Education officer for pharmacy practical courses (0.6 FTE)

Department

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Organisation

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, University of Groningen, V25.0518

Job description

We are looking for Education officers that can strengthen our practical team, which is involved in teaching Bachelor’s and Master’s students in the Pharmacy program. Practical sessions/courses form a substantial part of the Pharmacy program. They help students to reinforce theoretical knowledge and develop skills, and thus academically shape future pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. The education officer will provide intensive support to large groups of students during their practical work. Together with the lecturer(s) involved, the education officer will explain techniques, help students perform experiments, and give feedback on lab preparation, lab performance and report writing skills.

The education officer will have the following tasks:

- Preparation of practicals: prepare stock solutions, the labs and chemicals.
- Supervise and instruct large group of students with the help of teaching assistants.
- Give grade advice for the labwork and reports of students.
- Manage and maintain the practical rooms, equipment and stock.
- Clean and maintenance of equipment.
- Aid in the development of a skills lab to be used in bachelor research projects.

Organisation
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Quality has had top priority for over four hundred years, and with success: the university is currently in the top 100 of several influential ranking lists.

The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) offers education and research in a wide range of science disciplines, from traditional disciplines such as physics and biology to interdisciplinary disciplines such as artificial intelligence and industrial engineering and management. Our community has an open and informal character with students and staff from around the world.

This position will be embedded in FSE’s fse, which offers 14 Bachelor degree programmes and 26 Master degree programmes to approximately 7100. In particular, you will become part of the expertise lab-group chemistry (X-lab chemistry). This group currently consist of 1 lecturers and 7 supporting staff.

Requirements

We encourage you to apply if you:

- Have an HBO Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree in Pharmacy or Chemistry or related disciplines, with hands-on experience in analytical chemistry (titration, HPLC, UV-vis spectrophotometry).
- Have good knowledge of written and spoken English and Dutch.
- Have good communication and organization skills.
- Are an enthusiastic team player with a proactive and flexible attitude.
- Are experienced in teaching.
- Are able to work well in an international, culturally diverse, environment.

Conditions of employment

Contract length: 12 months.

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

- A salary with a minimum of € 3,382 up to a maximum of € 4,484 gross per month (salary scale 8) for a full-time position with the UFO-profile Education Officer 3.
- A holiday holiday allowance and end-of-year bonus of respectively 8% and 8.3% of your yearly salary.
- A minimum of 29 holidays and additional 12 holidays in case of full-time employment.
- Training opportunities to further develop skills and capabilities.
- An appointment for one year.

Consider our website for more information about the conditions of employment at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/new-staff/conditions-of-employment

Job Application

Do you want to become a member of our team? Please send your application to us, by submitting the following documents: - A cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position. - A curriculum vitae, including a description of your teaching experience. You may apply for this position until 30 October 11:59pm / before 31 October 2025 Dutch local time (CET) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website). The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/diversity-and-inclusion/ Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

Additional information

For additional information, please contact:

Dr I. de Graaf, Team leader X-Lab Pharmacy
[email protected]

Prof. M. van der Maarel, Director School of Science and Engineering
[email protected]

In your application, please always include the job opening ID V25.0518

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