Lecturer Work & Organizational Psychology (0,8-1,0 fte)

Introduction

The Work & Organizational Psychology team at the Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam is looking for a lecturer. Will you join our team in the academic year 2024-2025 to strengthen our education program (teaching work groups, providing practical/skills training, and thesis supervision) and contribute to the coordination of Master internships and theses for the Psychology program?

Job description

The core tasks include:

• Teaching work groups and providing practical/skills training, mostly within the Work & Organizational Psychology domain (e.g. Organizational Psychology; Conflict Management & Mediation);
• Grading courses and practical assignments;
• Supervising bachelor students;
• Co-coordination of practical internships and master theses for all psychology master specializations: informing students, administration of internships, internal and external communication with supervisors & internship organizations, and evaluating the internship process, in collaboration with the internship committee members, program director and educational office;
• Participating and contributing as a member of the Work & Organizational Psychology team.

Job requirements

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague (m/f/x) who:

• Has or will shortly obtain an MSc degree in Work & Organizational Psychology or a closely related domain;
• Has experience or evident affinity with teaching work groups and/or practical/skills training on Work & Organizational Psychology topics;
• Has excellent social skills and is a team player;
• Is fluent in Dutch and English (C1 conform CEFR);
• Has a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) is a strong pre.

Are you unsure whether this vacancy is for you? Then we ask you to apply anyway. We are convinced that a diverse team can work better. 

Employment conditions and benefits

We offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

The start date of this position is 1 October 2024 and you will be based at Campus Woudestein in Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB). This position is for 0.8 fte - 1.0 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.345 to a maximum of € 5.278 gross per month, scale 10, on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is entered into for the duration of 1 year.

Everything else we offer you, you can find below!

-        Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!

-        Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.

-        Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.

-        Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.

-        Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).

-        Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the 30%-ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax agency), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 4.100 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Faculty / Institute / Central service

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB)

The Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences is home to a vast diversity of scientific disciplines: public administration, pedagogical sciences, psychology and sociology. In addition, the Erasmus University College, IHS, and two research institutes RISBO and DRIFT are linked to the faculty. This also reflects in the content of the (international) bachelor's and master's programs and in research.  Our activities are always focused on people and society. At the ESSB fundamental, internationally oriented research is of paramount importance. In addition, social research for professionals, policy makers, and the society is part of our research activities. ESSB offers a stimulating research environment where major national and international research grants are received. Appealing guest researchers and ambitious PhD candidates come along to conduct their research. Our education is small-scale and works with innovative forms of education. Both the Dutch and English programs are highly ranked by students and alumni. ESSB is home to over 4000 students and more than 400 staff-members. The different disciplines are supported by the Faculty Office (for more information, please visit www.eur.nl/essb).

Group

Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies (DPECS)

Our department consists of 6 teams covering the disciplines of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences; three closely related disciplines with each their own profile. The different psychological specialization areas of DPECS focus on understanding cognitive, physical, and social functioning and well-being in the context of mental health, education, and work. The educational sciences focus on issues regarding effectiveness and inclusion in primary, secondary and tertiary education. The pedagogical sciences focus on issues related to everyday as well as problematic development and upbringing within families, at school and in youth care. The disciplinary perspectives of DPECS complement each other and share the mission to generate societal impact with high-quality scientifical research on timely societal issues, and with the use of innovative methods and techniques and open science. The bachelor and master programs of DPECS build on this mission and educate students to become scientifically trained professionals for the society of the future.

More information about the research at DPECS can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/lab-society

More information about the education programs offered at DPECS can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/education

Our department also has access to an excellent laboratory for research and education purposes. The Erasmus Behavioural Lab offers state-of-the art facilities, including video observation, EEG, eye-tracking, virtual reality, experience sampling, and biofeedback: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/erasmus-behavioural-lab

Department

Team Work and Organizational Psychology

Our team is united in its goal to collectively provide high quality contributions across all three pillars of our field of work and organizational psychology: work psychology, organizational psychology, and personnel psychology. We do this from a positive psychology perspective: using a psychological lens focused on the employee, we aim to leverage the strengths of individual employees to foster employee well-being and performance. Our team is also responsible for teaching in the bachelor program Psychology, and the master specializations Work & Organizational Psychology, Digitalisation in Work and Society, and Psychology of the Digital Media. We are a diverse and interdisciplinary team, where each member brings a unique set of skills, expertise, and academic interests. This key strength allows our team to approach tasks and challenges in a multifaceted way and cover the full breadth and complexity of the work and organizational psychology domain in our teaching, research, and wider impact. By leveraging and uniting all members' unique scientific strengths, our team aims to contribute to a world of work that fosters the potential and well-being of all employees to create healthy and productive organizations.

Additional information

You can find more information about the EUR on our website www.eur.nl.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof.dr. Daantje Derks via derks@essb.eur.nl 

Applying

Please submit your application, consisting of a motivation letter and CV, before the vacancy closing date.

Interviews are expected to be held early September.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Persons of all gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, religions, ethnicities, ages, neurodiversities, functional impairments, citizenships, or any other aspect are welcome to apply and join the EUR community.