Assistant Professors in Language Technology and Humane AI (2.0 FTE)

Organisation
Job description

What will you be working on and teaching?

Our Computational Linguistics group in the Centre for Language and Cognition (CLCG) at the University of Groningen is still expanding, and we are looking for two enthusiastic assistant professors in the areas of language and speech technology, computational humanities, and humane AI. Our vision is to combine research with education. You will be involved in teaching and supervising theses in the BSc and MSc Information Science and Digital Humanities programmes at the Faculty of Arts, as well as the Erasmus Mundus Research Master in Language and Communication Technologies. In addition, you will develop new courses in your area of expertise to strengthen the current curriculum. We are particularly welcoming applicants who expand or complement our current areas of research and are therefore open to new lines of research as part of or connected to the fields mentioned above. The new assistant professor will be working as a member of the CLCG, which is the institutional home of all language and cognition research carried out within the Faculty of Arts. The Computational Linguistics group of CLCG, currently comprising over 40 members including staff, postdocs, and PhD candidates, provides a stimulating and vibrant working atmosphere performing state-of-the-art research, see:

https://www.rug.nl/research/clcg/research/cl/

Organisation
The Faculty of Arts is built on a long-standing tradition of four centuries. Our mission is to be a top-ranking faculty with both excellent education and world-quality research, with a strong international orientation, firmly rooted in the north of the Netherlands. We create knowledge and new insights and share its benefits with society. We work at a modern, broad and international institution, educating over 5,000 Dutch and international students to become forward-looking, articulate and independent academics and professionals. We form a hardworking and diverse team of 700 staff members.

Qualifications

Who are we looking for?

In addition to a number of basic requirements set by the University of Groningen, such as excellent communication skills, presentation skills, coaching skills and a results-oriented attitude, we expect that:

• you have a PhD in an area related to computational linguistics, language and speech technology, artificial intelligence, data science, or computational humanities
• you are keen on conducting high-quality research, actively engaging with the national and international research network, seeking external funds, and participating in the group’s activities
• you have teaching experience and are expected to have started within one year the process to acquire relevant teaching qualifications (the UTQ, the University Teaching Qualification)
• you like to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary team producing high quality output
• you have the ability to communicate, teach, and perform research in English (CEFR C1 level for reading, listening, writing, speaking)
• you are expected to have or gain a basic understanding of the Dutch language (CEFR B2 for reading and listening, and CEFR B1 for writing and speaking) within two years.

Conditions of employment

We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:

• a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, with a minimum of € 4,332 (salary scale 11) to a maximum of € 6,737 (salary scale 12) gross per month for a full-time position
• excluding 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus and participation in a pension scheme for employees. Favorable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants. We offer 232 holiday hours per calendar year for full-time employment
• an appointment initially on a temporary basis for 18 months with the possibility of becoming a permanent position following a positive ‘Results and Development’ assessment. Having started to learn Dutch is mandatory for obtaining a permanent position.

The position entails a contract combining 60% teaching tasks with 40% research-time.

The faculty will facilitate you with obtaining the requested qualifications for teaching and the Dutch language.

The appointee will ideally commence as soon as possible

For more detailed information about working conditions and working for the University of Groningen, please check: https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/

Information

For information you can contact:

Prof. Johan Bos (for questions about the position),   [email protected]

(please do not use the email addresses above for applications)