Visiting professor Development Monitoring and Evaluation

Department: Institute of Development Policy (IOB)
Regime Part-time

The University of Antwerp is a dynamic, forward-thinking, European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20 000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow's world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape. 

The Institute of Development Policy (IOB) of the University of Antwerp wants to contribute to a more just and sustainable world through multidisciplinary academic research, education, partnerships and political engagement. More information can be found at www.uantwerp.be/iob .

The Institute of Development Policy (IOB) is looking for a 50% visiting professor in the field of Development Monitoring and Evaluation.

Position:

Education:

• You will provide high-quality education in the advanced Master of Development Evaluation and Management.
• You will teach a course on Monitoring and Evaluation (2 ECTS) in the Module “National Institutions, Poverty Reduction and Aid ”.
• You will play a role in developing research-based, student-centred and competence-driven programme components and study programmes.
• You will supervise students and their Master dissertations.

Research and outreach:

Profile

• You hold a PhD in development studies or adjacent disciplines (political science, sociology/anthropology, geography, …).
• In view of the current composition of senior staff and in line with IOB’s policy to promote equal opportunities, multiperspectivity and diversity, you obtained your initial higher education degree in a Low or Middle Income Country.
• Your work is preferably interdisciplinary in nature and preferably engages with a mixture of methodological approaches;
• You have proven experience with Monitoring and Evaluation in Global South contexts.
• Your teaching competences are in line with the University of Antwerp’s educational vision .
• You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation.
• You are a team player.

What we offer

• We offer a 50% appointment for a period of 1 year. The level of your appointment (assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor) is determined on the basis of your professional experience and academic qualifications.
• Your gross monthly salary is calculated according to the pay scales for a visiting professor in the Contract Research Staff category (Dutch: Bijzonder Academisch Personeel, BAP). If you work part time, your salary is calculated proportionally on the basis of your employment percentage.   
• You will receive ecocheques, Internet-connectivity allowance, a group insurance, an income protection insurance, and a bicycle allowance or a full reimbursement of public transport costs for commuting.                                                                                                                                
• The planned start date is 1 January 2023.
• We expect you to be in Antwerp from 10 March – 10 June 2023 and 18 August – 8 September 2023. If you reside abroad, we can provide facilities to make this possible.
• When you are in Antwerp, you will do most of your work at the City Campus in a dynamic and stimulating working environment.
• Find out more about working at the University of Antwerp here .

Want to apply?

• You can apply for this vacancy through the University of Antwerp’s online job application platform up to and including 14 September 2022 (by midnight Brussels time). Click on 'apply', complete the online application form and don’t forget to include the following document(s): (1) a motivation letter, (2) your academic CV.
• The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure.
• If you have any questions about the online application form, please check the frequently asked questions or send an email to [email protected] . If you have any questions about the job itself, please contact prof. Nadia Molenaers (chair of the Education Commission, [email protected]).

The University of Antwerp received the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award for its HR policy. We are a sustainable, family-friendly organisation which invests in its employees’ growth. We encourage diversity  and attach great importance to an inclusive working environment and equal opportunities, regardless of gender identity, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse characteristics to apply.