(Senior) Associate

IBFD's Academic Department has an opening for a challenging position as (Senior) Associate.

If you do not hold a PhD in Tax Law and you do not foresee obtaining one until the end of the year (defense), unfortunately you do not qualify for this vacancy.

The IBFD Academic department is responsible, among others, for fundamental research in matters of international, European, comparative and domestic taxation. Over the past few years, it has developed and contributed to important research projects, comprising both internal and external collaborative research projects. IBFD Academic also actively organizes conferences and workshops around the world on relevant tax topics.

The Associate and/or Senior Associate will be responsible for initiating, maintaining, developing, and taking complete responsibility for production processes of IBFD Academic. The role will balance research knowledge with entrepreneurial skills and a keen interest in online publishing developments as well as a strong sense for relationship management.

Research and lecturing responsibilities

• Research and project management of academic research activities in the field of domestic, international, comparative and European taxation; follow-up on the project’s activities including conference organization, speaker management, author’s correspondence
• Editing, including linguistic, style and content/scientific editing, of scientific documents (reports, memos, drafts, input statements, etc.) at a postdoctoral quality level; lecturing if required
• Base research for other researchers or other projects (case law, domestic and international positive law, scholarly literature) in selected topics in the field of international, European or comparative taxation
• Promotion of IBFD products and services
• Teaching, lecturing activities and related services (creation or update of syllabus, reading materials, slides, creation of exams, marking exams and communications)
• Coordinating or supporting editorial production processes
• Monitoring with a proactive attitude relevant developments in the international tax framework to be included in IBFD publications
• Coordinating the optimal workflow of the editorial activities and the publication process (editing, link incorporation etc.)

Requirements and skills

• PhD degree in (tax) law with knowledge and experience in the field of International tax law; applications will be accepted from those within 6 months of defending their thesis
• Fluency in English (academic level); knowledge of other foreign languages would be an asset
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team and to prioritize collective achievements over individual achievements
• Willingness to do all the tasks required to ensure the quality of the product
• Ability to work independently and under prefixed deadlines; ability to meet deadlines
• Diplomacy and persuasion
• Excellent computer skills (mainly MS Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Ability to anticipate project-related needs and propose efficient solutions to solve them

Please note that the work is to be performed at the IBFD Headquarters in Amsterdam; fully remote working is not available for this position.

Salary & fringe benefits

We offer a full-time position with a salary, depending on the level of seniority and relevant work experience, between EUR 4,600 and 5,500 gross per month. The actual offer would depend on your level of seniority. This is complemented by an attractive package of fringe benefits, among others:

• Hybrid working
• Free office lunches from Monday to Thursday
• The possibility to work abroad for a maximum of three months per year
• Flexibility with 5.44% Personal Budget (individual choice to buy up to 33 days extra paid holiday per year or end-of-year bonus)
• Pension free of premium
• 8% holiday pay
• Access to learning platform Coursera and performance management system Dialog