As a teacher, you provide activating education by supervising tutorial meetings and practicals. You are also responsible for co-coordination of courses and supervising bachelor theses. We are working on a curriculum reform for which you will have the opportunity to contribute ideas. We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong background in teaching Brain & Cognition courses as they will be involved in bachelor 3 B&C specialization courses.

Your core tasks include:

• Teaching a given set of B&C courses / practicals in bachelor 3 and the master
• Testing whether learning objectives are being met
• Creating and implementing optimal conditions for learning
• Updating content for this set of courses and/or practicals
• Making suggestions for improvement
• Co-coordinating certain courses and/or practicals
• Evaluating and grading student products, as corrector under the supervision of an examiner as long as the UTQ has not been completed, such as
• Organizing calibration sessions to come to an effective evaluation format
• Grading assignments
• Supervising bachelor thesis students
• Being involved in other professional development activities
• Contributing to the B&C team

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague (m/f/x) who:

• has a MSc degree in a topic relevant to brain and cognition;
• For internal and external candidates without a Teaching qualification the requirement to obtain the UTQ within the first year of appointment as a teacher.
• has experience with teaching bachelor courses and practicals in brain and cognition;
• has experience teaching both courses and practicals;
• has experience with the development and implementation of innovations in teaching methods; and is prepared to contribute to the optimization of the quality of teaching;
• has excellent social skills and is a team player.

An internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with good working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

The start date of this position is 1 February 2023 and you will be based at the Team Brain & Cognition in at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies. The position is for 0.6-0.8 FTE. We will offer you a one year contract with Erasmus University Rotterdam. This contract can, in case of positive assessment and unchanged organizational circumstances, be extended.  The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 2.960 to a maximum of € 4.670 gross per month on a fulltime basis, in accordance with scale 10 of the CAO-NU. In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance, an end-of-year payment of 8.3%, and a very generous paid leave scheme. Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision, and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal career budget, work-life balance coaches, discounted collective health insurance, and more. As an employee, you can also use EUR facilities such as the University library and receive a discount on subscriptions for the Erasmus sports center.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB)

The Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) is home to a vast diversity of scientific disciplines: public administration, pedagogical sciences, psychology and sociology. In addition, the Erasmus University College, IHS, and two research institutes RISBO and DRIFT are linked to the faculty. This also reflects in the content of the (international) bachelor's and master's programs and in research.  Our activities are always focused on people and society. At the ESSB fundamental, internationally oriented research is of paramount importance. In addition, social research for professionals, policy makers, and the society is part of our research activities. ESSB offers a stimulating research environment where major national and international research grants are received. Appealing guest researchers and ambitious PhD candidates come along to conduct their research. Our education is small-scale and works with innovative forms of education such as Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Both the Dutch and English programs are highly ranked by students and alumni. ESSB is home to over 4000 students and more than 400 staff-members. The different disciplines are supported by the Faculty Office (for more information, please visit www.eur.nl/essb).

Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies (DPECS)

The Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies provides education and research in the area of pedagogical and psychological sciences and is embedded within the Faculty of Social Science. The education is characterized by a successful and innovative didactical approach: problem based learning in combination with extensive professional and academic skills training. Our bachelor and master tracks receive top rankings each year.