The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is a leading inter-university research institute based in The Hague, ‘Legal Capital of the World’. The institute’s activities focus on public and private international law and the law of the European Union. Its international faculty conduct both academic and contract research, organise conferences and postgraduate courses, undertake training and consultancy activities. The institute operates its own publishing house. With a total staff of some fifty persons, the institute is a dynamic knowledge hub with a global network of partners and liaisons.

Traditionally, the institute’s cluster of public international law has been engaged in documentation activities (cf. the Hague Justice Portal, the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law and student readers for Dutch law faculties), Onder de leiding van een interuniversitair redactieteam draagt het cluster zorg voor de uitgebreide documentatie van de Nederlandse praktijk op het gebied van internationaal publiekrecht. Deze documentatie vormt tevens de basis voor de databases met Nederlandse praktijk die via internet zijn te raadpcontract research for national and international administrations, and the occasional consultancy for the legal profession and the judiciary. The cluster public international law attaches great importance to cooperation.

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut, together with its stakeholder universities, is currently aligning its research activities in four inter-university research programmes. These research programmes will form the core of the academic activities of the institute for the coming years. Each programme has its own governance structure and an academic coordinator. PhD research carried out by Asser staff in the field of International Humanitarian and International Criminal Law falls within the scope of the inter-university research programmes embodied by the so-called ‘Platform for IHL/ICL’. Ook hier is het sleutelwoord: samenwerking.

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut now has a vacancy for a full-time (i.e. 38 hours per week) position as

Academic Programme Coordinator – Researcher in International Humanitarian Law/International Criminal Law

Your opportunities

• You will become a member of the institute’s research staff, a multinational and interdisciplinary group of scholars clustered in four research programmes
• You conduct (post-)doctoral research as part of the inter-university research programme, and specialise in the area of IHL and/or ICL
• You publish and give presentations on the above-mentioned topic
• You acquire and carry out contract research, consultancy and training activities
• You will co-ordinate the inter-university research programme embodied by the Platform for IHL/ICL under the supervision of the Head of the Department of Research and the programme board
• You maintain and develop an international network of experts

Your profile

• You are a legal scholar and have recently defended your PhD or have a realistic prospect of defending it in the short-term
• You have a specific research focus on IHL and/or ICL
• You have a strong general knowledge of Public International Law
• You have a proven track record in academic research in the above-mentioned domains
• You are able to critically read and comment on research reports, publications and project and research proposals
• You are willing to excel in the area of personal research activities
• You are open to carrying out interdisciplinary research activities
• You have a good understanding of the need to be outgoing and to use all possibilities of knowledge dissemination as a means of profiling both the organisation and the individual researcher
• You have excellent reporting, writing and presentation skills
• You are eager to invest in building and maintaining a growing research network
• You are willing to help develop and manage the content of a new website of the Platform
• You have experience in acquiring and carrying out second and/or third money stream funded projects
• You have an excellent command of English. Knowledge of Dutch is appreciated
• You are able to work in a research team involving junior and senior colleagues and can organise your own activities
• You are able to handle stress and respect deadlines

Our offer

We offer an employment as full-time senior researcher for 1 year, renewable up to 6 years. The salary will be in accordance with the collective labour agreement of the Dutch Universities. The Institute is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam and the conditions of employment of the university are applicable.

More information

Further information about the position can be obtained from Prof. Dr. Steven Blockmans, Head of the Department of Research, e-mail S.Blockmans@asser.nl, and Drs. Julien Simon, Manager HRM, e-mail J.Simon@asser.nl, phone +31-(0)70-34 20 375.

Applications

Applications should include a letter of motivation and curriculum vitae. They should be sent to the T.M.C. Asser Instituut by email: HRM@asser.nl. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 28 February 2011.