The chair group English Literature provides a number of international programmes: the bachelor's programme Literature and Society, the master's programme English Literature in a Visual Culture, and the research master's programme Environmental Humanities. As a lecturer, you will teach courses such as Literary Theory, Creative Writing, Diasporic Literature, and supervise theses and internships at the bachelor and master level. You will contribute to the development and improvement of our teaching programme. You keep track of publications in your field and integrate insights from recent academic literature into the curriculum. In addition, you fulfil management and administrative tasks such as participation in team meetings and membership of the education or examination committee. Your appointment consists of 90% teaching and 10% administration and management.

More information about our BA programme: https://vu.nl/en/education/bachelor/literature-and-society/track/literature-and-society-english.

More information about our MA programme: https://vu.nl/en/education/master/literary-studies/curriculum.

Suitable candidates meet the following requirements:

• you have a PhD in the field of English literature
• you are an experienced, enthusiastic and skilled in academic teaching, as is clear from teaching evaluations
• you are in possession of the Dutch Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO), or are willing to obtain this within the foreseeable future
• you have some experience in supervising bachelor's and master's theses
• you are a team player and are willing to contribute to activities of the English Literature group
• you have an excellent command of English, preferably also of Dutch

Fixed-term contract: 2 year.

We offer a temporary appointment for 3 to 5 years with a possible probationary period of 1 year, starting 15 August 2024.

The salary, depending on education and experience, amounts to a minimum of € 4.332 and a maximum of € 5.929 (scale 11) gross per month on a full-time basis. The position fits the UFO profile Docent 3, for a total of 0.7fte, to be divided between one or two lecturers.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• a full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• solid pension scheme (ABP)
• contribution to commuting expenses
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Faculty of Humanities
At the Faculty of Humanities we explore the world around us through the study of language, history and philosophy. Three multidisciplinary departments make up the faculty: Language, Literature and Communication; Art & Culture, History and Antiquity; and Philosophy. We call this Humanities+.The plus stands for being open to new ideas, transcending disciplinary boundaries, searching for innovative teaching methods and small-scale personalised classroom environments.

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