A position as junior lecturer gives you the opportunity to learn and co-create academic innovation and build a teaching portfolio relevant for future positions in higher education or for a position as a teaching professional in the industry. The junior lecturer position is focused on personal development as well as development as a teacher and academic professional. All junior lectures in the faculty are offered a training program, including a BKQ (Basic Teaching Qualification) trajectory. 
As a junior lecturer in mechanical engineering, you will be involved in teaching and co-designing different courses. Furthermore, you will support colleagues in other courses when needed. Aside from that, in the third year of the bachelor program, students will do a bachelor project at a company or research department. Part of this project is the course research skills which has to be (re)designed and executed for the UT-VU mechanical engineering program. This course will also be an important part of your position.

• You have obtained a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or (applied) Physics or you are a certified teacher of physics (certified first degree). Any other physics or engineering related degree can be discussed
• You are interested in the Mechanical Engineering degree
• You have excellent skills with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), you can work with LaTeX and Matlab (or comparable coding software) and you have experience with Solidworks (or comparable 3D sketching software)
• You have strong organizational and collaboration skills (e.g. meetings, events, long-term projects, educational planning)
• You have excellent social skills and an affinity with supervising students
• You have strong communication skills in English (all educational activities are in English) 
• You live in the Netherlands and can regularly attend the VU in Amsterdam for the above tasks that are part of your work

Your duties

• You will take part in designing and providing lectures/tutorials of specific parts within content related courses. Examples of such courses are Thermodynamics and MODpro
• You will take part in designing and teaching parts of courses (e.g., academic skills) to support other lecturers, like a course reader, give lectures, or coordinate parts of the course (e.g., continuous assessment)
• Under supervision you will design, coordinate, and teach the course Modelling and Programming (part of Statics and Mechanics of Materials). In addition, you will contribute to the course Research Skills which is part of the bachelor project. This also involves network-related tasks to stay in contact with companies and research departments. In addition, you will support students in their bachelor projects
• You will act as a tutor to provide students with content- and process-oriented support in different stages of the educational program

Fixed-term contract: 50 months.

A challenging position in a socially involved organization! On a full-time basis, the
remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of €2,790 (scale 10) and a
maximum of €4,402 (scale 10), depending on your education and experience. The job
profile is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for 0.8 FTE. The
employment will be for 50 months, with 2 months probationary period.

Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various
schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

• a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment
• 8% holiday allowance
• 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• contribution to commuting expenses

 

The ambition of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is clear: to contribute to a better world through outstanding education and ground-breaking research. We strive to be a university where personal development and commitment to society play a leading role. A university where people from different disciplines and backgrounds collaborate to achieve innovations and to generate new knowledge. Our teaching and research encompass the entire spectrum of academic endeavor – from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences through to the life sciences and the medical sciences.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is home to more than 26,000 students. We employ over 4,600 individuals. The VU campus is easily accessible and located in the heart of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a truly inspiring environment for teaching and research.

Diversity
We are an inclusive university community. Diversity is one of our most important values. We believe that engaging in international activities and welcoming students and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds enhances the quality of our education and research. We are always looking for people who can enrich our world with their own unique perspectives and experiences.

The Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science inspires researchers and students to find sustainable solutions for complex societal issues. From forest fires to big data, from obesity to medicines and from molecules to the moon: our teaching and research programmes cover the full spectrum of the natural sciences. We share knowledge and experience with leading research institutes and industries, both here in the Netherlands and abroad.

Working at the Faculty of Science means working with students, PhD candidates and researchers, all with a clear focus on their field and a broad view of the world. We employ more than 1,250 staff members, and we are home to around 6,000 students.
About the division IH2LS
The division Innovations in Human Health & Life Sciences (iH2LS) is a young and
dynamic team of lecturers and researchers under prof. dr. Jacqueline
van Muijlwijk. She is involved in the teaching and development of educational
programs in the Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In addition to teaching, she especially focuses on scientific research regarding the implementation and effect of i.a. active learning. You will perform your duties for the faculty within this group.