Lecturers within the department have a wide variety of teaching tasks including tutoring of student groups, the grading of exercises and examinations, and tutoring in skills trainings for students. Teaching activities are oriented towards bachelor programs for economics and international business students. Moreover, a lecturer may be involved in developing and coordinating of courses in the curriculum of the department. Depending on their background and personal interests, a lecturer may be involved as well in courses offered by other business departments at the School of Business and Economics of Maastricht University. The working language is English. The length of the position is negotiable, with a maximum of six years. The preferred starting date is February 1st, 2020, but is negotiable.

The ideal candidate is fluent in English, is an experienced instructor, and holds a PhD degree with a background in business economics, business administration, economics, human resource management, management, entrepreneurship, organization or strategy. The list is not exhaustive and candidates from related and relevant disciplines are also encouraged to apply. An Academic Teaching Qualification is desirable, but can be obtained on the job also through SBE’s Teaching Academy. Experience with working in a Problem Based Learning environment is considered  an advantage.

Fixed-term contract: maximum of six years.

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

Maastricht University has attractive employment conditions, which include a pension scheme, holidays, holiday allowance and an end of year bonus.

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 18,000 students and 4,300 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 Science and Engineering, 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.

Department of Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

The Department of Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics was founded in the year 2019. The department is pursuing high quality research and publishes regularly in renowned international journals. Research is multidisciplinary and spans the fields of Business Economics, Industrial Organization and Entrepreneurship, International Business and Strategic Management, Organizational Theory and Behavior, and the interrelationships between these disciplines. The variety of expertise available allows us to provide excellent education at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. level in the broad area of organization, strategy, entrepreneurship and applied econometrics. Business education at Maastricht University has an international reputation for quality and excellence and our department continuously strives to maintain and improve this high standard of teaching business.