Are you that enthousiastic Skills Teacher who wants to contribute to the academic and professional skills development of students in the life sciences domain? Do you have an MSc- and/or PhD degree in either life sciences, educational sciences, and/or skills training field? ? Are you able to teach both large and small groups of students from different disciplinary and cultural backgrounds?

Then we are looking for you as our new colleague!

Our chair group Education and Learning Sciences is looking for a skills teacher (Vaardigheidsdocent 2) who will be responsible, in close cooperation with colleague teachers, for teaching:

• the MSc level modular skills courses Consultancy Skills, Management Skills and Communication and Personal Development (the latter being part of the MSc course Academic Consultancy Training);
• the BSc courses Presentation, Argumentation and Collaboration Skills.

You will also be contributing to the regular and project-based innovation of various skills courses by participating in evaluation- and innovation project teams.

• you have an MSc- and/or PhD degree in either the life sciences, educational sciences, and/or skills training field;
• you have a UTQ (BKO) qualification or willingness to acquire a UTQ;
• you have experience in teaching university students at BSc and MSc level, preferably in the requested courses;
• your broad interest is in the life sciences domain, and you have the ability to include respective examples in skills courses;
• you have actual experience in the professional application of required skills;
• you are flexible, constructive and well-organised;
• you have a cooperative attitude as well as coordinating capabilities.

This position requires an excellent Dutch and English language proficiency (minimum CEFR C2 level). For more information about this proficiency level, please visit our special language page. Candidates should be available from August 15, 2019 the latest.

We offer you an interesting job for a period of 1 year (with the option of extension and possibly a fixed contract pending on the financial situation of the group) at a both nationally and internationally well-know group within Wageningen University and Research. The organization has good profesionalization facilities. This will be a position for max 0,8 fte (approx. 30 hours).
We will reward you with a market-based salary for a 30,4 hours full time working week. You also have the opportunity to work 32 hours a week with additional holidays. The salary will depend on the qualifications and experience with a gross minimum of salary scale 10 € 2.709 and a maximum of € 4.978 based on 38 hours, in according to the Collective Labour Agreement of Wageningen University.

In addition we offer:

• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% fixed-year allowance ;
• Excellent training opportunities and secondary working conditions;
• Flexible working hours and vacations can in consultation with colleagues be settled so that an optimal balance between work and private is possible;
• An excellent pension scheme via ABP;
• 232 holiday hours (on a fulltime base), the possibility to purchase and good supplementary leave arrangements and an individualized model to compose part of your working conditions and a bicycle plan;
• sports facilities available on campus which can be used against a small fee

We stimulate internal growth opportunities and mobility with an active and internal recruitment policy. There are ample opportunities for own initiative in a creative learning environment.

Wageningen University & Research

Education and Learning Sciences The Education and Learning Sciences (ELS) chair group of Wageningen University aims to understand and facilitate the enhancement of human potential in response to global challenges, in particular those in the domain of food and life sciences through research and education. Research focuses on learning trajectories, learning environments, learning processes and outcomes and relations between these elements. The context of ELS research is formed by education (secondary, vocational and higher education), business and society and the intersections between these (hybrid learning).
Our education portfolio consists of three pillars:

1. Teacher training
2. Courses in a broad spectrum of educational sciences
3. Skills education

Skills education comprises both BSc, MSc, and PhD student development of 21st century skills to support their academic and professional performance.

The mission of our University is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialised research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With approximately 30 locations, 6,500 employees, and 10,000 students, it is one of the leading organisations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.