Job description
The Centre for Public and Social Law of the ULB (http://droit-public.ulb.be) is offering a full-time position for an assistant as of 1 October 2025.
The assistant will be involved in research, teaching and community service. As to research, the person recruited will be primarily involved in conducting doctoral research and writing publications. He/she will also be required to support or participate in research activities conducted within the Centre. At the same time, she will be involved in teaching, taking charge of practical work groups (see below, "Teaching to be supervised"). In this capacity, he/she will also have to assume the various tasks incumbent on members of the scientific body of the Faculty (supervision and correction of exams, presence at student fairs and open days, involvement in faculty life, etc.).
The mandate of full-time assistant is granted for an initial term of 2 years, renewable after the evaluation of the competent bodies for two other periods of 2 years, i.e. a total duration of 6 years. As the objective of each term is to construct and finalise a doctoral thesis, the tasks will be equally divided between research, teaching and participation in the management of the Center or the Faculty. These tasks may be reviewed at regular intervals.
Teaching to be supervised :
A full-time teaching assistant's mandate implies the delivery of a minimum of 120 hours of practical work per academic year, i.e. the taking in charge of at least 5 groups for a maximum of 24 hours each (or a higher number when the practical work related to a course is limited to 12 hours).
The practical work is likely to be given mainly in support of the first year general bachelor's degree courses in public law or social law. They will be determined according to both the needs to be filled and the profile recruited.
Required qualifications and skills:
Required educational level: Master level in law
Main Research Field: law
Sub Research Field: public and/or social law
The proposed doctoral research must be on a subject related to the various themes covered by the ULB's public law and social law teams. The Centre's main research axes can be consulted on its website (http://droit-public.ulb.be).
Required Languages:
French: excellent
English: at least excellent passive knowledge
Dutch: at least excellent passive knowledge
Additional strengths are: relevant professional experience; a second degree; a master's degree in a specialization; active knowledge of Dutch and English (or other languages).
Interested ?
For more information, please contact Professor Daniel Dumont (Phone: +32 2 650.32.49 – E-mail: daniel.dumont@ulb.be ).
Your application will consist of a Curriculum Vitae(if you wish, a standard CV can be downloaded from the website: https: //www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques-cv-type) and a document completed using the template available at this URL address (https://www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/4e-applic-form-assistant-docx). This template structures your application by including the following elements:
- an application letter
- a note on the applicant’s PhD research project (4 pages)
- two letters of reference
- a written document, such as a scientific publication or a master thesis, demonstrating research and writing skills;
Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the template provided will not be examined by the selection committee.
A pre-selection will be made on the basis of the applications submitted, by the full-time professors of the Centre de droit public et social. The selected candidates will be invited to an audition, preferably in person or by distance learning, depending on what is possible, during the month of May, with a view to taking up the position at the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year.
Equal opportunities policy
ULB's personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal opportunities.
We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality, beliefs, disability, etc.
Would you like to be provided with reasonable accommodation in the selection procedure because of a disability, disorder, or illness? Please contact Marie Botty, the person in charge of diversity aspects for the academic and scientific staff (marie.botty@ulb.be). Be assured of the confidentiality of this information.
More details on the ULB gender and diversity policy are available at https://www.ulb.be/en/about-ulb/gender-equality-at-ulb.
You will find all the regulations relating to research careers on our site at http://www.ulb.ac.be/emploi/academique.html.
Reference : 2025/S004
Application deadline : 30/04/2025
Start date: 01/10/2025
