Full-time Teaching & Research Assistant Position in Marketing/Service Management (m/f/x) (PhD-track

Faculté : Faculté Economie Management Communication sciencesPo (EMCP)

Département : UNamur School of Management

Grade : assistant

Contrat : durée déterminée renouvelable (deux ans renouvelables deux fois)

Catégorie : personnel scientifique

Poste : Allocation (au cadre)

Référence : 50000892

Missions

Academic environment

The University of Namur welcomes near 7.000 students every year to its 60 bachelor, master, and doctoral study programs. Of the University’s 1.200 employees, more than 700 actively contribute to research, through 64 research laboratories and centers. The Faculty of economics, social sciences and management accounts for near 1400 students and 170 staff members, among whom 85 academic and 70 scientific members. The Faculty offers full-time and part-time bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in management and economics. It also organises programs in political sciences and communication studies. Its members undertake research in various fields of expertise.

The candidate will be part of the Department of Management. The Department of Management has 60 full- and part-time academic and research staff. The Department offers bachelor, master, and doctoral programs, with a particular focus on topics in finance, services management, marketing, and information and operations management. Research is organized through five research centers, and concentrates on the said topics. The Department actively collaborates with many national and international institutions and companies, through research projects, seminars, consultancy and student internships.

Job description

The position involves, in equal parts, teaching and research duties. Teaching (mainly in the field of management and marketing and, more specifically in the field of marketing/service management) will be carried out within the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Research will be undertaken in marketing/service management within one of the research centers of the Faculty and within one of the research institutes of the University (e.g., NADI, Namur Digital Institute).

Profil

Requirements

The applicant holds or will hold by the end of June 2026 (or by the end of September 2026with in that case a starting date on October 1st, 2026) a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management or in Economics (or equivalent), and is expected to have excelled in his/her curriculum (degree obtained with honours). S/he has a very good command of spoken and written French and English. S/he must display excellent teaching skills. S/he will commit to develop an original research programme likely to lead to a doctoral degree in Economics and Management supervised by a member of the Department of Management.

Applications

The application form can be downloaded from the University of Namur website (https://www.unamur.be/en/university/work/forms). The filled out form (in PDF format) should be returned before 30/04/2026 by e-mail to Prof. Corentin BURNAY (Head of the Departement of Management), < email deleted for security reasons > and cc to < email deleted for security reasons >, with a curriculum vitae, a short description in English of a future or past research (e.g., master’s thesis) and a motivation letter for the position, which includes teaching and research duties. One or more recommendation letters will be considered as an asset.

Nominated candidates will be invited to a meeting with the members of the selection committee within one month of the deadline for submission of applications. More details will be announced later.

Renseignements complémentaires

Prof. Corentin BURNAY (Head of the Departement of Management), < email deleted for security reasons >.

All practical information needed by foreign candidates can be obtained from the website of the European researchers’ mobility portal (EURAXESS): https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/.