Bachelor Thesis Supervisor Psychology

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Amsterdam; Hybride; EUR 41 000 - 64 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working enabling balance

Partial work from home

Space for personal development

Résumé du poste

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking multiple bachelor thesis supervisors for February 1 to July 31, 2027. The role is temporary and part-time, with supervision of small groups and guidance across research design, data analysis, and thesis drafting.

Requirements include a Master’s in Psychology (PhD or BKO advantageous), strong writing experience, and fluency in English. The position offers a competitive UFO profile and a 0.2 FTE arrangement in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Psychology or a related field; PhD or BKO is an advantage.
• Experience with scientific writing through a master’s thesis, publication, or research report.
• Knowledge of statistics and experience analyzing data in SPSS/R/JASP.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Experience supervising or teaching students is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Supervise a group of bachelor students during their thesis project.
• Help students formulate research questions, select a design, and write a research proposal.
• Support students with data analysis and interpretation of results.
• Provide written and oral feedback on drafts of the proposal and the thesis.
• Assess and grade theses using the programme’s assessment criteria.
• Monitor academic integrity, including guidelines on GenAI tools.

Connaissances

Statistics knowledge

Experience supervising or teaching

Fluent English

Formation

Master's degree in Psychology or related field

PhD or University Teaching Qualification (BKO) advantageous

Outils

SPSS

R

JASP

Description du poste

Your function

Do you enjoy guiding students to turn their research questions into a finished thesis? Then join the Department of Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology as a bachelor thesis supervisor. For the period from 1 February to 31 July 2027, we are looking for multiple supervisors who can guide small groups of students through the process of writing their bachelor theses. Please note that this is a temporary and part-time position.

As a bachelor thesis supervisor, you will:

• supervise a group of bachelor students during their thesis project;
• help students formulate research questions, choose a suitable design and write a research proposal;
• support students with data analysis and the interpretation of their results;
• give written and oral feedback on drafts of the proposal and the thesis;
• assess and grade theses using the programme’s assessment criteria;
• monitor academic integrity, including the faculty’s guidelines on the use of GenAI tools;

Your profile

You would be the perfect candidate if you have:

• a (Research) Master’s degree in Psychology or a related field. A PhD or a University Teaching Qualification (BKO) is an advantage;
• experience with scientific writing, for example through a master’s thesis, a publication or a research report;
• knowledge of statistics and experience with analysing data in SPSS / R / JASP;
• fluency in English, both written and spoken;
• experience supervising or teaching students is a plus.

What do we offer?

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

• a salary of minimum € 3.706,00 (Scale 10) and maximum€ 5.760,00 (Scale 10) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Teacher 4. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
• a position for at least 0.2 FTE. Your employment contract will last 6 months.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• hybrid working enables a good work-life balance
• the possibility to work partly from home
• space for personal development

About us

Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences
Developing knowledge for an active, healthy and meaningful life: that is our mission at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences at VU Amsterdam. We maintain a broad focus on the fields of behaviour and health. Our teaching and research programmes are devoted to current developments in society. From healthy aging to e-health, and from training top athletes to social media as a teaching tool. We combine three academic disciplines: psychology, movement sciences and education. A multidisciplinary approach allows us to arrive at a better understanding of human behaviour and movement. Our aims are to help people live healthier lives, learn better and function better.

Are you interested in joining Behavioural and Movement Sciences? You are the kind of person who feels at home working in an ambitious faculty, with an informal atmosphere and short lines of communication. We offer you all the space you need for personal development. Together with your 630 colleagues, you will take care of about 4,200 students.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands for values-driven education and research. We are open-minded experts with the ability to think freely - a broader mind. Maintaining an entrepreneurial perspective and concentrating on diversity, significance and humanity, we work on sustainable solutions with social impact. By joining forces, across the boundaries of disciplines, we work towards a better world for people and planet. Together we create a safe and respectful working and study climate, and an inspiring environment for education and research. Learn more about our codes of conduct

We are located on one physical campus, in the heart of Amsterdam's Zuidas business district, with excellent location and accessibility. Over 6,150 staff work at the VU and over 31,000 students attend academic education.

Diversity
Diversity is the driving force of VU Amsterdam. VU wants to be accessible and receptive to diversity in disciplines, cultures, ideas, nationalities, beliefs, preferences and worldviews. We believe that trust, respect, interest and differences lead to new insights and innovation, to sharpness and clarity, to excellence and a broader understanding.

We stand for an inclusive community and believe that diversity and internationalisation contribute to the quality of education, research and our services.

Therefore, we are always searching for people whose backgrounds and experience contribute to the diversity of the VU community.