AT Teaching Assistant (fulltime)

As a teaching assistant at the Academy for Tourism (AT) you will assist lecturers with executing the programme and guiding students on their educational journey. While lecturers provide the content, your mission is to ignite inspiration through creative and innovative ideas for projects, assignments and tools. Together, we aim to cultivate conscious, creative human skills, empowering today’s students to become the change- makers of tomorrow’s dynamic tourism industry.

You will be part of the Theme Teams who are currently working on changing and reinventing our academy as a vibrant hub for experimentation, research and business development, where students and companies work together in a challenge-based learning (CBL) reality. Our new curriculum and porfolio draw from knowledge on sustainable transformation, the leisure economy, digital experiences and business model innovation. Key themes include Travel Experience Design, Destination Development, Travel Mobility, and Tourism Hospitality.

Your primary mission is to support the development of students across year 1 in our bachelor’s programme. Your multifaceted role involves coordinating with the team to monitor student progress and project groups, co-creating course content, facilitating workshops, and providing constructive feedback and feedforward to students. Additionally, you will support the lecturing team in data collection and project assessments. Your enthusiasm for personal growth and coaching shines through as you keenly observe group dynamics, address individual learning needs, and motivate students to proactively engage in, and take responsibility for, their own learning journey.

Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) believes in an interconnected world which is ever changing. Within this dynamic, international environment we empower young professionals on their journey to shape a better world. Students, lecturers and researchers work together in our national and international learning communities on meaningful knowledge, research and projects alongside global industry professionals. The organisation is characterised by an informal culture, and we operate on a team-based working principle where responsibilities and authority are assigned to the various teams.

• The salary for this position amounts to a monthly minimum of €3,609.94 and a monthly maximum of €4,909.21 (gross amounts based on full-time employment);  
• This position is classified in scale 9 of the cao-hbo (collective labour agreement). Your official job title will be Instructor;
• This position involves a one-year employment contract with the possibility of conversion into an indefinite employment contract;
• Your commuting expenses will be fully reimbursed when you travel by public transport; 
• You will receive a contribution towards your health insurance costs; 
• You will receive an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% in December and an annual holiday allowance of 8% in May; 
• You will also be awarded professional development hours every year and almost 11 weeks of holiday entitlements in a full-time position; 
• You have the option to work partly from home, which can help improve your work-life balance; 
• You will build an attractive pension through the ABP pension fund; 
• Working at BUas means always striving for ‘the plus’. BUas aims to be more than just a university of applied sciences, continuously focusing on development and creating meaningful experiences; 
• You get the chance to work with enthusiastic adolescents who are eager to learn about the tourism industry;
• You will be working at a top-ranked university of applied sciences on a green, sustainable campus near the city centre of Breda; 
• You will be working in an attractive and friendly working environment together with enthusiastic colleagues from the industry and students from around the world;
• If you have experience in education, such as group supervision, team building and coaching, but not so much in the tourism industry, we encourage you to apply as well;
• Moving from abroad to Breda in the Netherlands? We provide support and financial compensation for relocation and settling in the Netherlands. Dutch tax authorities may offer tax reductions to applicants from abroad, making tax rates comparable to those in the UK and US. 

• You have a maximum of five years of working experience in the tourism industry;
• You have a completed bachelor’s degree (master’s is preferred);
• You are confident, not afraid to make mistakes and learn from them (self-learning capability);
• You have good communication skills and know how to deal with large groups of people. You are experienced in giving feedback and feedforward;
• You are flexible and able to switch back and forth between the different topics. You are able to switch between what is planned and what is necessary;
• Teaching experience is not a prerequisite as long as you are willing to take training or obtain a didactics certificate. Prior experience is a plus;
• You will be working in an international and intercultural setting. Therefore, having excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Dutch is a necessity;
• Preference will be given to candidates who have international working experience and affinity with working in an international or intercultural setting.

Please send us your application before 8 July via the online application form. Do you have any questions? Feel free to contact Nova van Schijndel via [email protected] with questions about the job itself, or [email protected] for questions about the application process.
The interviews will take place in the week of 7 July.

You will receive a reply to your application no later than two weeks after the closing date. The submission of a certificate of good conduct (in Dutch abbreviated to VOG) is a condition for commencing employment at BUas. We will initiate a request for this after the terms of employment meeting. Among candidates with equal qualifications and experience, preference will be given to the internal candidate.

Breda University of Applied Sciences (hereafter referred to as BUas) is a specialist, small-scale and international university of applied sciences. BUas offers bachelor's and master's degree programmes at both professional and academic levels, with expertise in closely interrelated fields: Tourism, Leisure & Events, Hotel & Facility, Logistics & Built Environment, Media & Creative Business, Games, and Data Science & AI. Our strength lies in the ability to connect these fields.

We aim to create added value in our education and research for our students, and therefore also for business and society. We provide our students with knowledge as well as ‘BUas Skills for Life’, empowering them to thrive in a constantly changing world and contribute to making it a better place. We encourage our employees to lead by example, fostering independence, collaboration and practical research that can be applied in real-world contexts.

We are curious about the world around us, considerate of each other, and committed to creating a healthy living and working environment for students and staff. This ethos defines how we operate on our campus. Within our inspiring learning community, we encourage each other to optimally develop our talents, combine knowledge and skills, and apply them in society in a sustainable manner.

External recruiters need not inquire.