Lecturer in Challenge-Based learning in Geo-Information Science (Wageningen University)

Lecturer Challenge-Based learning in Geo-Information Science Location Wageningen We are looking for Are you a hardworking person with some knowledge on geo-information, remote sensing and its applications? Do you have experience in challenge-based learning do you enjoy creating new education material? And are you a great teammate, willing to join us for successful and innovative education? Then we would like to get you on board! To support our group’s education, we are hiring a Lecturer on Challenge Based Learning. Student challenges are now part of the WUR education ecosystem, offering learning and personal development opportunities outside of the regular curriculum. Therefore we like to offer challenge-based learning to all our students and include it into our curriculum. The goal of this part-time function is to investigate and trial personalized/flexible learning and (student) challenges within the MGI (Master in Geo-Information Sciences) study program. We need someone who is eager to find out if challenge-based learning will fit the MGI program, and which existing courses would be suitable for it. The work will include 1) assisting the educational staff to investigate possibilities for a multitude of GIS, Remote Sensing and Data Science courses and 2) work on implementation for a selected number of courses. For this role it is important to have the following personal competences: academic spirit, creativity, a collaborative personality and a proactive attitude. Finally, if you are interested there will also be possibilities to get involved in actual teaching. You will do this at the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, and at a university that has been chosen as the “Best University” for the 16th consecutive time. Do you want to know more about our work? Check out our page with news, recent publications and video’s. We ask Either: MSc in Geo-information Science, Remote Sensing or a related field, or BSc in this domain with relevant work experience; Or: a background in didactics or educational science; a true love for new concepts of challenge-based learning; proficiency in English is an absolute pre-requisite. We offer We offer excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include: sabbatical leave, study leave, and paid parental leave; working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance; the option to accrue additional holiday hours by working more, up to 40 hours per week; there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee; a fixed December bonus of 8.3%; excellent pension scheme. In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a one year contract for 0.5 fte, with a competitive gross salary of between € 2.790,- and € 4.402,- for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) (scale 10). If you prefer a full-time position, please have a look at the vacancy of “Lecturer MGI-Profiling”. Both part-time jobs can potentially be combined in one full-time function. We encourage internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering an outstanding position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere. Coming from abroad Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees. Applicants from abroad moving to the Netherlands may qualify for a special tax relief, known as the 30% ruling. Our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community pagecontains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about helping your partner to find a job, housing, schooling, and other issues. More information Please contact Dr. Arend Ligtenberg (arend.ligtenberg@wur.nl) or Dr. Harm Bartholomeus (harm.bartholomeus@wur.nl) for more information. For additional information about the process please contact Edgar Tijhuis, corporate recruiter (edgar.tijhuis@wur.nl) You can apply up to and including 26 February 2021, by uploading your CV and motivation letter via the apply button on this page. We will schedule the first interviews soon afterwards. Equal opportunities Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. For more information please go to our inclusive webpage. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment. We are The mission of Wageningen University and Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 6.500 employees and 12.500 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. A coordinated approach to problems and the cooperation between various subject areas are at the heart of Wageningen’s outstanding approach. WUR has been named Best Employer in the Education category for 2019-2020. These are the points our employees list as why they enjoy working at WUR: read the 6 reasons to come work at WUR We are the laboratory of GIS and Remote Sensing (GRS) of Wageningen University. Our fundamental research and education concern our living environment: nature, landscape, land use, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, water management, and various claims on space. The laboratory is very international in terms of staff and student composition. Apply now If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Computeroxy

Lecturer Challenge-Based learning in Geo-Information Science

Location Wageningen

We are looking for

Are you a hardworking person with some knowledge on geo-information, remote sensing and its applications? Do you have experience in challenge-based learning do you enjoy creating new education material? And are you a great teammate, willing to join us for successful and innovative education? Then we would like to get you on board!

To support our group’s education, we are hiring a Lecturer on Challenge Based Learning. Student challenges are now part of the WUR education ecosystem, offering learning and personal development opportunities outside of the regular curriculum. Therefore we like to offer challenge-based learning to all our students and include it into our curriculum. The goal of this part-time function is to investigate and trial personalized/flexible learning and (student) challenges within the MGI (Master in Geo-Information Sciences) study program.

We need someone who is eager to find out if challenge-based learning will fit the MGI program, and which existing courses would be suitable for it. The work will include 1) assisting the educational staff to investigate possibilities for a multitude of GIS, Remote Sensing and Data Science courses and 2) work on implementation for a selected number of courses. For this role it is important to have the following personal competences: academic spirit, creativity, a collaborative personality and a proactive attitude.

Finally, if you are interested there will also be possibilities to get involved in actual teaching. You will do this at the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, and at a university that has been chosen as the “Best University” for the 16th consecutive time.

Do you want to know more about our work? Check out our page with news, recent publications and video’s.

We ask

Either: MSc in Geo-information Science, Remote Sensing or a related field, or BSc in this domain with relevant work experience;
Or: a background in didactics or educational science;
a true love for new concepts of challenge-based learning;
proficiency in English is an absolute pre-requisite.

We offer

We offer excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

sabbatical leave, study leave, and paid parental leave;
working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
the option to accrue additional holiday hours by working more, up to 40 hours per week;
there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
a fixed December bonus of 8.3%;
excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a one year contract for 0.5 fte, with a competitive gross salary of between € 2.790,- and € 4.402,- for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) (scale 10).

If you prefer a full-time position, please have a look at the vacancy of “Lecturer MGI-Profiling”. Both part-time jobs can potentially be combined in one full-time function.

We encourage internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering an outstanding position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

Coming from abroad

Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees. Applicants from abroad moving to the Netherlands may qualify for a special tax relief, known as the 30% ruling. Our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family.

Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community pagecontains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about helping your partner to find a job, housing, schooling, and other issues.

More information

Please contact Dr. Arend Ligtenberg (arend.ligtenberg@wur.nl) or Dr. Harm Bartholomeus (harm.bartholomeus@wur.nl) for more information.

For additional information about the process please contact Edgar Tijhuis, corporate recruiter (edgar.tijhuis@wur.nl)

You can apply up to and including 26 February 2021, by uploading your CV and motivation letter via the apply button on this page. We will schedule the first interviews soon afterwards.

Equal opportunities

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. For more information please go to our inclusive webpage. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.

We are

The mission of Wageningen University and Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.

With its roughly 30 branches, 6.500 employees and 12.500 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. A coordinated approach to problems and the cooperation between various subject areas are at the heart of Wageningen’s outstanding approach. WUR has been named Best Employer in the Education category for 2019-2020. These are the points our employees list as why they enjoy working at WUR: read the 6 reasons to come work at WUR

We are the laboratory of GIS and Remote Sensing (GRS) of Wageningen University. Our fundamental research and education concern our living environment: nature, landscape, land use, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, water management, and various claims on space. The laboratory is very international in terms of staff and student composition.

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