The Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is looking for a
Teaching Assistant, Political Science
Job description
You contribute to teaching in the interdisciplinary field of European Studies. Teaching duties include courses in the Bachelor programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Your teaching activities will take 100% of your time.
Requirements
The candidate has a Master degree in European Studies or a related field.
The candidate should be capable of triggering student learning and participation in group discussions. (S)he is an inspiring and stimulating supervisor. As the language of instruction is English, your command of English (oral and writing) should be excellent. Previous experience in working with innovative, interdisciplinary learning approaches and problem-based teaching methods are highly welcomed.
Experience with teaching international classrooms would be a plus. All members of staff are expected to share our emphasis on high quality teaching, reflected in our system of small-scale problem based learning.
You are open to interdisciplinary work.
You are a team player.
The offer
0.80 fte appointment as Teaching Assistant for one year.
The contract period of Teaching Assistants at FASoS is in total maximum 3 years.
Depending on experience and qualification, the gross monthly salary is about € 2.425,00 per month, scale level 10 (based on a full-time appointment). Each year the standard salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
Starting date: Preferably 15 August 2014.
The deadline for submitting your application is 7 April 2014.