Thursday 29 December 2011

Assistant Professor American Studies (0,7 - 1,0 fte)

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

ref. 23.38.11

Responsibilities
We are looking for a Assistant Professor of American Political History/American Studies to teach a broad range of BA and MA courses and supervise BA and MA theses. Your research will be embedded in the HCLS research institute. In addition to teaching and research, you will be given administrative responsibilities.

Work environment
The Faculty of Arts consists of ten departments in the areas of language and culture, history, history of arts, linguistics and business communication, which together cater for about 2,900 students and collaborate closely in teaching and research.
Research at the Faculty of Arts is embedded in two research institutes: the institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (HLCS) and the Centre for Language Studies (CLS).

What we have to offer

We offer you:
- employment: 0,7 - 1,0 fte;
- a maximum gross monthly salary of € 4,970 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11);
- in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
- The monthly salary is depending on qualifications and experience. Scale 11/12;
- duration of the contract: 3 years;
- you will be appointed as an Assistant Professor level 1 or level 2.

Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

Would you like to know more?
Further information on: Faculty of Arts
Further information on: HCLS research institute

Dr. M. Roza, assistant professor
Telephone: +31 24 3612903
E-mail: M.Roza@let.ru.nl

Applications
Are you interested?
It is Radboud University Nijmegen's policy to only accept applications by e-mail. Please send your application, stating vacancy number 23.38.11, to vacatures@let.ru.nl, for the attention of Mr. drs. L.J.P.M. van Mosseveld, before 7 January 2012.

No commercial propositions please.

monthly salary: max. €4.970

url: http://www.ru.nl/vacatures/details/details_vacature_0?recid=507082

Lecturer English

Lecturer English 1.0 fte

Vacancy at NHTV internationaal hoger onderwijs Breda

You will be delivering education through training sessions, workshops and project groups. You will be developing educational material and guiding students both individually and in groups. Furthermore we expect you to deliver an active contribution to the development and anchorage of the knowledge-domain within the curriculum.

You have an academic level of thinking and working with a relevant completed education and a first grade teaching qualification. You have built up working experience on a higher educational level. You are either experienced with or have affinity with working in an international / intercultural context (preferably) in the Leisure industry. You are familiar with ICT and its application in education, using the electronically learning environment, and you are motivated to use these methods intensively. Also you are familiar with modern educational views within the higher education (aimed on competency and practice, directed by questions).

NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences offers organisation and facilities for costs of relocation and settling-in in the Netherlands. Dutch Tax authorities may offer tax reduction to applicants from abroad. The salary for this position will be at level 11 of the CAO-HBO (Collective Labour Agreement), earning a monthly maximum of € 4365.16 gross (full-time). For this position you will be offered a contract for the period of one year. You will get a fixed annual benefit of 8.3%. Apart from this, NHTV University of Applied Sciences offers you an 8% holiday allowance, a compensation for your Health Insurance and several compensations for sports activities.

Apply?

contactpersoon: De heer Recruitment
url: http://www.nhtv.nl

Job openings for patent examiners

Vacancies for engineers and scientists

The EPO is currently recruiting patent examiners to work in Munich, The Hague and Berlin.

Who can apply?

Engineers and scientists with sufficient language skills. Please see our required profile section for details.

The job involves searching in online databases, analysing documents, communicating orally and in writing with patent applicants and their attorneys, and then taking decisions on the grant of patents valid in up to 38 European countries.

Please see our role of an examiner section for details.

Technical fields

We currently have job opportunities in various technical fields and EPO locations. Just click on the links below for more detailed information about vacancies in each technical field.

“I didn’t want to be in a laboratory any more. The EPO offers something new and exciting.”

Cécile Denis, examiner for polymers, The Hague

Important: Each EPO location advertises its own vacancies; incoming job applications are also processed locally.

Applications

If you are interested in joining the EPO, you might want to:

apply online
read more about the application procedure
meet a few EPO examiners to find out what the job is all about

More here: http://www.epo.org/about-us/jobs/vacancies/examiners/audio-video-media.html

IT Contract Manager

HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS

Leiden Full time

Would you like to manage the different IT contracts and align with the several departments to be successful in your work?

Introduction:

Heerema Marine Contractors(HMC) is one of the world's leading marine construction companies for the oil and gas industry and specializes in the transportation, installation and removal of all types of fixed and floating offshore structure in shallow and deep water.

The Department:
The Information Systems department uses a central model to provide an maintain all ICT services for the Leiden office, all foreign offices and our crane vessels around the globe. The department is organized in four sections; Business Applications, Technology Applications, Infrastructure and ICT projects. Standardization & uniformity are key. The infrastructure is based on state of the art hardware and includes an IP telephony system. The business processes are supported by means of SAP, Infor, Oracle and Microsoft solutions. Next to that Engineering and CAD applications are provided for the engineering departments.

Description of the function:

The IT Contract Manager reports directly to the Manager of the Information Systems department and has a focus on Business Intelligence in the management of all ICT Contracts (Hardware and Software) and licences. Better business decision-making demands to stay in close contact with local and international suppliers to review and renew contracts and services to guarantee optimal IT services for the whole HMC organisation.

Your daily activities:

Monitor the use of hardware and software licenses and propose improvements for over- and underutilization
Monitor the running contracts and prepare and execute renewal proposals together with the Legal and Procurement departments
Develop and maintain the HMC ICT hardware and software maintenance contracts
With the assistance of the department secretary develop the hardware and software asset management process including management reporting functions
Develop and maintain all ICT licences used worldwide
Support requests from the HMC organization in relation to ICT contracts and licences

You have:

Bachelor degree with a few years of experience with ICT contract management
Experience with the SAP procurement process is a pre
Experience with hardware and software asset management is a pre
Good command in the English and the Dutch language

We offer:

Informal work atmosphere in a challenging environment
Excellent secondary labor conditions, such as a bonus scheme, a pension scheme, 35 days annual leave and various insurances
Ample opportunities for personal development
Free use of dedicated fitness facility with instructor

Opportunities to develop your own initiatives and to work independently within a team of committed colleagues

url: http://hmc.heerema.com/Careers/Vacancies/VacancyDetail/tabid/1941/language/en-US/Default.aspx?VacatureRefNo=HMC-852&lang=EN
telefoon: +31(NL) 7157/98753

Tuesday 20 December 2011

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Communications Advisor

JUMBO SHIPPING & OFFSHORE

online sinds 13/12/2011 tot 02/01/2012

The job

responsible for the communications concerning Jumbo Offshore;
advise the Offshore department regarding the distinctive position of Jumbo Offshore;
translate Jumbo's corporate brand into authentic and distinctive messages and identify and develop opportunities to bring Jumbo's offshore services under the attention;
write communications plans, write texts for various communications means, initiate creative ways of presenting Jumbo Offshore online and offline;
build and maintain contacts with journalists from relevant media/press.

The profile

Bsc./Msc. degree in communications/ PR/ journalism or a comparable study;
5 - 10 years experience in communications/ PR/ journalism;
affinity with maritime/ offshore industry;
knowledge of communications and PR;
up to date with new developments in online communications;
excellent knowledge of the Dutch and English language both verbal and written;
a medior advisor with good listening skills and organizational sensitivity;
pro active, flexible, able to work independently;
accurate;

The offer

A challenging and interesting position in a dynamic, international organization that has a clear vision for the future and regards loyalty, reliability, safety and quality as its distinctive features.

Unique is the dedication and enthusiasm of staff, both on the fleet and in the office. This is reflected not only in the transfer of knowledge and participation in (internal) training, but also in hospitality toward customers, suppliers and new employees.

Jumbo offers good salaries and excellent fringe benefits.

More info: http://www.vkbanen.nl/detail_baan/4843971_communications-advisor_rotterdam.jsp

International post-doc position for microRNA therapeutic in heart failure induced by the metabolic risk

Specificaties - (uitleg)

Locatie	Maastricht 6200 MD Limburg
Functietypes	Postdoc positions
Wetenschappelijke discipline	Health
Uren	38.0 uren per week
Salaris	€ 2379 - € 3755
Werk-/denkniveau	Doctorate
Vacaturenummer	AT2011.179
Vertalingen	en

Solliciteer binnen 27 dagen op deze vacature

Functiebeschrijving

Position at the post-doctoral level for 2 years at the University of Maastricht, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Cardiology Department.

Within European FP7 Marie Curie Work Programme coördinated by Prof.dr. S. Heymans, we are looking for an excellent, highly competitive researcher at the post-doc level.

Topic
Development of microRNA-medicines for Cardiac Metabolic Diseases .

Keywords
MicroRNA -Metabolic Syndrome (Diabetes-Hypertension-Hyperlipidemia-Obesity) Heart -Eye-Inflammation.

Environment
Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, with excellent research groups within the microRNA field, including Leon de Windt, Blanche Schroen and Stephane Heymans, all grouped together within the department of Cardiology.

Project
The aim of the project is to discover novel microRNAs implicated in heart failure induced by the metabolic risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia), unravel their biological role, and study their therapeutic prospects for treating metabolic risk induced diseases, with a particular focus on heart failure and ocular diseases. Methods include, omics, bioinformatics, rodent experiments and molecular work.

This project is a collaborative project (exchange of people) between Maastricht University (Netherlands), Santaris Pharma (MicroRNA medicines, Denmark) and Omics/bioinformatical centre (GIGA, Liège, Belgium).

Functie-eisen

Highly competitive researcher, high impact articles, international network. Social, and able to lead and mentor 2 PhD students implicated in this project.
Experience in microRNA research, target analysis & upstream regulation, rodent experiments and related molecular work is requested.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the websitewww.maastrichtuniversity.nl/, A-Z Terms of Employment.

Dienstverband: Temporary, 2 years

Organisatie

http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 14,500 students and 3,800 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Meer informatie over de werkgever Maastricht University (UM) op AcademicTransfer. Verkorte link naar deze vacature: www.academictransfer.com/12315

Found here: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UM/vacancy/12315/lang/en/

Unique opportunity: 4 tenure tracks in Health Technology

For ambitious young researchers with academic aspirations in Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Imaging and Chemical Biology

To further strengthen our Health Technology research, the Biomedical Engineering Department and TU/e Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) offer opportunities for 4 outstanding, ambitious young scientists to develop into associate professors in the areas of:

Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) is a leading University of Technology with a strong focus on Health, in which our research is gaining a worldwide reputation. More than 250 researchers from different departments are working together in this area to develop exciting, advanced-technology applications. Key topics include Molecular Imaging, Regenerative Medicine, Systems Biology, Biosensors and Chemical Biology. This multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research creates new insights into complex medical issues. TU/e’s traditionally strong links with industry and healthcare enable us to translate our research into tangible new products and services.

Outstanding facilities and strategic partnerships

Both the Biomedical Engineering Department and ICMS participate in leading national and international research programs. Their joint state-of-the-art research facilities include the Laboratory for Cell and Tissue Engineering, the Laboratory for Biomedical Imaging, and the Laboratory for Chemical Biology.

Looking for you

Are you a highly talented and motivated postdoc in one of the above areas? Do you aspire to an academic career? Do you possess the ability to look beyond present technology constraints? Are you looking forward to working with top researchers from other disciplines and partners in industry and healthcare? And do you, like us, refuse to stop until you’ve achieved the best possible result? Then we warmly invite you to apply for one of our tenure tracks in Health. For detailed job descriptions and to apply, please go to www.tue.nl/jobs

Applications for these vacancies are open until 1 February 2012.

Found here: http://www.academictransfer.com/?set_language=nl

Introduction of the ‘European Blue Card’

As from 19 June 2011 the Netherlands has a new purpose of stay: the European Blue Card. The European Blue Card is a separate purpose of stay in addition to the existing National Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. The EU Blue Card Council Directive is intended for highly skilled foreign nationals who do not have EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, and who wish to work in one of the member states of the EU. The Directive is also meant to make it easier to settle in another EU member state. A residence permit will always be required in that other member state, however. To obtain this residence permit the employee must comply with the conditions applicable in that member state.

The conditions for residence in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder are stricter than those for residence as a Highly Skilled Migrant. The employee must have a contract for highly qualified employment for at least one year, earning at least EUR 60,000 gross (in 2011). The employee must have completed a course of higher education lasting at least three years. The employee must prove this by having his diploma assessed by Nuffic. For a regulated profession, a competent authority will take decisions about the admission to that profession.

Advantages
One of the advantages of the EU Blue Card is that it is easier for an EU Blue Card holder and his family members to settle in another EU member state at a later date. After eighteen months foreign nationals who have an EU Blue Card are exempted from the provisional residence permit (MVV) requirement, if they want to work in another EU member State. In this second member state the employee must submit an application for a residence permit as a holder of an EU Blue Card. Each member state may implement the directive in slightly different ways. If someone holds a Blue Card in the Netherlands, this does not mean that the requirements are also met in other member states.

Another advantage is that after having stayed lawfully with the EU Blue Card holder in the Netherlands for two years, the family members may apply for a residence permit for ‘continued residence’. For other purposes of stay this is only possible after having stayed lawfully in the Netherlands for three years. The family members must have resided legally and continuously within the territory of an EU member state for at least five years, however. An employee who has stayed legally in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder for two years may apply for the status of ‘long-term resident as a non-EU member country national’. He must have resided legally and continuously within EU territory for five years and must comply with the other conditions for this purpose of stay.

Highly skilled migrants from outside of the EU

A highly skilled migrant is a migrant who comes to the Netherlands to be employed, and has a gross annual income of at least €47,565, or €34,881 if he/she is under thirty. This income requirement does not apply if the employee enters service for certain functions in an educational or research institution. For information on the specific functions to which this clause applies, you can inquire at the IND office for labour and highly skilled migrants. When a foreign national has been granted residence in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, the employer of the highly skilled migrant is not required to be in possession of a work permit for that foreign national.

Professional soccer players, ministers of religion, teachers of religion and prostitutes are not eligible for a residency as highly skilled migrant.

Important!
The amounts stated above will be indexed every year as of 1 January.