As an Education Coordinator at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS), your focus is on planning, organizing, coordinating and presenting the educational processes of our Bachelor's and Master's programs. You do this in close consultation with the program chairs who are responsible for the content of the programs. This role requires close contact with students, teachers, and your colleagues from the Education and Student Affairs (ESA) team. Together with your fellow education coordinator, you are the connecting link between our teachers, students and colleagues in educational support.

Your activities include:

• Ensuring optimal execution of the courses. This includes coordinating the deployment of teachers, coordinating and organizing the mentorship, organizing the necessary facilities for education (such as the use of multimedia, ICT tools, guest speakers, excursions, student assistants), providing management information about capacity, shortages and change needs.
• The coordination of a number of non-subject-content teaching activities such as professional skills, RSI and wellbeing workshops, and English language skills certification
• Improving the organization and implementation of educational processes through the identification of bottlenecks and innovative proposals
• Coordinating, planning and ensuring approval of education programs within the department
• Developing and monitoring procedures for quality assurance
• Updating and managing the faculty digital study guide and the educational learning environment Canvas.
• Providing information to the students about educational processes via Canvas and other channels
• The organization and coordination of the kick-offs (intro meeting) of the various programs
• Recruiting and training student assistants for mentoring activities for the bachelor students

You will be part of the Education and Student Affairs (ESA) team of the Faculty of IE&IS. ESA is responsible for policy advice, education and exam administration, (exam) scheduling, provision of information to students, study advice and teacher support. In addition, ESA has tasks in the field of quality assurance, educational development and innovation. ESA employs 27 people. You will be embedded in the Education, Coordination and Innovation (ECI) sub-team. The ECI team consists of educational experts, policy officers education and education coordinators and consists of 8 people.

What we are looking for:

• You have at least a completed BSc education
• You are comfortable with Excel and you can quickly master new systems and software programs
• You have a proactive and solution-oriented work attitude, you have the ability to multi-task
• Giving presentations gives you energy
• You have strong communication skills and can utilize these skills with directors, professors, lecturers and direct colleagues
• You have a good command of the Dutch and English language, both orally and written
• You understand the importance of making others aware of your role and presence within a complex organization
• Experience in or affinity with higher education is an advantage
• You are stress resistant, critical and you can plan and organize well

If you also have a clear, concise and enthusiastic writing and communication style, do not hesitate to respond.

If you are concerned that you don't meet all the requirements sufficiently, but the job does excite you, then be sure to respond, we would love to look at your profile.

An exciting position within an international yet personal university. You are right in the middle of the students, on a green campus within walking distance of the central station. Besides beautiful architecture, you will find varied workplaces and excellent sports facilities. We also offer you:

• A monthly salary of minimum €2.960 to maximum €4.670 for full-time employment, depending on your knowledge and experience (scale 10, collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities).
• In addition to vacation pay, a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• A favorable arrangement for more holidays or a sabbatical.
• A selection model for additional fringe benefits.
• Working hours in consultation for an optimal work-life balance.
• Scope for your talent with advancement prospects and excellent development opportunities such as mentoring, workshops and coaching.
• Partially paid parental leave and reimbursement for commuting expenses, working from home and the internet.
• A generous employer contribution to the favorable ABP pension plan.

Here you can discover even more information about our conditions of employment. Build on your career at TU/e!