We are continuing our search for top-flight talent to join our outstanding faculty. Applications are invited at the level of Lecturer. The main tasks related to this position are teaching (at the undergraduate through the post-graduate level) and knowledge valorisation tasks in the area of Business Intelligence and Analytics. Time for research is dependent on the candidate’s profile.
 
We are looking for an internationally oriented, ambitious yet collegial scholar who shares our passion for the field of digital innovation and will contribute to our teaching, and to translating our knowledge to practice. We view hiring new talent as an opportunity to further enhance our ambition to be one of the top research and teaching groups in the field, where a collaborative spirit and intellectual curiosity are highly valued.
 
The tasks will be:
• Teaching (in English or Dutch) courses on digital innovation and related topics (including courses on Business Intelligence & Analytics and Data-Driven Business Innovation) in our MSc, BSc and executive programs.
• Coordination of courses, and eventually participation in project groups or committees within the Department or Faculty.
• Coordinating and facilitating workshops on Data-Driven Business  Innovation.
• Bridging the business domain with the analytics domain.
• Helping set up and coordinate our new AI lab.
• Contributing to the further development of the KIN Center for Digital Innovation in its collaboration with the business community and executive education.

The successful candidate will have completed or will be near the completion of their doctoral studies, and will need to have a demonstrable capacity to teach at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate level. Also, the candidate must have a proven ability to act on the interface between business and academia in the field of analytics, translate business needs into (advanced) analytics solutions (based on artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.) and vice versa.
 
If necessary, you should be willing to acquire a basic qualification in teaching (‘BKO’) as demanded by Dutch universities. The position of Lecturer initially is a two-year position, with the potential to become a permanent position.The starting date is flexible but preferably as soon as possible.

The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel, and depending on experience, from a minimum of € 3.475 up to a maximum of € 4.757 gross per month. In addition to this, we offer holiday allowance, end-of-year allowance, and other benefits. You can find information about our excellent fringe benefits of employment at http://www.workingatvu.nl.

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a leading, innovative, and growing university that is at the heart of society and actively contributes to new developments in teaching and research. Our university has ten faculties which span a wide range of disciplines, as well as several institutes, foundations, research centres, and support services. Its campus is located in the fastest-growing economic region in the Netherlands (the Zuidas district of Amsterdam), and provides work for over 4,500 staff and scientific education for more than 23,000 students.

The School of Business and Economics (SBE) aims to combine high quality education with excellent research. The School offers four Bachelor’s programmes, seven Master’s programmes, two research Master’s programmes, and seventeen postgraduate programmes. The school has several research groups with an outstanding international reputation. SBE accommodates approximately 4,300 students and 1,700 postgraduate students. Over 500 staff members are employed at the School.
 
The KIN Research Group is part of the School of Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and is a leading institute for research and teaching in the field of Digital Innovation and Transformation. KIN is home to a multidisciplinary and highly international group of researchers with a strong research and teaching tradition and a passion for the field. The group is very well connected to both the academic and the business communities. Our research is characterized by a practice-based approach and close collaboration with our many business partners and researchers from other institutes, leading to publications in the leading journals in our field.
 
In terms of teaching, we offer a newly developed and challenging MSc Program in Digital Business and Innovation, with around 100 new students in 2017. The program delivers in-depth knowledge on Digital Innovation, based on fundamental theoretical perspectives and with a strong focus on implications for (and collaboration with) practice. Furthermore, we also offer courses on IS, digital innovation, business intelligence & analytics, new ways of working, and (qualitative) research methods in the BSc programs in (International) Business Administration.
 
Finally, we have recently started the KIN Center for Digital Innovation which aims to become a platform for collaboration with business, offering various forms of executive education, research collaboration and knowledge sharing sessions for business partners.