The Hotel Management School Maastricht (HMSM) has a special accreditation in small-scale and intensive education and is driven by innovation, personal attention and high quality. Strong interaction of education and research are important. The school is proud of having an open and international community and an extensive network of alumni and partners.

Because of an increasing number of students we would like to strengthen our team with an enthusiastic:

Lecturer in Sustainable Business

Sustainability has become an increasingly important aspect in all realms of society and also in the hospitality industry. In both the bachelor and master program offered at our school, sustainability will therefore play a more important role in the curriculum. Topics in this domain include: sustainable development, sustainable business models, application of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the 5 P’s, regenerative business and systems thinking. Besides a theoretical approach of the subject matter, much attention is paid to the practical application of this knowledge in various areas of hospitality management and initiatives on our campus.

We are currently in a three-year process of embedding sustainability systemically at our school, using the Whole School Approach (WSA). You will be part of group of colleagues dedicated to implementing this plan, working closely with one other colleague specialized sustainable business. Within the process of carrying out the planned changes and initiatives, your input and expertise would prove of great value at this specific step of our endeavour.

Your next step in sustainability and hospitality!  

That’s why you will feel at home at Hotel Management School Maastricht

One of the characteristics of Hotel Management School Maastricht is our strong community: our students not only study on our campus, but they also live there during the first year of their studies and gain practical experience in the Teaching Hotel Chateau Bethlehem.

You will be included in this community and you feel at home in a dynamic and international academic environment. Maastricht is therefore also the location for your work as a lecturer.

You are internationally oriented and endorse the importance of good education. Small-scale and intensive education is your approach. Experience or education as a lecturer is not necessary; we will take care of your development to a good higher education lecturer.

To students, you are a source of inspiration and a role model; to colleagues, a valued team player, bringing positive energy and contributing to the education of future generation managers in the hospitality industry.

You have a master’s degree and relevant knowledge and experience in the topic of sustainability – preferably in the hospitality industry.

Meet your Team

You are both a coach and lecturer sustainability in all its facets, interested to develop and lecture courses closely linked to real-world hospitality business.

As a lecturer, you will provide classes in both Dutch and English. You will contribute to further developing and digitising the educational bachelor programme with your colleagues. Although your main job tasks would revolve around lecturing, you will also guide project assignments and applied research projects. You will coach students in their study progress, in community building and during their internships. And help your students grow as professionals and as human beings and contribute to their future.

Our Offer

A warm welcome to Hotel Management School Maastricht which offers a challenging and innovative environment with great opportunities to explore.

A position between 0.6 - 1.0 FTE depending on your availability, in a salary scale awarded depending on your qualifications and experience at level 11, with a maximum of € 5,936,77 gross per month when appointed full-time.

To this is added holiday allowance (8%) and a fixed year-end bonus (8.3%), a generous number of holidays, professionalization and employability hours and a complete offer to work vitally and with pleasure.

More information? Any questions? We are curious!

Please take a look at www.hotelschoolmaastricht.nl.

Want to discuss your application beforehand?

Feel free to contact:

• Josje van Dongen, Head of Innovation & Programme Specialisations at Hotel Management School Maastricht josje.vandongen@zuyd.nl or +31 (0)6 4357 7391
• Malu Boerwinkel, Lecturer-researcher Sustainable Hospitality malu.boerwinkel@zuyd.nl or +31 (0)6 1460 6496

Are your qualities at home at Hotel Management School Maastricht?

If so, please respond by entering your personal details (accompanied by a cover letter and CV) on the website www.werkenbijzuyd.nl. The deadline for applications is May 20 2024.

The application process will be completed by July so you can start mid-August or no later than September 1.

About Hotel Management School Maastricht

The bachelor course is aimed at prospective managers/entrepreneurs in the international hospitality industry, comprises a foundation programme of 2.5 years and a specialisation programme of 1.5 years offering three tracks: Hotel Management, Food Service and Horizons in Hospitality.

The next step in hospitality

The focus of the HMSM is 'The next step in hospitality'. The program challenges students to carry out this innovation in hospitality. Core values include individual responsibility and personal attention. Besides that, we strongly believe in passion, professionalism, initiative, openness and inspiration. Innovative entrepreneurship is one of the focus points of the education and research programme. The other focus points are 'connecting gastronomy’ and the development of a 'global mind set'. Furthermore, the ambition for the coming years is to significantly increase HMSM's international profile.