Professor in Clinical Developmental Psychology

at  Universiteit Gent

APPLY UNTIL 09/04/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (BRUSSELS TIME)

• Discipline: Clinical Developmental Psychology
• 100% Assistant professor tenure track
• Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
• Reference number: 202401/PP/ZAP/001

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

You lecture various course units, all taught in Dutch, within the Clinical Developmental Psychology program, particularly Integration of Models in Clinical Psychology, Assessment of Developmental Psychopathological Processes, and Developmental Psychotherapy. These courses provide an important basis for preparing clinical psychology students for their master’s internship.

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 are capable of supervising and guiding a team (including PhD students and practical assistants) in a result-oriented and people-oriented way, with a focus on well-being;
• You are familiar with sustainable research practices such as open science and data sharing;

Recommended are:

• International mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your highest academic degree;
• An additional psychotherapeutic training focused on children and adolescents
• Knowledge about or experience with the Flemish care context for children and adolescents, or willingness to delve into this on short notice.;
• Positively evaluated experience in provided or organized academic lecturing;
• Teaching experience and professionalism.
• 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. More info: Language requirements at Ghent University for professorial staff — Ghent University (ugent.be)

SKILLS / ATTITUDE

• You are quality-oriented and a critical thinker;
• You take initiative;
• You have excellent communication- and network abilities;
• You are open for collaborations within and outside the own department and faculty
• You can take up a coordinating and leading role by co-managing a team.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• You hold a thesis-based doctorate or a diploma or certificate that is recognised as equivalent (article V.20 Codex Higher Education).

Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment.

• You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1 september 2024. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the above-mentioned required diploma.

Please refer the Job description for details