Assistant professor Organization Design

Employment 0.8 - 1.0 FTE Gross monthly salary € 4,728 - € 6,433 Required background PhD Organizational unit Nijmegen School of Management Application deadline 21 August 2026 The Department of Business Administration at the Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, is looking for an Assistant Professor of Organisation Design. Our interdisciplinary research programme on Responsible Organisation addresses the multiple values underlying responsibility, the conditions required to realise those values, and interventions geared to the transition of organising for responsibility. We offer an integral Business Administration study programme focusing on societal problems and processes in and between organisations.

As an assistant professor, you will be one of the driving forces behind the ambition of the Chair of Organisation Design to further develop research and teaching programmes in Business Administration. We are looking for a scholar with a proven track-record in studying organisation design, including a sociotechnical systems design perspective. Combining research and teaching skills, you should be able to inspire students conducting cutting-edge research on organisation design. You will teach in the Bachelor's programmes in Business Administration and the Master's specialisation in Organisational Design and Development, conduct research in line with the Responsible Organisation programme, publish in international high-quality journals, attract external funding for research projects, acquire and supervise PhD projects, build international networks with businesses and academics, and contribute to the central and departmental administration and management tasks. Does this sound like you?

• You hold a PhD degree in business administration, management and organisation, or social sciences.
• You have a publication record in internationally recognised, high-quality social sciences and management journals in the area of organization design.
• You have the ambition to attract research funding.
• You have a solid understanding of various organization design theories, in particular sociotechnical systems design.
• You have ample teaching experience, effective teaching skills, the capacity to develop and implement innovative teaching methods.
• You have an ambition to inspire and supervise young scholars (PhD candidates).
• You have a proven ability to cooperate with and inspire a team of professionals.
• You have strong connections to organisational and business practice.
• You are keen to build an international network.
• You have excellent English language skills and are willing to learn Dutch (if applicable). What we offer you

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• We will give you a temporary employment contract of one year with the prospect of an indefinite contract. / We will give you a temporary employment contract of ...... year(s).
• Your salary within salary scale ...... depends on your previous education and number of years of (relevant) work experience. The amounts in the scale are based on a 38-hour working week.
• You will receive an 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end-of-year bonus.
• For permanent scientific staff positions, there may be an opportunity for Dual Career Coaching. Dual Career Coaching assists your partner via support, tools, and resources to improve their chances of independently finding employment in the Netherlands.
• You will receive extra days off. With full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the statutory 20. Additional employment conditions

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Work and science require good employment practices. Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions reflect this. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself. For example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports membership. In addition, you receive a 34% discount on the sports and cultural activities at Radboud University as an employee. And, of course, we offer a good pension plan. We also give you plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Where you will be working

The Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher education, focusing on institutional and managerial issues within complex organisations. There are seven disciplines within NSM: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics and Business Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning.

NSM strives for a multidisciplinary approach. Its educational programme is characterised by small-scale teaching, providing a stimulating learning environment with an emphasis on the development of academic skills. NSM employs 300 FTEs, 75% of whom are academics. NSM currently has approximately 5,000 students.

The Department of Business Administration is responsible for the BSc programmes in Business Administration (including a full track offered in English, and a track in International Business Administration) as well as eight specialisations within the MSc programme in Business Administration (all in English).

NSM's research activities fall under the responsibility of the interdisciplinary Institute for Management Research (IMR). Under the motto 'Responsible governance for sustainable societies', IMR focuses on academic research into the development, design and effectiveness of the public and private structures that regulate, govern or manage human interactions. This position will be embedded in the Chair of Organisational Design & Development. The Chair of Organisational Design & Development consists of 11 staff members, including three full professors, and 8 PhD students. This new position would especially strengthen the emphasis on Organization Design in the Chair. Research in the Chair of Organizational Design is mainly conducted in (though not restricted to) Healthcare organizations, Municipalities, and Industry. In line with the research programme on Responsible Organisation, the groups seeks to understand how organizational design can contribute to more humane organizations, better jobs, better organizational performance and better outcomes for patients, clients etc.

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Nijmegen School of Management

At Nijmegen School of Management, one of the seven faculties within Radboud University in the Netherlands, we have a clear aim: we enable students, institutions and companies, social actors, and governments to play their part in the transformations towards a sustainable society through high-quality scientific research and education. With more than 4,500 curious students and more than 450 dedicated employees, we form a dynamic community.

Our mission ‘Responsible governance for sustainable societies’ is driven by the ambition to make a difference in the world. At Nijmegen School of Management, we understand management as a broad concept referring to the collective and organised pursuit (responsible governance) of a better world (sustainable societies). We study and teach management at the level of public and private organisations. In this context, we examine how to balance economic, ecological, and social values in a sustainable way. This aim is in line with Radboud University's mission to contribute through teaching and research to a ‘free, healthy world with equal opportunities for all’.

At Nijmegen School of Management, academic research and teaching are carried out in following areas: Business Administration, Economics and Business Economics, Political Science, Public Administration, Human Geography, Spatial Planning, and Environment. Our approach to teaching and research is evolving from multidisciplinarity, where we study societal challenges from different disciplinary backgrounds, to interdisciplinarity (integrating disciplinary perspectives for synergy) and transdisciplinarity (involving non-academic stakeholders).

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Application deadline 21 August 2026