Description of the position Join our team of interdisciplinary thinkers! The Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University is seeking two Lecturers to help us deliver high-quality education in sustainability and environmental sciences. As a Lecturer, you will have the opportunity to work on our interdisciplinary Master’s programmes in Industrial Ecology and Governance of Sustainability and our Minor in Sustainable Development.
We are looking for dynamic and proactive candidates with an MSc degree or a PhD in Industrial Ecology, Sustainability, Environmental Sciences or a related field. You will have the chance to connect the dots between different fields and help students to develop their academic and professional skills. You will work in a multidisciplinary team and mentor students as they embark on their higher education journey.
If you have a fluent command of the English language, are eager to contribute actively to improving the quality of education, and have a proactive and adaptive attitude, we would love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of sustainability education!
The successful candidate will also fulfil lectureship duties, contribute to the innovation in our educational practices, and, if applicable, have the opportunity to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ or Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs/BKO in Dutch).
The following links provide information about the different programs you might be involved in:
Key responsibilities As a Lecturer, you will have a range of exciting responsibilities, and you will take the initiative in developing and implementing innovative ideas, tools and methods, and help teach several courses in close collaboration with your colleagues. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can learn from and with each other.
Our successful candidate will have excellent organization and communication skills, good didactic skills and (preferably) didactic experience, as well as a background and interest in interdisciplinary education and thinking. Depending on the courses and programs you will be involved in, the tasks will include:
- Preparing course materials and teaching lectures.
- Coordinating the thesis research module (30 EC). This includes facilitating the thesis market, matching supervisors with students, teaching the preparation module, and overseeing the overall module.
- Coordinating and adapting the online preparatory module for the entire master program, tailored to students who require background information on skills, natural sciences topics and/or governance-related topics.
- Developing academic skills labs for Minor Sustainable Development students to complement their assessments and learning goals
- Taking the initiative in developing and implementing innovative ideas, tools and methods. This can relate to MOOCs, online education material, skills portfolio, learning line visualization and communication, etc.
- Supporting the Sustainability Challenge (10/12 EC), a commissioner-based real-life consult