Lecturer (docent) in Information Management

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You are passionate about your work in Information Management and would like to share this passion with others. Working as a lecturer (0.6-1 FTE) at the Academy for Hotel & Facility (AHF) gives you this opportunity. You will teach, supervise, and develop course content and application-based materials as needed. No better place to do all this than at our specialist, small-scale institute on our sustainable and high-tech campus close to the city centre of Breda.

About this job
As a lecturer in Information Management (0.6-1 FTE) at the Academy for Hotel & Facility Management (AHF) you will be educating our bachelor's students on the process and value of acquiring data, distilling information, and generating knowledge to inform decision-making processes within hospitality organisations. It is key to apply these themes to the Hotel Management context by using authentic cases, involving industry representatives and working with relevant information systems. Your goal is to support students in developing critical thinking skills and prepare and motivate students for a future job in which information management drives operational excellence and business innovation. Your role includes providing academic advice and support to students, fostering their personal and professional development.

You will be preparing and delivering lectures, workshops, and seminars, as well as developing course materials, such as documents, slides, and videos. You will also be setting and marking assignments, tests and exams. You will meet with students individually and work closely with colleagues involved in various activities within the academy and Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas). Moreover, you will continue developing your external network, this way contributing to student recruitment, securing placements, and building relationships for future activities.

In our educational vision, project based-learning - a student-centred pedagogy that organises learning around projects, where students collaborate on complex problems and questions - is paramount. By actively working on real problems, students are encouraged to apply their knowledge immediately. They also develop skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, self-management, project management, and collaboration. We strive for continuous interaction with students and as often as possible, including with industry partners. You are the person connecting these projects, different students, industry, knowledge and practice together to create meaningful learning experiences. You are not the one who knows all the answers, but you are the one who guides students where to find them. As a lecturer you will also learn new things every day.

At BUas we operate on a team-based working principle where responsibilities and authority are assigned to the teams within the academy. This leaves a lot of room for own input and co-creating the future of education. Are you ready to create meaningful experiences?

What do we offer?

• The salary for this position amounts to a monthly minimum of €4,535.76 and a maximum of €6,359.47 (gross amounts based on full-time employment);
• This position is classified as scale 11 of the cao-hbo (collective labour agreement). Your official job title will be that of lecturer;
• This position involves a one-year employment contract with the possibility of conversion into an indefinite employment contract subject to organisational developments;
• Your commuting expenses will be fully reimbursed when you travel by public transport;
• You will receive a contribution towards your health insurance costs;
• You will build up an attractive pension through the ABP pension fund;
• You will receive an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and an annual holiday allowance of 8%;
• You will also be awarded professional development hours every year and almost eleven weeks of holiday entitlements in a full-time position;
• With this position you will get the chance to further shape our state-of-the-art curriculum and programme;
• You will be working in a close-knit team of lecturers with knowledge and experience of hotel and facility management;
• Lines of communication within our academy are short and staff are easily contactable. At AHF, we work and learn in close cooperation, whether you are a student, lecturer, or manager;
• Working at AHF also offers crossovers to other interesting knowledge areas within Tourism and Leisure;
• You will be working at our modern, sustainable and high-tech campus within a vibrant, creative and dynamic environment near the city centre of Breda;
• Moving from abroad to Breda in the Netherlands? We provide support and financial reimbursement of relocation expenses and settling in in the Netherlands. Dutch tax authorities may offer tax reduction to applicants from abroad (making tax rates comparable to the UK and US).

What do we ask of you?

• You have a relevant master’s degree or a master’s degree as well as work experience in a field relevant to information management;
• You are passionate about information management (both process side and the systems) and would like to share this passion with our students and others. You have creative and fresh ideas on how to share this information and knowledge;
• You have sufficient depth of knowledge either through education or practice to provide learning support;
• You are interested in managing how people retrieve/process/transform/store/etc. information within business processes;
• You have experience and knowledge within a service management context;
• You can initiate and shape new and existing courses in line with industry demands and changes. You have teaching experience in higher professional education or are willing to obtain a teaching certificate;
• You are a networker who invests in relationships with the industry by attending conferences, industry fairs, and external network events to ensure industry relevance in class;
• You will be working in an international and intercultural setting. Therefore, having excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Dutch is a necessity.
• If you do not meet all the job requirements, we warmly invite you to apply anyway. We are looking for a versatile professional, but we understand that not everyone will tick all the boxes. If you have experience or knowledge in one or more of these areas, we would encourage you to apply. Your unique skills or experience could be exactly what we need.

The application process
Please send us your application before 31 March 2025 via the online application form (see link on this page). Do you have any questions? Feel free to contact Vivian Bik at bik.v@buas.nl with questions about the job itself, or recruitment@buas.nl for questions about the application process. You will receive a reply to your application two weeks after the closing date at the latest.

The submission of a certificate of good conduct (in Dutch abbreviated to VOG) is a condition for commencing employment at BUas. We will initiate a request for this after the terms of employment meeting. Among candidates with equal qualifications and experience, preference will be given to the internal candidate.

More about us
Breda University of Applied Sciences (hereafter referred to as BUas) is a specialist, small-scale and international university of applied sciences. BUas offers bachelor's and master's degree programmes at both professional and academic levels, with expertise in closely interrelated fields: Tourism, Leisure & Events, Hotel & Facility, Logistics & Built Environment, Media & Creative Business, Games, and Data Science & AI. Our strength lies in the ability to connect these fields.

We aim to create added value in our education and research for our students, and therefore also for business and society. We provide our students with knowledge as well as ‘BUas Skills for Life’, empowering them to thrive in a constantly changing world and contribute to making it a better place. We encourage our employees to lead by example, fostering independence, collaboration and practical research that can be applied in real-world contexts.

We are curious about the world around us, considerate of each other, and committed to creating a healthy living and working environment for students and staff. This ethos defines how we operate on our campus. Within our inspiring learning community, we encourage each other to optimally develop our talents, combine knowledge and skills, and apply them in society in a sustainable manner.

External recruiters need not inquire.