Reference : 2025/S090
Application deadline: 10/05/2025
Start date : 01/10/2025
Job Description
Education and Research Field: Biological Sciences.
Career Stage: Early stage researcher (0-4 years).
Duration: 2 years (renewable twice after positive evaluation).
Preparation and supervision of practical work sessions, seminars, exercises, and excursions (900 hours per year, including a maximum of 300 hours face-to-face with students) for courses in various fields of Biology (Biology of Organisms, Ecology, Molecular and cellular biology, Biochemistry and Genetics); support for biological sciences dissemination activities.
The applicant will prepare a PhD thesis in one of the research fields of the Department of Biology of Organisms, under the supervision of a professor of the Department (this requires a preliminary contact and agreement with that professor). The research themes of the Department of Organism Biology are available at the following URL:
https://sciences.ulb.be/departement-de-biologie-des-organismes/la-recherche-au-departement-de-biologie-des-organismes
Required degree
Master degree in Organism Biology and Ecology or Master in Bioengineering (or recognised equivalent degree), associated with 120 credits. In addition, the candidate must fulfill the conditions for enrolling in a PhD training.
Students currently in their 2nd year of a Master's degree may apply, but if selected, they will be hired only if they receive their Master degree at the end of the second exam session, at the latest.
Skills required
- High level research skills displayed during Master thesis;
- Perfect command of the subjects that will be taught;
- Excellent general teaching skills;
- Sense of organisation and autonomy;
- Good integration potential in a teaching team;
- Punctuality and reliability in the execution of tasks and assignments.
- Required Languages:
- French: (excellent)
- English : (good)
Courses covered
The candidate will join the teaching team of the biology teaching coordination. The teaching assignments focus on the first cycle of biological sciences, bio-engineering sciences and pharmaceutical sciences (Bachelor level):
https://www.ulb.be/fr/programme/ba-biolb#programme
https://www.ulb.be/fr/programme/ba-irbi#programme
https://www.ulb.be/fr/programme/ba-phar#programme
The details of the teaching contribution will be set by the educational coordination commission (for any information, please contact Mr. P. Mardulyn – [email protected]). The activities also include a contribution to the development of exercises and exercise corrections, to the supervision and corrections of tests, quizzes and exams, and to the preparation of these activities. The applicant can be asked to supervise activities on all ULB campuses (i.e., the Plaine, Solbosch, jardin Jean Massart and Gosselies campuses).
Interested ?
For more information, please contact Mr Jean-Christophe de Biseau, President of the Department of Biology of Organisms (email: [email protected]).
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 the following URL: 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)
- the names and contact details of two reference persons (including your thesis supervisor).
Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the template provided will not be examined by the selection committee.
Where to go to apply?
Click here: https://jobs.ulb.be/job-invite/1562/?isInternalUser=true
For any connection problems or questions about our application, consult our FAQ : e-recrut-mode-d-emploi-candidat-en-_1734942996246-pdf
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 ([email protected]). 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.
