Professor in Reproductive Medicine

Job Summary

This position is situated in the department of Human Structure and Repair of the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The appointment of 5% includes a teaching assignment. You perform the research and service assignment at the Ghent University Hospital, where you’re already employed as a permanent staff member.

You take teaching assignments in the domain of Reproductive Medicine. The assignment is situated in various programs within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, including mainly the basic Medicine program and the Master after Master’s program in Specialist Medicine.

In addition to subject-specific assignments, you also take on more generic teaching assignments, including participation in skills education and the professional behavior education. You also supervise master’s theses within the Faculty. The assignment can evolve according to needs and changes.

You conduct research in the domain of Reproductive Medicine that is mainly clinically oriented. You also focus on aspects of translation research and expand (new) collaborations. You take part in the internal and external academic services of the department of Human Structure and Repair amongest 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. You are employed as a permanent staff member at the Ghent University Hospital where you provide clinical services.

Experience

• You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in highquality 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;
• International mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the  one where you acquired your highest academic degree;
• Positively evaluated experience in provided or organised academic lecturing;
• Professionalization of education.

Skills / Attitude

• You are qualityoriented;
• You take initiative;
• You have good didactic skills;
• You are a team player;
• You have good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills;
• You develop leadership in your area of expertise.

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.

Selection Procedure

After the final application date, all received applications will be sent to the faculty assessment committee assembled for this vacancy. This committee will first evaluate the application files. Therefore it will match all elements of the file against the required expertise for the position in terms of education, research and scientific service. Based on this deliberation, relevant candidates will be shortlisted to be invited for further selection (interview, possible presentation or test lecture …). 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 applications or applications that are not sent through the online system. Your application must include the following documents:

• In the field ‘Cv’: one pdf-file containing 1) the professorial staff application form; 2) a text (max. 1,500 words) in which the applicant explains their view on research, education and academic services in relation to the position applied for; 3) a research proposal (max. 1,500 words). The proposal includes the following sections: background, aim/research questions, method, expected results and feasibility; 4) a portfolio sketching the candidate’s educational competences; 5) any other annexes mentioned in the form.
• 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)