The candidate is expected to teach in professional education programs on Data Science and AI. The lecturer shall actively engage with the students and organize labs or workshops, in addition to the teaching work.

Programs are offered online and usually consist of virtual meetings, lab sessions and independent learning/exercises. More specifically, the lecturer is asked to take part in an in-company training program. In this program each virtual meeting will take max. 2 hours and is planned at 12-2pm CET (to allow participants from different time zones to join each session). The teaching days are Tuesday and Thursday

Candidates must meet the following criteria:

• a Master degree in the field of artificial intelligence, computer science, or data science, or a closely related field, with focus on AI, a Ph.D.- degree (or almost completed) is a plus;
• experience and affinity with artificial intelligence education. The candidate is expected to teach professionals in one or more of the following areas: Machine learning, especially deep learning, neural networks and statistical approaches; The mathematical and statistical foundations of machine learning; Applications of machine learning; Time Series Analysis; Text analytics; Data visualization;
• (broad) online teaching experience with various teaching methods (such as blended learning) is a plus;
• good interpersonal and communication skills and a team-player;
• preferably in possession of the Basic qualification for academic teaching (BKO) from a Dutch university, an equivalent teaching qualification, or a willingness to obtain it;
• fluent in English, as the working language of the in-company program is English.

We also invite candidates who do not yet fully meet this profile to respond.

Fixed-term contract: for a period of 1 year. We are open to discuss secondment or other arrangements.

The salary will be determined on the basis of your experience and qualifications, but will be in accordance with the general salary scales 11-12 of the CAO-NU. An indication of the maximum gross salary is € 5.826.-  per month, for a full-time appointment.

The proposed starting date is 15st March 2021 or soon thereafter. 

The OU provides good secondary benefits such as training, mobility, part-time employment and paid parental leave.

The Open Universiteit

The Open Universiteit of the Netherlands
The Open Universiteit (OU) is the university in the Netherlands where students study part-time and follow online and activating education in bachelor and master degree programmes in seven fields of study. Characteristics of the education are openness, flexibility and quality. Enhancing the study success of students is an important point of focus. More than 15.000 students are studying at the OU and it has nearly 700 employees. The OU has a network of regional study centres in the Netherlands and in Belgium (Flanders) (https://www.ou.nl/studiecentra). The head office is situated in Heerlen.

State of the art technologies and educational insights are applied in bachelor and master programmes and courses as well as in projects and programmes with partners. Both nationally and internationally the OU plays a key role in the innovation of higher education. Education and research are closely interrelated which guarantees that the current state of science is applied in education. The OU invests in research in the various academic disciplines, as well as in research in the field of learning, teaching and technology.

Top rankings
For several consecutive years, the OU has achieved top positions in the lists of the fourteen Dutch universities in the National Students’ Survey, the Dutch university guide ‘Keuzegids Universiteiten’ (in which the ratings by students and experts of the bachelor studies of the fourteen universities are compared), and the Dutch university guide ‘Keuzegids Masters’. In addition all study programmes rank highly in the study-specific rankings of the universities. All ratings are available on the website (https://www.ou.nl/rankings).

Faculty of Science

The faculty of Science is one of the six faculties of the OU of the Netherlands. Education, research and valorisation are the main tasks. The faculty offers academic bachelor and master programmes in the fields of Computer Science, Information Science, Environmental Sciences, and an Artificial Intelligence master programme is currently under development. The faculty’s research programme focuses on Innovating for Resilience. Furthermore, the faculty is partner in the Center for Actionable Research of the OU (CAROU). The faculty has Ph.D.-students who conduct research on various current topics within the research programme. By focusing on research that is interwoven with education, as well as the close link with practice, work at our faculty provides many innovative and challenging opportunities for entrepreneurial researchers.’

Your Academy
Your Academy is the professional education center of OUNL and is committed to develop up-to-date, hands-on, academic training programs for professionals. The Open University is the leading part-time university in the Netherlands, specialized in personalized and interactive online education.