Tenure Track Assistant Professor with education profile in Visual Computing

We are looking for an outstanding academic who is interested in starting a tenure-track that focuses on education, and who can strengthen our teaching and research in Computer Science. Your field of education and research will lie in the area of Visual Computing, broadly construed.

You will contribute to the BSc and MSc degree programmes of Computer Science. These are ambitious programmes that want to offer highest-quality education, to support and foster personal growth in our students, and that offer a supportive environment where collaboration between colleagues is encouraged.

As Assistant Professor with an education profile you will:

• develop and teach courses in Computer Science, with special attention for Visual Computing
• supervise BSc and MSc students in their final year research projects
• contribute to innovating the BSc and MSc programmes and developing innovative teaching methods
• play a significant role in the development of education at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, both at the course and the programme level
• develop your own research line and/or contribute to the research lines of the Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics group of the Bernoulli Institute (see below)
• contribute to the supervision of PhD students in the Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics group
• contribute to the organization of the faculty, for example by participating in working groups and committees, especially in the domain of education.

At the stage of Assistant Professor, 60% of your time is for teaching and education development, 30% for research and 10% for organizational tasks. After five years you will be assessed for tenure and promotion to the level of Associate Professor (see Conditions of employment).

For in-depth information regarding this position (research area, embedding in the Bernoulli Institute, expected contributions, etc.), please consult the profile report: https://www.rug.nl/fse/meet-the-faculty/vacatures/vacatures/structuurrapporten/

We offer you a full-time tenure-track position as Assistant Professor and:

• a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, from € 3,974 up to a maximum of € 5,439 gross per month (scale 11, depending on your career stage) for a full-time position
• holiday allowance and end-of-year bonus of respectively 8% and 8.3% of your yearly salary
• a pension scheme
• maternity and parental leave
• the possibility to work part-time (0.8 FTE or 0.9 FTE)
• a personal development trajectory and a mentor program
• dual career support for partners of new faculty members moving to Groningen.

Consult our website for more information about the working conditions at the University of Groningen.

In case of a full-time contract, you will initially be appointed for 7 years and your performance will be assessed after 5 years. This moment may be extended with at most one year in case of a life event (e.g. prolonged illness or maternity leave). If your assessment is positive, you will get a tenured appointment as Associate Professor with an education profile. Please consult this link for more details on the criteria for promotion.

Assessment procedure and criteria: https://www.rug.nl/fse/meet-the-faculty/vacatures/vacatures/tenure-track-positions-education-profile/assistant-professor-with-an-education-profile-def.pdf

The continuation of the career path after the level of Associate Professor with an education profile is currently being developed. It will include the possibility of applying for promotion to the position of Full Professor with an education profile.