We are looking for an experienced Head of the Communications Office, who has ample experience with communication processes in academic organizations. He or she will be managing a team of 6-7 employees. The team is responsible for processes regarding communication, marketing, student recruitment, and admissions. The Head oversees all departmental processes and shows leadership in the team.

In our small academic organization the managerial part of the position will have to be combined with a hands-on mentality in all core processes. The Head will be the external media spokesperson of the college and in this capacity work closely together with the UCR Board (the Managing Director and the Dean of UCR).

The new Head of Communications will be characterized by a clear and innovative view on communication and recruitment processes in our international academic organization. Within UCR, the new Head will be a discussion partner for the communications and recruitment team, for the UCR Board and for the different academic departments in the areas of communication, marketing, admissions and (student) recruitment. The new Head of Communications will be expected to provide strategic advice and can translate wishes and needs into concrete communication and marketing policies. The Head reports to the Managing Director and the Dean of UCR.

• has broad experience in communication, marketing and student recruitment in higher education;
• hands-on mentality in combination with connecting leadership;
• has excellent organizational skills;
• has well developed critical and analytic skills;
• is evaluative and decisive in decision-making;
• has excellent communication skills both in written and spoken English and Dutch;
• is an engaging public speaker;
• is proactive, independent and a team player, with a problem solving attitude;
• has the ability to deliver results against short deadlines i.e. perform under pressure.

We offer a temporary position (0.8 - 1.0 FTE: 32 - 40 hours per week) for one year initially with the intention to offer a permanent employment contract. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience  - ranges between €3,637 and €5,656 (scale 11/12 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. 

Start date preferably January 1, 2020. A secondment (detachering) contract could be discussed as a possibility.

Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year. In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). More information about working at Utrecht University can be found here.

University College Roosevelt (UCR) is one of the English taught International Honors Colleges of Utrecht University. The staff and students form a vibrant academic community centered on a Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor’s education. Students hail from all over the globe and follow a broad and intensive study program in the historic town of Middelburg, where they live on the centrally-located city campus. Classes have an average of 20 students and include continuous assessment as well as a high level of interaction with instructors. Instructors have great freedom in designing their courses, and work within an environment that firmly has teaching as its priority, whilst also supporting undergraduate and faculty research. UCR proudly carries the quality label of a ‘Small-Scale and Intensive’ program, awarded by the Accreditation Organization of Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). After graduation, UCR’s students continue in the best Master's programmes all over the world.