We are pleased to announce a vacancy for Management Director of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. As Management Director, you take a leading role in the managerial processes and the efficient organisation of the Donders Institute. You will be a member of the Donders Board and be involved in decisions concerning the institute’s strategy. You will participate in internal and external consultative bodies, forming an important link between the Donders Board, on the one hand, and the management of the individual Donders Centres and the Donders Officers, on the other. You will coordinate the Donders Institute board meetings, and oversee the registration, communication and timely completion of follow-up actions. Furthermore, you will be responsible for the management finances of the institute, including the reporting process, and you will coordinate the Donders secretarial support. Last but not least, you will take the lead in the further development and organisation of selected institutional portfolios.

• You have a university degree, preferentially a PhD, in a field relevant to the research conducted at the Donders Institute.
• You have experience working in a scientific context, ideally at Radboud University or the Radboud university medical center.
• You are analytically strong, accurate, and process-oriented and you know how to implement structure.
• You have ample management experience in a similar position and have a pro-active attitude.
• You have organisational sensitivity, and have a clear way of communicating.
• You are social and loyal, and like to interact with different types of people.
• You are fluent in spoken and written English and Dutch.

Fixed-term contract: this concerns a position for initially 12 months, with a possible extension for another 12 months.

• Employment: 20 - 24 hours per week.
• A maximum gross monthly salary of € 5,656 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 12).
• The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience, and can be in scale 11 or 12.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: this concerns a position for initially 1 year, with a possible extension for another year.
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

Radboud University

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Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde & Informatica

The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, home to more than 700 researchers from 35 countries, is a world-class research institute devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of human cognition and behaviour in health and disease. The Donders Institute’s research focuses around four themes, connecting the four administrative units (Centres for Neuroscience, Cognition, Cognitive Neuroimaging, and Medical Neuroscience). You will be part of the overarching Donders management team. The team consists of the Chair, a Management Director and a Secretary. You will work closely with the Management Directors of the four Donders Centres and the Donders Officers (the public outreach officer and the graduate school coordinator). Your position is embedded in the Centre for Neuroscience (DCN), which holds the Chair of the institute during the years 2020 and 2021. English is the lingua franca at the institute. DCN is also part of Faculty of Science of the Radboud University.

Radboud University and the Donders Institute have a number of regulations that support employees in finding a good work-life balance. For example, employees enjoy flexibility in the way they structure their work, and parents are entitled to partly paid parental leave. On campus, day care facilities for children aged 0-4 years are available (next to the faculty buildings). Nijmegen’s good accessibility, extensive cultural offerings, scenic surroundings and historic centre make it a pleasant city to live and work in. We strive for a diversified workforce in order to shape education and research from different perspectives. This includes the active enhancement of staff diversity through various actions such as gender awareness trainings, special tenure track positions for minorities, and additional financial support to help women continue their research during maternity leave.