Junior lecturer(s) in Art and Culture

Suitable candidates meet the following requirements:

• you have a demonstrable affinity with visual and material culture, evidenced by a master degree in Media Studies, Art History, Design Cultures, Architectural History or a more interdisciplinary equivalent.
• you are enthusiastic and skilled in academic teaching
• you are in possession of the Dutch Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO), or are willing to obtain this within the foreseeable future
• you are a team player and are willing to contribute to activities of the Art and Culture section
• you have an excellent command of Dutch and English

We offer a temporary appointment for 2 years with option of extension and with a probationary period of 1 year. The appointment will begin on July 1st, 2025 (or slightly later, if necessary), allowing time to prepare for the first courses, which start in early September 2025. Please note that basic teaching materials are already available for all courses you will be teaching.

The salary, depending on education and experience, amounts to a minimum of € 3.378  (scale 10) and a maximum of € 4.227 (scale 10) gross per month on a full-time basis. The position fits the UFO profile Docent 4, for a total of 0.7 fte, to be divided between one or two lecturers.

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)
• contribution to commuting expenses
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

The new Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities aspires to be the intellectual and philosophical core of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Its mission is to enhance the self-understanding of humanity and society, to interpret cultural, social, and political developments and to study the nature of institutions and cultural artifacts in an age of artificial intelligence in which science, morality and religion are both juxtaposed and opposed. It thus serves an open society in the spirit of the origins and special character of the VU Amsterdam. By bringing closer together educational research and valorization activities in the social sciences, humanities and religious science and theology, the integrated faculty aims to invest in a scientific orientation to values, interpretation of meaning and encouragement of world citizenship as guiding and critical principles in an expected ongoing technologization of society.

The faculty has three schools: the School of Religion & Theology (SRT), the School of Social Sciences (SSc), and the School of Humanities (SH). The faculty has about 800 employees and over 5,000 students.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands for values-driven education and research. We are open-minded experts with the ability to think freely - a broader mind. Maintaining an entrepreneurial perspective and concentrating on diversity, significance and humanity, we work on sustainable solutions with social impact. By joining forces, across the boundaries of disciplines, we work towards a better world for people and planet. Together we create a safe and respectful working and study climate, and an inspiring environment for education and research. Learn more about our codes of conduct

We are located on one physical campus, in the heart of Amsterdam's Zuidas business district, with excellent location and accessibility.  Over 6,150 staff work at the VU and over 31,000 students attend academic education.

Diversity
Diversity is the driving force of VU Amsterdam. VU wants to be accessible and receptive to diversity in disciplines, cultures, ideas, nationalities, beliefs, preferences and worldviews. We believe that trust, respect, interest and differences lead to new insights and innovation, to sharpness and clarity, to excellence and a broader understanding. We stand for an inclusive community and believe that diversity and internationalisation contribute to the quality of education, research and our services. Therefore, we are always searching for people whose backgrounds and experience contribute to the diversity of the VU community.