Do you want to contribute to teaching students of the Master Artificial Intelligence or Data Science? Do you want to work in a program that has been in the spotlight for years, but that has opted for quality and small-scale education? We are looking for four lecturers who will give working groups, evaluate assignments and supervise student assistants or who will coach Master thesis students.

The Master’s programs are part of the Graduate School of Informatics of the Faculty of Science.

What are you going to do?

As a lecturer, you will help in the preparation and organization of seminars, computer labs, and projects for a range of courses in our programs. This will be done in consultation with the course coordinators who are responsible for the theoretical and didactic implementation of a course. The emphasis of the lecturer positions is on supporting the practical aspects of the education within our MSc programs. Or you can coach students to guide them in working on their master's thesis.

The duties of a lecturer consist of:

• preparing and adapting course material for project and practical groups;
• coaching and instructing teachings assistants;
• supervision of project and practical groups;
• provision of feedback for weekly assignments;
• giving lectures (dependent on qualifications);
• support of the master thesis process (organisation as well as supervision of academic processes);
• organisation of extracurricular activities, such as ad-hoc workshops.

As a lecturer in the Information Sciences, you have:

• a Master of Science degree (or PhD degree) in computer science, artificial intelligence, information science, or a related discipline;
• good didactical and organisational skills;
• a fluency in oral and written English;
• a proactive and flexible attitude;
• the ability to work independently as well as in a team.

Our offer

A temporary contract for 4 year (with a 2 months probation period) for 38 hours per week, preferably starting at 3 August 2020.    

The salary, depending on relevant work experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be €2,709 to €4,274 (scale 10) gross per month, based on 38 hours a week. These amounts are exclusive 8 % holiday allowance and 8.3 % end-of-year bonus. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

Are you curious about our extensive package of secondary employment benefits like our excellent opportunities for study and development? Then find out more about working at the Faculty of Science.

The Faculty of Science offers you a four-year contract, which includes 0.1 FTE dedicated to training and development. This combination of working as a lecturer while following training is called the Lecturer Development Programme (Docent Ontwikkel Programma, DOP). The purpose of the DOP is to optimise your position on the job market (deployability and opportunities) once your temporary employment comes to an end. During the course of your four-year contract, you will follow training together with other lecturers; this will include the opportunity to obtain the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ). Together with your supervisor, you will draw up a Personal Development Plan (Persoonlijk Ontwikkelplan, POP) detailing the specifics of your customised programme.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

Faculty of Science – Graduate School of Informatics

The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 6,500, as well as 1,600 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain.

The great strength of the Faculty of Science lies in the commitment and enthusiasm of its lecturers and students, combined with the scope for individual initiative, increasingly effective support as well as a modern, professional campus. The degree programmes have been designed according to the principle of 'uniformity where possible and differentiation where necessary', which means that the programmes decide what goals to achieve and how to reach such goals within generic frameworks.

At our organisation, you will find a challenging work environment with diverse tasks as well as enough room for your own initiative and development. The atmosphere is open and there is scope for collaboration between colleagues.

In addition, we offer an extensive package of benefits, including a generous holiday scheme and year-end allowance, while it is also important to us that you continue your development and professionalisation. To this end, we can offer you excellent study and development possibilities.