Equal opportunity and conditions of employment

The DSSC is committed to upholding equal opportunity for its employees, irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religious belief or disability. All employees will be judged based strictly on their merits and competence. Career breaks due to maternity/parental leave will not be considered by the evaluators during the selection to the program.

The DSSC accommodates maternity leave during the course of the PhD degree, corresponding extension of thesis writing (upon request) and provides flexible working hours for employees who use childcare.

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The terms of employment comply with the terms of the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU). The DSSC PhDs will receive a full time appointment of 1 year with the perspective of extension for another 3 years. The extension depends on the outcome of the PhDs’ evaluation after 9 months from the beginning of their appointment.  The evaluation assesses the possibility that the PhD student will successfully complete their thesis within the following 3 years. All DSSC PhDs are required to complete a PhD thesis by the end of the employment period. The appointment requires that the PhD employee will devote up to 10% of the time to teaching.

Salary

The gross monthly salary starts at €2.222,- in the first year and increases to €2.840,- in the fourth year of employment. In addition to the primary salary the University offers 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.

Zernike Campus

The Zernike Campus, where the DSSC COFUND Programme is hosted, is a growing campus, comprising University buildings and research and educational facilities, student associations, cafeterias and sports facilities. For a first visit take a glimpse of the campus or make a virtual tour of the University buildings on campus and in the city.

The campus is located conveniently near the city centre of Groningen which has been chosen one of the first 3 most innovative cities in Europe and one of the happiest too. The city scores high on greening, trust in fellow inhabitants, health care, public spacing and of course, education.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 754315.