Junior Lecturer Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

As junior lecturer you will be involved in various teaching and organizational activities. You will work together with coordinators, lecturers and other junior lecturers in the VU/UvA joint-degree master program Bioinformatics and Systems Biology. We are specifically looking for candidates who have a strong affinity with all aspects related to the field of Bioinformatics, including programming, molecular & cell biology, mathematics and statistics, machine learning, workflows, quantitative data analysis, and algorithmics.

You will be encouraged to develop your personal professional academic teaching skills and to build a portfolio to prepare for various career paths. To this end, you will also acquire the “basic teaching qualification” at the university level (UTQ or BKO) and you will have the opportunity to follow relevant teaching modules provided by the Teaching & Learning Center.

The junior lecturer position is placed at the Computer Science department (VU) and is immediately available with a start somewhere in Spring 2025. Your daily supervisor will be dr. Anton Feenstra (VU).

Your duties
Jointly with the other members of the teaching organization, you will:

• be actively involved in teaching and course development in the bioinformatics track
• coordination and administrative tasks of the masters’ programme
• contribute to the development of academic skills and community-building activities in courses and internships
• help further improve teaching quality in the programme
• contribute to promotional activities of the programme

Requirements:

You have a Master degree in a field related to Computer Science, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics or Systems Biology, and proven affinity with teaching. You also:

• have a zest for disseminating skills and knowledge
• are fluent in English
• have strong oral and written communication skills
• possess good organisational and social skills, and can work with diverse international students
• can easily collaborate in teams (of both junior and senior teachers) and also work independently
• have skills in mathematics, and scientific programming in R and Python
• experience as a teaching assistant or comparable work experience is a pre

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.

Salary Benefits:

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. 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 € 3.345,00 (Scale 10) and maximum € 5.278,00 (Scale 10) gross per month, on a full-time basis. The exact salary depends on your education and experience
• a position based on the university job ranking system, vacant for 1 FTE

A full Junior Lecturer Trajectory is 4 years including 2 months probation, and cannot be extended beyond this period. This position therefore does not lead to permanent employment.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• A full-time 38-hour 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 part-timers, this is calculated pro rata
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• solid pension scheme (ABP)
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package
• possibility to save holiday hours, for sabbatical leave
• child daycare facilities available on campus

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