The instructor is expected to teach the course SSC 226 ‘Medical and Health Psychology’. The general program of the courses can be found here. The teaching load will be 4 hours per week in class plus preparation time.

The contract starting date is August 1, 2018.

The candidate should have:

• at least a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Psychology;
• preferably a completed doctoral (PhD) certificate in Psychology or close to completion;
• excellent English language skills (written & spoken), a minimum of CEF-level C1;
• teaching experience in Medical and Health Psychology at the relevant University level;
• evidence of teaching excellence (evaluations);
• candidates should have experience of and a clear vision on teaching at a Liberal Arts (and Sciences) College.

UCR initially offers a semester contract running from August 1, 2018 to January 1, 2019 on the level of Assistant Professor (UD) / Associate Professor (UHD). The employment is for 0.3 FTE (11.4 h per week). There is a possibility to extend the contract based on good performance and demand.

Salary will be based on VSNU salary scales in the range from  € 2,588 (scale 10) to € 4,757 (scale 11) if Assistant Professor (UD) or from € 4,210 (scale 13) to € 6,438 (scale 14) if Associate Professor (UHD).


Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8 % and a year-end bonus of 8.3 % per year. We offer a pension scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and collective insurance schemes.

UCR is one of the English taught International Honors Colleges of Utrecht University. The staff and students form a vibrant academic community centered on a Liberal Arts and Sciences bachelor’s education. Students hail from all over the globe and follow a broad and intensive study program in the historic town of Middelburg, where they live on the centrally-located city campus. Classes have an average of 22 students and include continuous assessment as well as a high level of interaction with instructors. Instructors have great freedom in designing their courses, and work within an environment that firmly has teaching as its priority, whilst also supporting undergraduate and faculty research.

 

In 2012 the Dutch Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO) has evaluated UCR’s Liberal Arts & Sciences quality of teaching as good to excellent. The NVAO has also awarded UCR the quality label of a ‘Small-Scale and Intensive’ program. After graduation, UCR’s students continue in the best master programs all over the world.