The position in Information Management involves duties in the areas of education, research and management. Educational duties will involve graduate (masters and executive masters), and undergraduate (bachelors) courses within the area of (Accounting) Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence (including Data Analytics). Research duties will involve research activities in one of these areas, leading to publications in internationally in top rated journals. The candidate is expected to be able to make a bridge between new developments in IT and the accounting field in the broad sense (including internal control and auditing). Also, the candidate may participate in research projects in the context of the newly established Business Intelligence & Smart Services Center (http://www.biss-institute.nl) in Heerlen. The campus is an eco-system in which large enterprises (e.g. APG, Accenture, Conclusion) and SMEs collaborate with researchers and students on technological, business and societal aspects of data driven smart services.

The extent of managerial duties depends on the function type and involve supporting work for the management team of the Department of Accounting & Information Management and the Maastricht Accounting, Auditing & Information Management Research Center (MARC), or administrative duties within the School of Business & Economics.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Support > UM employees.

Decisions about contract renewal and promotion are based on individual performance, principally in research and teaching. Maastricht University salaries are competitive with those at the top European universities and annual teaching loads are also comparable. Furthermore, significant research support is provided, such as WRDS, experimental lab, and individual research budgets.

Maastricht University
Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,500 students and 4,000 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

School of Business and Economics
The Maastricht University School of Business and Economics offers you a truly international perspective. We are an integrated, synergetic and society-oriented institute, focusing on conducting excellent research and educational innovation. Our renowned Problem Based Learning method fosters authentic students, critical thinkers and gives rise to societal conscious leaders. Our multidisciplinary approach inspires us to explore, in fundamental as well as in more applied research. As such we function as the interface between Society, Business and Academia. We work collaboratively, in openness, towards a sustainable future. We are driven to share responsibility with all those involved in the SBE community.

We inspire you to be an interdisciplinary and engaged professional. 

International orientation
UM is a bilingual (Dutch & English) university. The wide range of programmes with a strong international and European orientation, are mostly taught in English. At SBE all courses are taught in English. Almost half of the student population and a third of the staff is non-Dutch, and Maastricht University has partnerships with universities and organisations throughout the world in both research and education. 

Maastricht University is renowned for its innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterised by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is multidisciplinary and thematic. Reflecting UM’s strong innovative and international profile, increasing diversity of staff (in nationality, age and gender) is essential and a core strategic goal. The university is dedicated to stimulating the career development of young academics, as well as increasing the number of women in leadership positions. Maastricht University actively encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.

Accounting & Information Management

The Department of Accounting & Information Management of the School of Business and Economics is committed to high quality research and education and provides a stimulating working environment. Research at the Department of Accounting and Information Management is consistently ranked as one of the best in its field in Europe. Faculty members publish in leading journals and the Department continues to benefit from the presence of distinguished visitors.