Professor in Strength and Conditioning

• You hold a PhD in a research domain and/or scientific discipline that is directly relevant to the field of Strength and Conditioning.
• You have an indisputable research integrity and your research quality is evidenced by publications in peer-reviewed international journals and success (or clear potential) in acquiring competitive research funding.
• We equally welcome both full-time academic profiles and candidates who seek to combine academia with professional practice (up to 50%).
• You have demonstrable skills in academic education. Teaching experience within the domain of the position is an asset.
• You possess organisational skills and have a cooperative attitude. You also possess leadership capacities within a university context.
• The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in administrative meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch, respectively English, to the required standard.

At the Department of Movement Sciences within the Group of Biomedical Sciences at KU Leuven, an academic position is available within the domain of Strength and Conditioning. The Department of Movement Sciences aims to generate and apply scientific knowledge related to human movement, with the overarching goal of enhancing health and well-being as well as participation and performance in (elite) sport across a wide range of populations and settings. By striving for excellence in research, education, and service to society, the department advances the field of sports science and contributes to health promotion.

• We are offering a full-time or part-time (at least 50%) employment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research, with a strong interdisciplinary focus and a commitment to international excellence. Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor, or full professor. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of five years; after this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed with a starting position as associate professor.
• You will work in Leuven, a historic, dynamic and lively city located in the heart of Belgium, within 20 minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.
• KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, etc.
• To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a starting grant of 110.000 euro is offered to new professors appointed for at least 50%.