Work at THUAS
As a Teaching Assistant you will work collaboratively in an educational team with a focus on blended learning and innovative teaching techniques that promote active and collaborative learning. You will coach our students in small learning groups (tutor groups) in their projects and assignments. In our legal skills workshops, which focus on skills related to the competences of legal analysis, legal advice, legal representation and decision-making, you will provide hands-on assistance in the classroom. We believe that legal skills are critically important to equip our students for successful careers and we are proud of our unique and comprehensive skills curriculum. In addition, you will take up supporting roles for a particular Year 1 or Year 2 module and/or for a service team in our Programme.
About the LAW programme and the Faculty
The International and European Law Bachelor Program of The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) is a 4-year LL.B. program, aimed at training students in the fields of commercial law, public international law, human rights, European law, with a strong emphasis on practical legal skills and legal technology. Main focus of the programme in the coming years is to further develop as market-oriented law programme. The Programme, which is licensed and accredited by the Dutch Government, is fast-growing with currently around 1100 students and 50 faculty members of diverse international backgrounds. Further information about the program is available at International and European Law | The Hague University of Applied Sciences (thuas.com)
What do we expect from you?
We believe the most important thing is that you connect with the culture at our university of applied sciences and that you agree with our values, our way of working and our worldview. When reading through your resume and cover letter, we would like to see that you have:
- at least a Bachelor in Law;
- a residency permit that allows full time work in The Netherlands;
- some experience in professional practice;
- some experience in teaching or coaching and an open mind towards new teaching- and learning methods;
- excellent language skills in English (basic comprehension of Dutch is welcome);
When we meet for an interview, you will be able to demonstrate that you can alternate in roles and styles in order to meet your goals. Your candidacy will improve if you are able to share examples from your work experience showing us the following:
- You look forward to contributing to a collaborative learning and teaching environment with people from different cultural backgrounds;
- You are able to connect, motivate and communicate with our students during their development towards becoming legal professionals;
- You have strong organizational and IT skills and can work under time pressure;
This is what you can expect from us
First and foremost, it's important that you are able to enjoy your work. In addition, we offer you:
- An employment contract for the period of 6 months, from August 15th until February 14th, for 40 hours per week (1.0 FTE). Extension of the appointment depends on the organizational, educational and financial conditions
- A salary between € 3.370 and € 5.019,73 gross per month for a full working week (40 hours)
- 8% vacation allowance
- Guaranteed end-of-year pay of 8,3%
- The choice between an NS Business card (2nd class) for your commutes or a kilometer based compensation.
Read more about our attractive working conditions on terms of employment
Working at THUAS
If you work at THUAS, you work at one of the most dynamic and open organisation in the City of Peace and Justice. Together with 2,500 colleagues, you help 26,000 students from over 120 countries to prepare for a promising future in a world that changes every day. We do this by growing and evolving along with the world and the wishes of our students. We work together intensively with colleagues, with students and in the professional field. Furthermore, we look ahead, we are critical, and we stand in the middle of society.
Diversity, inclusiveness and equality are at the heart of everything we do. We strive for the composition of the student and staff population to reflect the society in which we work, and we want to offer everyone equal opportunities. We realise that this requires constant attention. We invest in this ourselves, and we would like you to help us with this.
Read more about our story and our core values here: Our story
THUAS as an inclusive campus
Apply for a job at THUAS
You can apply for the position by submitting your CV and answer the 5 questions below. Please elaborate on each question with a maximum of 200 words.
- What is especially appealing to you to become a teaching assistant and why specifically at a Law Program with an applied character as it is at THUAS?
- To qualify for this teaching assistant position you need to have at least a Bachelor degree. What degree(s) do you have and with which expertise will you strengthen our Program?
- What kind of didactical/teaching skills have you obtained so far to coach our students online and offline in their development?
- We educate our students to become legal professionals. What professional experience would you bring and how would you apply your experience of the legal practice in your teaching?
- From experience, in what kind of team do you thrive and what do you think is important in team cooperation?
- We look forward to receiving your application. You can apply until Sunday the 7th of July.
- You can only apply via the application button below.
- As a part of the second interview, we require candidates to complete an assignment.
- Want to know more about the vacancy? Send an e-mail to David Nederlof, d.b.nederlof@hhs.nl.
- For infromation about the recruitment procedure please email or call Soeline Straatman, Recruitment Advisor, recruitment@hhs.nl, or +31 (0)70-445 8612.