As a programme manager, you will use strong organizational skills and are able to work independently, showing initiative and resourcefulness. You have a feel for political and administrative relations. You switch easily between subjects and can connect people and interests. You feel at home in a world full of digital applications. New technological possibilities make you curious.

What do you bring?

• a completed academic education, preferably a PhD in the Natural Sciences or a related discipline.
• You know how to create support among key stakeholders. You can quickly get to grips with subjects, keep an overview and know how to ask the right (critical) questions.
• You have organisational skills, enjoy working in multidisciplinary teams, and are able to act as liaison and nexus between diverse stakeholders.
• You are able to monitor the division of roles and tasks within projects and know how to motivate and guide the project team members enthusiastically.
• Knowledge and clear affinity with university educational systems is a plus.

We work in an international context and the official language of the Master programmes is English. We therefore ask candidates to have a good command of both Dutch and English.

We are also happy to meet enthusiastic candidates who meet some of the conditions and competences.

• A position for 1 year. After positive evaluation, this can be turned into a permanent position;
• A full-time gross salary ranging from €2,960 to €5,439 in scale 10 or 11;
• 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
• A pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities.

In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, professional development, (partly paid) parental leave, sports and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model).  We also give you the opportunity to expand your terms of employment through the Employment Conditions Selection Model. This is how we encourage you to grow.

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Sharing science, shaping tomorrow. A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major strategic themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability. You can watch the Utrecht University Campus Tour to get an impression of our university.

At the Faculty of Science, there are 6 departments to make a fundamental connection with: Biology, Chemistry, Information and Computing Sciences, Mathematics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Physics. Each of these is made up of distinct institutes that work together to focus on answering some of humanity’s most pressing problems. More fundamental still are the individual research groups – the building blocks of our ambitious scientific projects.

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For more information about the position, please contact Professor Pieter Bruijnincx (Full Professor Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis) at p.c.a.bruijnincx@uu.nl, Dr. Marc-Etienne Moret (Associate Professor) at m.moret@uu.nl or Dr. Celso de Mello-Donega (Associate Professor) at c.demello-donega@uu.nl.