Coördinator Bedrijfsvoering ACTA

De 17 secties van ACTA zijn geclusterd in vier wetenschappelijke afdelingen met een totale omvang van 232 fte (377 medewerkers) en een exploitatiebudget van € 26 miljoen. Iedere afdeling wordt geleid door een afdelingsvoorzitter. Wij zoeken voor deze vier afdelingsvoorzitters een rechterhand, sparringpartner en adviseur op het terrein van de bedrijfsvoering, zodat zij zich kunnen focussen op academisch leiderschap. De taken zijn hieronder op hoofdlijnen beschreven en zullen door jou verder moeten worden vormgegeven.

Als Coördinator Bedrijfsvoering:

• ondersteun je de afdelingsvoorzitters en lever je vanuit die rol een bijdrage aan de facultaire planning- en controlcyclus en business planning
• beheer en bewaak je namens de afdelingsvoorzitters de toewijzing en uitgave van middelen, in afstemming met de sectiehoofden die integraal budget verantwoordelijk zijn voor Onderwijs, Onderzoek en Zorg
• ondersteun je afdelingsvoorzitters (en in beperkte mate sectiehoofden) bij HR-processen
• coördineer je afdelingsvergaderingen: agenda samenstellen, voorbereiden, actiepunten uitvoeren, interne informatievoorziening coördineren, etc.
• bevorder je, samen met de afdelingsvoorzitters, overleg en sociale cohesie binnen en tussen de afdelingen

Je rapporteert hiërarchisch aan de Directeur Bedrijfsvoering en verdeelt je aandacht over de vier afdelingsvoorzitters. Je werkt binnen de Dienst Bedrijfsvoering samen met andere diensten, waaronder Finance & Control en HRM.

Junior Lecturer in Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam welcomes applications for two Junior Lecturer positions for 4 years in (applied) mathematics. As a Junior Lecturer, you will play a central role in higher education within the mathematics department. Your tasks will include: lecturing, supervising internships, working with students to improve their academic skills, initiating and participating in innovation projects related to educational improvement, coordination and organizational tasks (10%) related to the educational programs. The mathematics department hosts state-of-the-art bachelor and master programs in Mathematics and Business Analytics, and contributes to many other programmes at the university. The precise tasks will be determined in consultation, taking into account your background and interests as well as the needs of the department.

As a Junior Lecturer you will be encouraged to work on academic innovations and to build a portfolio as preparation for various career paths. To this end, you will have the opportunity to acquire a basic qualification in teaching at university level (‘BKO’) and to follow relevant teaching modules provided by our Center for Teaching and Learning. The junior lecturer position is ideally suited for early-career teachers. You will be working in close cooperation and with the support of enthusiastic and experienced colleagues. A full junior lecturer trajectory is 4 years and 2 months and cannot be extended beyond this period. This position therefore does not lead to permanent employment.

We aim to appoint an inspiring teacher, keen to disseminate mathematics at all levels, to classes with various backgrounds. The Junior Lecturer should be motivated by a strong desire to have an impact on students' learning, and on our educational policies. We expect the Junior Lecturer to contribute to our inclusive, welcoming, international environment.

The preferred starting date is 1 July 2026.

Applications from all groups currently under-represented in academic posts are especially encouraged. We particularly welcome applications from women and people with an ethnic minority background.

Student Wellbeing Point Peer

For next academic year, we are looking for a new team member. As a Point Peer you represent and work at the Student Wellbeing Point at VU.

The Student Wellbeing Point
In the Fall of 2021, the Student Wellbeing Point opened its doors as a student-led initiative: for students by students, without appointment, and completely anonymous. Since then, the SWPoint has become a fixed staple at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, which has continued as a permanent service since the start of 2023. At the Student Wellbeing Point, trained students will help you with wellbeing-related questions or by offering a listening ear. In our informal living room on campus you can find a safe space to take a breather, find more information about other VU services (e.g. the Student Psychological Counselors), and/or have a helping conversation with a cup of tea. With this low-threshold approach, we hope to help connect you to the right services or communities.

Job description
Your main task as Point Peer is to engage in helping conversations with students about wellbeing-related topics, both in person and digitally via the live chat, email, and DM. This task includes creating and holding a safe space at the Point, as well as being knowledgeable about wellbeing services at the VU and externally. In addition to activities within the SWPoint, you will also be an active ambassador: you will be visible on campus (during events) and will help increase awareness about Student Wellbeing at our university through events, promotional strategy, and social media content creation.

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 VU breed.

Als stagiair in ons team zijn je werkzaamheden erg divers. Je zult veel met het CMS (Content Management Systeem) werken, website aanpassingen doen, pagina’s SEO-proof maken, concurrentieanalyses maken, nieuwsbrieven versturen, interviews houden met alumni, testimonials schrijven en andere marketeers ondersteunen. Daarnaast krijg je ook de mogelijkheid om te werken aan je stageopdracht en onderzoek te doen.

PhD in Welfare State Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This fully funded four-year PhD position is part of an ERC Starting Grant ‘(Re)distributive Politics after the AI Revolution (REPAIR)’ funded by the European Research Council and led by Dr. Juliana Chueri at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

The broader ERC project examines how welfare state institutions and welfare politics shape political and societal responses to AI-driven labor market transformation across OECD countries. Moving beyond techno-deterministic perspectives, the project emphasizes the active role of political institutions, policies, and collective choices in shaping how AI affects work, employment, and social protection.

The project is structured around four interlinked objectives:

1. to analyze how different welfare state and labor market regimes are affected by AI-driven automation
2. to map how political actors frame AI and articulate policy responses across countries
3. to examine public support for alternative welfare and labor market reforms in response to AI
4. to develop a new theoretical understanding of welfare state adaptation and transformation in the age of artificial intelligence

The PhD project

The PhD project will primarily contribute to Objectives 1 and 4, with a focus on welfare state institutions, labor market regulation, and long-term transformation of the welfare state.

Adopting a forward-looking perspective, your research will examine how welfare states adapt to labor market transformations driven by AI. This research will enable both empirical analysis and theoretical development of context-specific pathways of welfare state transition in an emerging AI society.

Specifically, the PhD research will analyze how welfare state and labor market institutions mediate countries’ social exposure to AI-driven automation. This includes examining how institutions may:

• shape firms’ incentives to adopt labor-replacing technologies
• mitigate social risks for workers displaced by automation
• support reskilling, retraining, and labor market transitions
• and condition longer-term pathways of welfare state recalibration and transformation

The project will involve the development of comparative indicators or typologies of countries, combined with in-depth institutional analysis. Methodologically, the PhD project will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining comparative institutional analysis, quantitative cross-national data analysis, and qualitative case studies.

Your duties
As a PhD candidate, you will complete a cumulative PhD dissertation within four years, consisting of four publishable journal articles. Working closely with your supervisory team, led by Dr. Juliana Chueri, and in collaboration with the ERC research team, which includes another PhD candidate and a postdoctoral researcher, you will play an integral role in advancing Objectives 1 and 4 of the ERC project.

As part of your PhD, you will contribute to the development of an international comparative database capturing countries’ social exposure to AI-driven labor market change. You will conduct quantitative cross-national analyses using this dataset to construct a typology of welfare states and to identify ideal-type cases for in-depth institutional analysis.

You will actively participate in the intellectual life of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, present your work at international conferences and workshops, contribute to collaborative research activities within the project, and have the opportunity to undertake research stays abroad within the project’s international network of collaborators.