[TYPES/announce] Rosalind Franklin Fellowships for Female Tenure-Track Assistant Professors - University of Groningen

[Jorge A. Perez]

Rosalind Franklin Fellowships for talented female researchers.

These are tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level (in
exceptional cases, candidates can be offered a position as Associate
or Full Professor).

Details can be found in
<https://www.rug.nl/fse/organization/vacatures/vacatures/rff/>.
Deadline is June 2.

Four positions are earmarked for CS & AI, including one on
"software-intensive systems".
There are also six positions for any area in Science and Engineering.

Please disseminate widely the call below.
I welcome informal enquiries from potential applicants with a
background on (theoretical) computer science, concurrency, logic,
programming languages, verification, and related fields.

Best regards,

Jorge A. Pérez
Assistant Professor
Bernoulli Institute for Math, CS and AI
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
URL: http://www.jperez.nl
j.a.perez at rug.nl

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The University of Groningen is a research university with a global
outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Quality has been
our top priority for over four hundred years, and with success: the
University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential
ranking lists. The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is the
largest faculty within the University. We offer first-rate education and
research in a wide range of science and engineering disciplines, from
classical disciplines such as mathematics, biology, astronomy and
mechanical engineering, to interdisciplinary fields such as artificial
intelligence, pharmacy and nanoscience. Our community has an open and
informal character with students and staff from around the world.

Job description

At the University of Groningen, we believe diversity is key to success.
To promote the advancement of talented female researchers at the highest
level of the institution we have initiated the prestigious Rosalind
Franklin program. The program is aimed at women in industry, academia or
research institutes who aspire to become a Full Professor in a European
top research university. Since 2002 we have welcomed over 100 Rosalind
Franklin Fellows, many of whom by now have reached the rank of Full
Professor. Please click here https://www.rug.nl/fse/rff for more
information.

Under European jurisdiction it is lawful to specifically recruit
underrepresented groups.

We have in total 27 Rosalind Franklin Fellowships to offer at the
Faculty of Science and Engineering, a number of them devoted to Computer
Science and Artificial Intelligence. One of the fields within Computer
Science is Software-intensive Systems - see <https://www.rug.nl/fse/rff>.

As Rosalind Franklin Fellow you will:

-    set up and develop your own research line and independent research
group
-    supervise PhD students
-    acquire external funding
-    promote the societal relevance of your research
-    teach in and contribute to the development of degree programs
-    contribute to the organization of the faculty, for example by
participating in working groups and committees, in the domains of
teaching, research and management.

At the stage of Assistant Professor 60% of your time is for research,
30% for teaching activities and 10% for organizational tasks.


Qualifications

We encourage you to apply if you have:

-    a PhD degree
-    at least two years of postdoctoral experience outside of the
Netherlands, preferably in a different country than where you received
your PhD, and a relevant international network
-    excellent research qualities, as shown by a publication record in
international peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of renowned conferences
-    a good track record in teaching, appropriate to your career stage
-    demonstrable organizational competences
-    cross-cultural sensitivity
-    good command of spoken and written English.

And you are:

-    a team player with good communication skills
-    able to acquire substantial research grants from external sources
-    willing to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (Dutch: BKO)
within three years
-    able to speak the Dutch language or motivated to speak it within
five years.

Conditions of employment

We offer you a full-time position as Assistant Professor in our
faculty’s tenure track system Career Paths in Science that leads up to
Full Professor and:

  -    a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, from €
3,637 up to a maximum of € 5,656 gross per month (scale 11 or 12 CAO
Dutch Universities, depending on your career stage) for a full-time position
-    holiday allowance and end-of-year bonus of respectively 8% and 8.3%
of your yearly salary
-    a pension scheme
-    paid maternity and parental leave
-    the possibility to work part-time (90% or 80%)
-    dual career support for partners of new faculty members moving to
Groningen
-    a mentor program and a broad range of opportunities for personal
development.

In exceptional cases candidates can be offered a position as Associate
or Full Professor. Consider our website for more information about the
working conditions at the University of Groningen
<https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/that-is-why/>

As Rosalind Franklin Fellow you will enter a tenure track that, if
followed successfully, will lead to a Full Professorship in
approximately 10 years. In case of a full-time contract, you will
initially be appointed for 7 years and your performance will be assessed
after 5 years. This moment may be extended with at most one year in case
of a life event (e.g. prolonged illness or maternity leave). If your
assessment is positive, you will get a tenured appointment as an
Associate Professor. After another 4 to 7 years you will be assessed for
promotion to the position of Full Professor. Please consider Career
Paths in Science
<https://www.rug.nl/fse/organization/vacatures/vacatures/career-paths-in-science-edition-4>
for a complete description of our tenure track system as well as the
criteria for promotion:

Application

You may apply for this position until 2 June 11.59 pm / before 3 June
2019 (CEST). Please apply by using the following link: http://bit.ly/2PsWPjP

You may also consult the full text of this advertisement
<https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S00071LP&cat=wp>.

We invite you to submit a complete application including:

1. a cover letter in which you describe your motivation and
qualifications for the position (letter of motivation attachment)

2. a curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and add the
names of contact information (including email adress) of three referees
(CV attachment)

3. a list of five self-selected ‘best papers’ (extra attachment)

4. a description of your scientific interest and plans (1-2 pages)
(extra attachment 2)

5. a statement of your teaching goals and experience (1-2 pages) and a
list with names of references (extra attachment 3).