We are looking for a Project Manager/Team Leader who is able to support the education at our faculty at a tactical, strategical, and operational level. A new colleague who works based on ownership and responsibility to continuously improve the quality of our services to students and scientific staff. Are you a dedicated team player with excellent organizational and communication skills and do you care about the educational practice of Maastricht University? Can you inspire colleagues in supporting our academic programs? Then don't hesitate to apply for this vacancy!

Job Description:
The colleague we are looking for:

• leads projects in collaboration with fellow staff members and other faculty members in order to improve and align processes and systems;
• leads a number of teams within the education office;
• makes team plans, coordinates the work and tasks of the respective teams;
• coaches fellow employees and performs the necessary HR tasks;
• identifies and implements process improvements and participates in general quality improvements (LEAN);
• collaborates on Curriculum changes and start-up of new programs.

The colleague we are looking for has the following:

• has strong social skills communication skills;
• is entrepreneurial, has positive energy and is proactive;
• is able to give and receive feedback;
• is focused on collaboration and can also work well independently and be contrarian at times;
• can delegate tasks and responsibilities well;
• is an ambassador for the faculty and is committed to various faculty improvements and professionalization projects.
• preferably has work experience in a similar position;
• has an affinity with quality systems and improvements;
• is academically educated or has a demonstrable academic work and thinking level;
• masters the Dutch and English language orally and in writing;
• has knowledge of MS Office and SAP-SLCM and is able to quickly master software/administration programs;
• is familiar with the LEAN philosophy.

Fixed-term contract: 1 years, with shown suitability after 1 year, this contract will be changed to a permanent contract.

This is a temporary appointment for 0.8/1.0 FTE for one year. A permanent position will follow if suitability is demonstrated. The position is classified in scale 11 and with a full-time appointment amounts to € 3,807.00 minimum and € 5,211.00 maximum gross per month.

Depending on experience, classification in scale 10 may take place first and the salary for a full-time employment will be € 2,836.00 minimum and € 4,474.00 maximum gross per month.

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 website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > About UM > Working at UM.

Maastricht University

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 20,000 students and 4,700 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 Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. For more information, visit www.maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Education Office

The Education Office supports the organization of education and is responsible for, among other things, planning of the education, information about education, education administration, academic advising, internationalization, exam coordination and admissions.

As the Education Office, we strive for a culture in which trust is held in high esteem and in which we all work from a position of ownership and responsibility to continuously improve the quality of our services to students and teachers. Central to this are the management of the operation and the customer. We innovate when it comes to processes, ICT and working with data. In doing so, we make use of the LEAN philosophy. The jointly selected core values of the department (26 fte) are: cooperation, customer and people oriented, reliable, open and honest, loyal, flexible, proactive and professional.