Four Junior Lecturers in Artificial Intelligence - Amsterdam Zuid, Nederland - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Geverifieerd bedrijf

Amsterdam Zuid, Nederland

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Geplaatst door:

Daan Van den Berg

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Beschrijving

Your function:

We are looking for colleagues that are passionate about education in Artificial Intelligence.

Our department wants to attract
four junior lecturers who can strengthen our staff by giving high-quality instruction in teaching Artificial Intelligence (AI).

You will support the Bachelor and Master AI programs.

As a junior lecturer, you will be involved in various teaching-related and organizational activities in both programmes, with a special focus on innovation of courses.

You will contribute to a further implementation of the principle of "active blended learning" in our programmes.

As a Junior lecturer you will be encouraged to work on academic innovations and to build a portfolio in the context of education as a preparation for various career paths.

To this end, you will have the opportunity to acquire a basic qualification in teaching at university level ('BKO'). The junior lecturer position is ideally suited for early-career teachers. You will be working in close cooperation and with the support of a lot of enthusiastic and experienced colleagues. A full Junior Lecturer Trajectory is 4 years and 2 months, and cannot be extended beyond this period. This position therefore does not lead to permanent employment.

Your duties

The junior lecturer will be expected to:

supervise/coordinate bachelor and/or master thesis projects

- support teachers in individual courses in AI education programmes
- coordinate student assistants
- provide technical and organisational assistance for project oriented courses
- advise on and help with the further development of innovative teaching concepts
- innovate course materials such that they include up-to-date methods and techniques

Your profile:

You must:
- have completed a Master in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science including AI courses, or a related Master programme
- be enthusiastic about teaching
- have strong oral and written communication skills in English
- possess good organizational skills
- be proactive and able to work independently

We are specifically interested in people that have expertise on:

formative assessments

- specific technical skills, e.g. robotics
- student tutoring
- constructive alignment

As a university, we strive for equal opportunities for all, recognising that diversity takes many forms. We believe that diversity in all its complexity is invaluable for the quality of our teaching, research and service. We are always looking for talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

This also means that we are committed to creating an inclusive community so that we can use diversity as an asset.

We realise that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise and mindset.

Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not meet all the requirements.

What do we offer?:

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation is ideally suited for starting teachers. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable.

So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

- a salary of minimum € 3.226,00 (Scale 10) and maximum € 5.090,00 (Scale 10) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Teacher 4. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
- a position for at least 0.8 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 50 months.

The appointment is temporary for 4 years and 2 months, including a period of probation of 2 months. The junior lecturer position is placed in the Department of Computer Science. The position is immediately available.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations

Some examples:

A fulltime 38hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For parttimers, this is calculated pro rata.
8% holiday allowance and 8.3% endofyear bonus

- solid pension scheme (ABP)
- contribution to commuting expenses
- optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

About us:

About the department

The VU Department of Computer Science maintains highly successful programs in areas including Artificial Intelligence, Bio-Informatics, Computer Security, Computer Systems, Software Engineering and Green Computing, Information Sciences, Theory, and User-Centric Data Science.

Faculty of Science

Researchers and students at VU Amsterdam's Faculty of Science tackle fundamental and complex scientific problems to help pave the way for a sustainable and healthy future.

From forest fires to big data, from obesity to malnutrition, and from molecules to the moon:
we cover the full spectrum of the natural sciences. Our teaching and research have a strong experimentally technical, computational and interdisciplinary nature.

We work on new solutions guided by value-driven, int