Lecturer in Fashion & Management with Research Expertise

Location:                       Amsterdam

Salary:                          € 4,361.31 to € 6,114.87 per month
Employment Type:      Part-time (0.6 – 0.8 FTE, depending on qualifications and experience)
Contract:                     Temporary, with potential for permanent employment

Are you looking for a dynamic teaching role in a forward-thinking organization where you can make a difference? At the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), part of the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries (FDMCI) within the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), we offer an inspiring environment for lecturers and researchers.

Why join AUAS?

At AUAS, you can:

Contribute to maintaining our status as a leading player in education, preparing students for successful careers in the fashion industry.
Make a meaningful impact with your expertise in an organization undergoing transformation, with modernized teaching and professionalized processes.
Collaborate with passionate education and fashion professionals who inspire students to enrich society through innovative concepts, products, and services that combine commercial and societal value.

Your Role

As a Lecturer/Researcher in Fashion Management at AMFI, you will help train strategic, forward-thinking, and creative professionals for the fashion industry. Working with a team of 15 lecturers, you will shape and implement an innovative curriculum to prepare students to excel in a rapidly changing industry.

Your lessons will emphasize critical topics such as societal challenges, circularity, and digitization, while fostering creativity. You will spark ambition and curiosity in students about developments in the fashion value chain, enabling them to contribute to transforming fashion into a sustainable, inclusive, and meaningful industry.

Responsibilities

• Teaching: Deliver engaging lessons on business, management, and strategy within the fashion industry. Topics may include supply chain management, purchasing and merchandising, leadership, strategic business operations, and consumer behavior, depending on your expertise.
• Student Guidance: Supervise and mentor students during internships and graduation projects, focusing on practical relevance and the integration of digital and sustainable solutions.
• Curriculum Development: Contribute to the design and execution of a new curriculum that emphasizes applied research methods and tools.
• Research Lab: Help establish and manage a research lab for third-year students, offering hands-on experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Equip students with practical research skills valuable in both academic and business contexts.
• Academic Engagement: Participate in industry and academic platforms such as conferences, panels, and workshops, and contribute to publications on digitization and sustainability in fashion. These activities will keep the curriculum relevant and aligned with industry trends.
• Industry Projects: Supervise group projects where students tackle real-world challenges from the fashion industry, ensuring practical relevance in research initiatives.
• Collaboration: Work closely with coordinators and the broader AMFI teaching team to create a cohesive educational pathway from the first year to graduation. Contribute to teaching across the AMFI-wide curriculum.

What We Offer

• A gross monthly salary of €4,361.31 to €6,114.87 (scale 11, CAO HBO) for full-time employment, depending on qualifications and experience.
• Additional benefits, including an 8.3% year-end bonus and 8% holiday pay.
• Generous vacation allowance and various types of leave, such as (unpaid) parental leave, care leave, and adoption/foster care leave.
• Options for commuting benefits: a mileage allowance, NS Business Card, AUAS bicycle, or tax advantages for bicycle purchases. If commuting by private or public transport is not feasible due to a disability, we will explore alternative solutions.
• Ample opportunities for professional growth through our AUAS Academy.
• Discounts on books, cultural courses, software, hardware, and various insurance policies.
• A strong focus on work-life balance, including vitality programs, sports activities for staff via the USC sports center, and access to career coaching and mental health tools.
• A solid pension plan through ABP.
• A laptop and phone on loan, along with a monthly internet allowance.
• A welcoming, collaborative workplace in a dynamic environment, with opportunities to connect with colleagues through AUAS communities such as HvAPride, HvA Alumni, HvA United, JongHvA, and FEM IT.

Learn more about our employment terms and tailored options [here].

What You Bring

• At AUAS, diversity enriches our team. We welcome what makes you unique. To thrive in this role, you will also bring:
• Strong academic research skills, ideally with a focus on sustainability and/or digitization.
• Expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Enthusiasm for applied research and its relevance to academia and industry.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in developing and leading research initiatives that bridge academic theory and industry practice.
• At least a master’s degree in a relevant field.
• A minimum of three years of experience in the fashion industry.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English (C1 level in one language and B2 level in the other).

Ready to Join Us?

• Submit your motivation letter and CV by Sunday, November 24, 2024, via the application button. You’ll receive a personal response within a few business days.
• For questions about the role, contact Dr. Deniz Köksal, Head of Fashion & Management, at +31 641680257 or d.koksal@hva.nl.
• Save the date for a first interview: Thursday afternoon, November 28. Interviews will be conducted in both Dutch and English. For procedural inquiries, email vacatures@hva.nl.

We adhere to the AUAS Recruitment Code for this vacancy. Acquisition in response to this advertisement is not appreciated.

Creating tomorrow at the faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industry

AMFI is the largest fashion institute in the Netherlands and covers the entire fashion chain. AMFI trains talented students for careers in fashion with a teaching team of around 100 staff members. AMFI is part of the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industry (FDMCI), one of the seven faculties of the AUAS. The faculty provides associate degree, bachelor's and master's education for about 10,000 students in the fields of fashion, media, communication, design and ict. Together with eight lectorates, joint labs and a large number of partners, practice-oriented research is carried out. The faculty employs about 1,000 staff (700 FTE).
 

Talent as our foundation, diversity as our strength

Can you imagine how dynamic that enormous diversity of personalities, backgrounds and perspectives is? Important too, because we believe that it is precisely thanks to that diversity that we perform better as an employer and a university of applied sciences of and for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. We aim to see Amsterdam's diversity reflected in our workforce. And to be an organization where every employee and student feels welcome, valued and at home. So whoever you are: you are most welcome!