Lecturer Disaster Recovery Management

Job Reference: VHL WO0011

We are looking for:

a colleague for 0,6 fte to strengthen our team Development Studies, who can make an active contribution to the Bachelor course International Development Management (IDM) and the Professional Master course Management of Development (MOD).

The three IDM majors are Regional Development and Innovation, Fair Trade Management and Disaster Recovery Management. The four MOD specialisations are rural development and gender, rural development and HIV/AIDS, rural development and food security and rural development and communication.

All courses are taught in English and have a strong international focus. Staff is also involved international consultancy missions.

A combination with other vacancies at our team (vacancy numbers VHL WO0011, 0012, 0013, 0014) can be considered by applicants.

Job description

• Developing competence based curricula and lecturing in the major “Disaster Recovery Management”;
• Contribute to educational innovation;
• Supervise students during their placements and thesis;
• Contribute to (international) education projects.

We ask

• Master degree in disaster management, human geography, environment studies or related fields;
• 5+ years of relevant work experiences in disaster management and/or environmental issues;
• Relevant and up-to-date international network;
• Outstanding communication skills and a good command of the English language;
• Affinity with international cooperation;
• Affinity to gender equality;
• Experiences with ‘building back better’;
• Experiences with community based working, multi-stakeholder approaches; 
• Experiences with local governance and human rights based approaches to development;
• Proven didactical skills or willingness to take additional training.

We offer

You initially a temporary appointment of one year for 0,6 fte. The salary (depending on age and experience) is a maximum of € 4.365,16 gross per month for a fulltime position (in accordance with the Hay job profile docent 1) CAO HBO.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Robert Baars (Course Manager Development Studies) by phone 0031 317 486237 or www.wageningenur.nl/en/Jobs/Vacancies.htm of click here.

The interviews will be held in week 48.

We are

Van Hall Larenstein University of Professional Education is part of the Van Hall Larenstein Foundation. Part of a consortium with Wageningen University and Research Centre, we’re an international knowledge centre for agribusiness, food production, environmental care and rural development.

Registered with the Chamber of Commerce as a foundation for training and advisory services, we’re professionals in institutional strengthening, consultancy and research. In our work of conducting and co-coordinating project activities around the world, we draw on the expertise and experience of our sister institutes.

Wageningen University and Research centre
Delivering a substantial contribution to the quality of life. That's our focus – each and every day. Within our domain, healthy food and living environment, we search for answers to issues affecting society – such as sustainable food production, climate change and alternative energy. Of course, we don’t do this alone. Every day, 6,500 people work on ‘the quality of life’, turning ideas into reality, on a global scale.

Could you be one of these people? We give you the space you need.