations with external (research) partners;
* You have good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills;
* You develop leadership in your area of expertise;
Admission requirements
* You hold a thesis-based doctorate or a diploma or certificate that is recognised as equivalent in the field of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, with a specialization in paediatrics.
* You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1 September 2025.
* You are a licensed physiotherapist.
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
* We offer you a temporary appointment in a tenure track system for a term of five years. If positively evaluated by the University Board, the term of office will be transferred into a permanent appointment as an associate professor.
* Should you already be a member of the professorial staff or hold an equal post at a university or research institution, you can immediately be appointed as an assistant professor, without prejudice to the possibility of a temporary appointment offered in article V.28 of the Codex of Higher Education.
The recruitment is from 1 September 2025.
OUR OFFER
The career and evaluation policy for Professorial Staff is based on talent development and growth, prioritizing vision development and strategy - at the personal as well as the group level. At UGent we focus on career support and coaching of the Professorial Staff in the different phases of the career.
Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members and offering them appropriate guidance. The basic teacher training and courses of 'Dutch' and 'English' for foreign-speaking lecturers are only a few examples of our wide range of training and education opportunities. Furthermore, each Ghent University staff member can count on a number of benefits such as a bike allowance, reimbursement of public transport commuting costs, daycare, a wide range of sports facilities and EcoCheques.
Ghent University also invests in welcoming international professorial staff. It offers various housing options, a relocation bonus, the International School for school-aged children (with a discount on the tuition fee), support when registering at the City of Ghent, support with the procedure of family reunification and other administrative matters in connection with moving to Ghent.
Candidates who are newly appointed at Ghent University with an appointment as autonomous academic staff of at least 50% or candidates whose appointment as autonomous academic staff at Ghent University is increased to a minimum of 50% receive a Starting Grant of € 230.000 to contribute towards the personnel, operating and/or equipment costs of establishing a research team.
GENDER AND DIVERSITY
Ghent University conducts an equal opportunities policy and encourages everyone to apply. Ghent University also strives for a gender balance. Female applications are thus especially welcomed.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
After the final application date, all received applications will be sent to the faculty selection committee assembled for this vacancy. After a pre-selection on the basis of the submitted and assessed as admissible application files, the selection committee may hear the candidates about their vision and planning regarding education, research and services. It is also possible to organize a trial lesson or a presentation on a subject in the relevant field. Afterwards, the committee will rank the suitable candidates and present this ranking to the Faculty Board. The advice of the Faculty Board will then be presented to the University Board for approval.
Candidates are asked to further discuss their top 5 most important publications or other academic achievements with the highest impact. Next to academic publications, the candidate is thus also able to show merit of knowledge transfer by academic dissemination, social valorisation, public awareness, seminars or conference presentations. These competences are also taken into account when evaluating the candidates.
The evaluation of the required international mobility is broad and partly takes the gender perspective into account, thus not only considering longer stays abroad by also other forms of internationalisation.
Pregnancy leave, prolonged sick leave, parental leave, filial leave or other forms of absence are taken into account when evaluating the available time for the realisation of academic output.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online through the e-recruitment system before the application deadline (see above). We do not accept late or incomplete applications, or applications that are not sent through the online system.
Your application must include the following documents:
* In the field ‘Application form’: the professorial staff application form (+ all annexes mentioned in the form), merged into one pdf file.
* In the field ‘Cover letter’: your application letter in pdf format
* In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of your doctoral degree. If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
* In the field ‘Certificate of equivalence’: only for diplomas awarded outside the European Union: certificate of equivalence (NARIC) (if already in you possession). For diplomas awarded in the UK before January 31st of 2020, a certificate of equivalence is not required.
Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.
MORE INFORMATION
For further information regarding this vacancy, please contact Professor Dirk Cambier (dirk.cambier@ugent.be), Head of Department Rehabilitation Sciences at the faculty Medicine and Health Sciences.
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