Amsterdam University College (AUC) is currently looking for a lecturer/tutor in the Academic Core. We are looking for applicants with teaching experience and expertise in two fields: (1) academic writing and research skills; (2) identity, processes of in- and exclusion, and diversity. At AUC, you will teach Academic Writing Skills and/or Advanced Research Writing, and Global Identity Experience. The course descriptions can be found here.

In addition to teaching courses, AUC lecturer/tutors have up to 33 students assigned to them as their tutees. You will advise your tutees on the academic choices they have to make and on their integration into the AUC community. You will assist your tutees in choosing their courses, eventually leading to their capstones (bachelor theses), and will pay special attention to ensuring their programmes meet the degree requirements and match their future ambitions.

What do we require of you?

You:

• hold a PhD and have a clear affinity with an interdisciplinary approach to education;
• have experience as a teacher in higher education;
• have a strong commitment towards developing excellence in education;
• have an international profile and/or experience;
• have affinity with, and preferably experience with Liberal Arts and Sciences education;
• master English at C1 level;
• have the ability and be prepared to coach students intensively and to be part of a multi-disciplinary and international team;
• have the ability and be prepared to involve external stakeholders in their lectures in order to reinforce the students’ learning experience;
• be committed to creating, promoting and establishing inclusive learning environments where all students feel encouraged to participate and know that their contributions are valued.

Our offer

The employment contract that we offer will be for four years, according to Article 6.12 of the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. A training and supervision plan is drawn up with the lecturer/ tutor, which includes: mastering academic skills, didactic skills (obtaining the University Teaching Qualification (BKO)) and additional focus on the lecturer/tutor’s personal growth and career development. In addition to their normal teaching duties, the lecturer/tutor is asked to make a contribution to educational innovations and to align with educational research within AUC. AUC core faculty are employed by the University of Amsterdam, which comes with an extensive package of secondary benefits, including a holiday allowance and end of year allowance. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience, ranging from €2,790 to €4,402 gross per month on a full-time basis (UFO Profile Lecturer 4, scale 10). The starting date is ideally 1 December 2020.

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.

Amsterdam University College

Amsterdam University College (AUC) is a joint institute of the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit, offering a Bachelor (Honours) programme in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. AUC is looking for a Lecturer / Tutor in the Academic Core. The Academic Core of the AUC programme is designed to ensure that students develop strong academic skills in a number of essential areas. They will take Academic Core courses across all three years of their programme, ensuring an ongoing development of their skills. We are committed to strengthening inclusivity and diversity at AUC. We stand firmly against discrimination and we foster an environment where every member of our community feels welcome and safe and knows their contribution is valued and respected. In this context we welcome and encourage applications for this post from people of all backgrounds.

AUC’s profile:

• a broad liberal arts and sciences programme at Bachelor level, offering breadth and depth of learning by focusing on far-reaching themes and real-world problems in science and society, thus crossing the boundaries between science, social science, and the humanities;
• aiming high at academic excellence, honours degree, selection of students and high calibre staff;
• an international and intercultural focus reflected in a diverse and international student and staff body, an international curriculum and classroom setting, with English as the language of teaching and learning;
• an engaging academic and social context supported by small class size, an attractive and modern residential college setting, and state-of-the-art facilities;
• reaching out to the community through off-campus community engagement or in-company internships.