Medewerker Tentamenorganisatie en ICTO

Het team Tentamenorganisatie & ICTO maakt onderdeel uit van het Onderwijsbureau van de faculteit. In deze functie speel je een belangrijke rol in het organiseren van de (digitale) tentamens en het beheren en ondersteunen van onderwijssystemen zoals Canvas.

De nadruk van de functie ligt op de organisatie van de (digitale) tentamens. Je organiseert het tentamenproces, beheert de toetssoftware en ondersteunt docenten met allerhande vragen. Daarnaast stem je regelmatig af met o.a. onderwijsplanning, examencommissie en de facilitaire en IT-afdeling van de VU. Dankzij jouw inzet verlopen de de processen efficiënt en zorgvuldig.

Ook binnen ICTO ben je een belangrijke schakel. Je beheert verschillende onderwijssystemen en helpt docenten en collega’s bij vragen. Je schakelt makkelijk tussen systemen, houdt overzicht en vindt het leuk om dingen uit te zoeken en op te lossen.

Je werkt dagelijks met verschillende ICT-systemen, zoals Ans, Canvas, Schoolyear, ProctorExam en SAP. Ervaring met deze software is een pré, maar geen vereiste. We vinden het vooral belangrijk dat je digitaal vaardig bent en nieuwe systemen snel eigen maakt.

Komend collegejaar staat een mooie uitdaging op de planning: de overstap naar de nieuwe toetssoftware Ans. Dit betekent dat processen opnieuw worden ingericht en docenten extra ondersteuning nodig hebben. Jij voelt je thuis in een omgeving die in beweging is, denkt graag mee over verbeteringen en helpt om deze overgang soepel te laten verlopen.

Jouw taken

• Je organiseert het tentamenproces, beheert de toetssoftware en ondersteunt docenten met allerhande vragen
• Je beheert enkele ICT-systemen en informeert en ondersteunt docenten bij het gebruik van deze systemen
• Je signaleert en registreert en communiceert over onregelmatigheden en technische problemen tijdens tentamens
• Je schakelt en stemt af met collega's van o.a. IT, onderwijsplanning, VU centrale toetsorganisatie, facilitaire campusorganisaties en de examencommissie
• Je houdt tentamenprocessen en ontwikkelingen binnen ICTO scherp in de gaten en denkt mee over verbeteringen

Stagiair (Digital) Marketing

Naast bachelors en masters biedt de VU ook onderwijs aan voor professionals. Wij houden ons bezig met de marketing en communicatie voor alle opleidingen voor professionals die de School of Business and Economics aanbiedt.

Als stagiair in ons team zijn je werkzaamheden erg divers. Je zal veel met het CMS (Content Management Systeem) werken, website aanpassingen doen, en andere markteers ondersteunen. Dat doe je bijvoorbeeld door:

• Pagina’s SEO-proof te maken
• Concurrentieanalyses te maken
• Nieuwsbrieven te versturen
• Interviews te houden met oud-studenten en hiervan testimonials te schrijven
• Video’s met sfeerimpressies of interviews te schieten en te editen.

Daarnaast krijg je ook de mogelijkheid om te werken aan een stageopdracht en onderzoek te doen.

High Performance Computing Specialist

As a High-Performance Computing (HPC) Specialist (HPC), you will be the person of contact within the IT for Research team for all questions regarding high performance computing. You will manage and innovate the local HPC Cluster ‘ADA’ and advise researchers how they can use the cluster in the most efficient manner. Additionally, you will be the person of contact for other HPC specialists outside of the VU and organise the HPC course every year, where researchers get the opportunity to further develop their computing skills.

Your duties

• Further developing and maintaining our HPC cluster environment ‘ADA’.
• Supporting and advising researchers in using ADA and HPC applications.
• Selecting and ordering high performance hardware.
• Organise a yearly HPC course in collaboration with EuroCC and SURF.
• Maintaining relationships with other institutions with their own HPC cluster.
• Be the person of contact within the VU for providing access to (inter)national HPC infrastructure, especially Snellius.
• Advising your colleagues and manager(s) regarding all high performance computing related matters.

PhD Position in Ultrafast electron microscopy and spectroscopy of quantum materials

Join us!
The optics of quantum materials group is looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate to join a cutting-edge experimental physics project at the interface of ultrafast science and quantum materials. This is an opportunity to do science that has simply never been possible before.

Modern electron microscopes can map materials with sub-Ångstrom spatial resolution and, in combination with an energy analyser, detect fundamental excitations of quantum materials using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS). Most measurements yield a static or time-averaged picture, while the non-equilibrium dynamics that govern heat transport, charge flow, and phase transitions unfold on femtosecond (10⁻¹⁵ s) timescales.

Ultrafast TEM addresses this gap by combining femtosecond laser pulses with pulsed electron probes in a pump–probe scheme: a laser pulse triggers a physical process, and a precisely timed electron pulse images or spectroscopically probes the material a controlled time delay later. This NWO funded project, carried out in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Doctor X works B.V., will push this technique to its limits through novel microwave cavity technology — achieving few-femtosecond temporal resolution in imaging mode, and few-tens-of-meV energy resolution in ultrafast EELS mode.

As a PhD candidate focusing on the scientific program, you will exploit these new capabilities to tackle two outstanding problems in condensed matter physics:

Memristive switching dynamics: HfO₂-based memristive devices are among the most promising candidates for neuromorphic computing, yet the microscopic mechanism of resistive switching — believed to involve the nucleation and growth of conducting filaments — remains poorly understood and difficult to control. You will use spatially resolved, time-resolved electron microscopy to directly image filament formation in real time with nanometre precision, providing the first direct experimental window into this process.

Strange metal dynamics: The "strange metal" phase of the high-temperature superconductor Bi₂Sr₂CuO₆ exhibits anomalous properties that challenge conventional theoretical models. Using ultrafast EELS, you will probe the dynamics of these fluctuations and compare the outcomes with measurements of the (static) optical conductivity.

This is what you will do
You will work in close collaboration with the group of Prof. Dr. Jom Luiten at the TU/e where you will work in tandem with a second PhD student responsible for the instrument development. At the start of the project you will familiarize yourself with the instrument at Tu/e and the experimental techniques. You will then prepare various samples for TEM or EELS experiments. The outcomes of these experiments feed back into the instrument development aspect, which requires excellent communication skills.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• conducting independent research in quantum materials using state-of-the-art electron microscopy and spectroscopy tools;
• Interfacing between the UvA and TU/e groups as well as with external parties;
• supervising Bachelor and Master theses and tutoring students;
• Contribute to teaching in the BSc. or MSc. UvA/VU joint degree programs Physics & Astronomy.

What we ask of you
You are eager to develop your experimental skills, while at the same time developing your theoretical understanding of fundamental properties of quantum materials. You are willing to work at both the UvA and TU/e for extended periods of time. In addition, we expect:

• A MSc in Physics;
• Professional command of English;
• Good interpersonal skills.

Hands on experience with advanced instrumentation and/or experience in programming is a pre.

This is what we offer you
We offer a temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 4 years (the initial contract will be for a period of 18 months and after satisfactory evaluation it will be extended for a total duration of 4 years). The gross monthly salary, based on 38 hours per week ranges between € 3,059 to € 3,881 (Scale P). This does not include 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% year-end allowance. The UFO profile PhD candidate is applicable. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants.

The preferred starting date September 2026, but later appointment can be discussed. This employment should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). We will draft an educational plan that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. We also expect you to assist in teaching undergraduates and master students.

The Collective Labour Agreement of Universities of the Netherlands is applicable.

You will work in this team
The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 8,000, as well as 1,800 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain.

The Institute of Physics (IoP) of the University of Amsterdam is located in the center of the Amsterdam Science Park. The IoP – as part of the Faculty of Science –is housed in a modern building with excellent labs and technical facilities. Surrounded by several national research institutes and with our partners at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, the institute is part of a strong physics center of international standing.

The Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute for Experimental Physics (IoP-WZI) is part of the IoP and home to three research clusters: Quantum Gases & Quantum Information (QG&QI), Quantum Materials (QMat), and Soft Matter (SM). You will be part of the QMat cluster.

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