Promovendus 'Ombudspolitiek' (1,0 Fte)

Translated from Dutch by Graduates Corner. The official posting is the authoritative version.

• Preparing a doctoral thesis on ombudsman politics, supervised by Prof. Geerten Boogaard (Constitutional and Administrative Law, Leiden University) and Dr. Willeke Slingerland (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht);
• Presenting research results and taking part in (organising) workshops, conferences and activities of the research centre and the DeMoCraft consortium;
• Teaching constitutional and administrative law (max 0.2 FTE);
• Taking part in the PhD training programme;
• Working with fellow researchers and societal partners to make DeMoCraft an active and lively platform.
• You have a completed university master's degree in constitutional and administrative law and an affinity with related disciplines such as sociology, public administration or political science.
• You have a talent for, and ideally some experience with, interdisciplinary scientific research;
• You are interested in carrying out socially relevant research;
• You are interested in how law works in political practice;
• You have a flexible personality and switch easily between different worlds;
• You work well with others, but can also find your own way within and outside our organisation.
• An employment contract for one year, which can then be extended by three years. Ahead of the extension, an evaluation at the end of the first year looks at the PhD training programme, the feasibility of the thesis and progress in teaching skills. The contract falls under the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities;
• A salary between €3,059 and €3,881 gross per month for a full-time (38-hour) appointment (PhD candidate);
• The intended start date is 1 January 2027;
• Holiday allowance (8%), an end-of-year bonus (8.3%) and an attractive pension scheme with ABP;
• Full reimbursement of public transport costs for commuting.
• Flexible working hours: you have at least 29 days of annual leave with a full-time 38-hour week; you can build up extra leave, for example by working 40 hours a week to gain 96 extra hours of leave, or exchange 96 hours of leave for a 36-hour working week;
• A wide choice of secondary employment conditions, such as the option of a sabbatical or paid parental leave. Within our flexible benefits scheme, leave days and/or salary can be used for, for example, a discounted gym membership or bicycle scheme;
• Working in an enthusiastic and professional team on a funded research project of great social relevance;
• Lots of freedom, flexibility and responsibility: you get every opportunity to develop your talent further;
• Participation in the PhD training programme;
• Hybrid working within the Netherlands is possible where the work allows;
• A working-from-home allowance (daily and internet allowance) and attention to good workstations; you will also be given a university laptop and mobile phone.
• Where candidates are equally suitable, preference is given to internal candidates, women, employees with a disability and employees with a migration background.
• You live in and are officially registered as a resident of the Netherlands, or are willing to move once you accept the position.
• A pre-employment screening (references, diplomas, certificate of conduct) may be part of the selection procedure.
• Teachers of English-taught courses must have English at least at level C1. International teachers who teach in Dutch are expected to have level C1 Dutch. Other staff are expected to have at least a passive knowledge of Dutch.
• Leiden University expects teachers to obtain the University Teaching Qualification (BKO). If the new employee does not yet hold this qualification or an equivalent, they must be willing to obtain it within two years.
• Unsolicited approaches from agencies in response to this vacancy are not appreciated. If you send us CVs anyway, no rights can be derived from them.