The department of political science and public administration is looking for a lecturer who will teach courses on Bachelor and Master level, primarily in the area of international security, and who can supervise theses in the fields of International Relations, International Security, Public Administration/Security and International Political Economy. The lecturer will contribute to our programs ‘Law and Politics of International Security’, which the Faculty of Social Sciences runs together with the law faculty, ‘Political Science’ (Bachelor and  Master) and ‘Public Administration’ (security track).

Your duties
• Teaching at Bachelor and Master level
• Supervision of theses in political science and public administration
• Contribute to the administration and promotional activities for the programs

PhD in Political Science, International Relations, International Law or Public Administration, specializing in international security.
• be an inspiring lecturer
• have strong communication skills
• be able to successfully collaborate in a team of staff members
• be fluent in English and preferably also in Dutch

A challenging position in a socially involved organization. On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of € 3.303,- and a maximum € 4.852,- in accordance with salary scale 10 or 11, depending on your education and experience. The job profile (Lecturer) is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for at least 0,5 FTE.

The employment contract will be for a fixed period of four years.

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 and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• considerable employer’s contribution to the ABP pension scheme
• contribution to commuting expenses
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

The ambition of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is clear: to contribute to a better world through outstanding education and ground-breaking research. And to be a university where personal education and societal involvement play a leading role. Where people from different disciplines and backgrounds work together on innovations and on generating new knowledge. Our teaching and research embrace the whole spectrum of science – from the humanities, the social sciences and the pure sciences through to the life sciences and the medical sciences.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is home to more than 23,000 students. We employ more than 4,500 individuals. The VU campus is easily accessible, located in the heart of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a truly inspiring environment for teaching and research.

Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences examines the major social problems of our time from multiple perspectives. From bullying at school to dealing with illegal immigration, from the rise of populist politicians to creating a self-reliant society. Only at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you will find all the academic disciplines needed to understand these 'wicked problems': alongside the traditional disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and politics, we also research and teach the new social sciences such as communication science and management & organization science. We do not settle for easy answers in our teaching and research. Our researchers and students are critical thinkers and doers who work together to devise surprising solutions to the problems of today. 

Working at the Faculty of Social Sciences means working with colleagues from a range of academic disciplines in an inspiring and personal work and study environment with excellent research facilities. We employ more than 250 staff members, and we are home to around 2,500 students.

Department of Political Science and Public Administration
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration is committed to high quality academic education and research. Our educational programmes include political science (bachelor and master),  public administration & organization science (bachelor), public administration (master), law and politics of international security (master, with the Law Faculty) and a new international programme  Philosophy, Politics and Economics (bachelor, with the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration). Our research focuses on public governance issues and is organized in two programmes (Multi-level governance; New modes of public governance). Additionally, the Department participates actively in the newly established research institute at the Faculty of Social Sciences: The Institute for Societal Resilience.