Programme manager Education of the TU/e, WUR, UU, UMCU Alliance (0.8 FTE)

As the programme manager you will help to reach our ambition for 2030 to have a fully integrated EWUU educational landscape composed of a combined course catalogue and joint BSc, MSc and PhD programmes. To reach this ambition, the new roadmap for 2024-2027 has been adopted. Are you the result driven programme manager that will be in charge of this process?

Wat ga je doen?
You will be in charge of:

• writing and monitoring the roadmap and the annual plan;
• initiating, defining, and integrating complex educational processes, alongside IT, HR, communication, and finance, across the four institutes;
• implementing the educational programme by coaching project leaders and the educational support team;
• reporting to the Director of EWUU education and the steering committee, making operational decisions, and executing strategic decisions made by the Director of EWUU education and the steering committee;
• working with the Director of EWUU education and the programme support team to reach the points mentioned.

The tasks connected to these responsibilities are:

• formulating suggestions for the Director of EWUU education and the Steering committee to consider;
• executing the plan and schedule of the roadmap;
• overseeing the budget execution by each EWUU alliance partner.

You are one of the driving forces of the organisation. This means that you initiate, execute, monitor, and deliver projects within the scope of alliance education. You draw up project plans that collectively form part of a programme plan aligned with the ideas and preferences of all four institutions and the alliance as a whole. These plans and the progress of them are to be reported to the Director of EWUU education and the steering committee. You also establish project organisation and you guide/coach project staff to achieve the formulated project and programme objectives within the parameters of cost, quality, time, organisation, and communication. Lastly, you involve alliance working groups, align support organisations of the alliance institutes and other stakeholders, keep them informed of project progress, provide relevant information, answer questions, and seek feedback.

We are looking for a candidate that enjoys pioneering and brings innovative ideas on further building and developing education in an alliance setting. You can inspire, motivate, and direct people to implement changes and achieve goals, even without formal power. You will work in a complex organisation and take various interests into account. In addition, you bring multiple of the following:

• an academic degree, preferably with a background in higher education, and ample experience in programme management, preferably in education;
• experience in academic educational policy;
• a well-founded vision on education in an alliance context, and the ability to communicate this so that it is widely supported within the organisations;
• experience in setting up, implementing, and supervising complex educational innovation or improvement programs that cross organisational boundaries;
• excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English and preferably also in Dutch;
• the ability to work independently;
• you are result-oriented with an eye on the strategic goals and you can deal with changes professionally.

• a position (0.8 FTE) for one year, with possibility of conversion to a permanent contract;
• a full-time gross salary between €6,002 and €7,305 in scale 13 of the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities (CAO);
• 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
• a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions based on the CAO.

In addition to the employment conditions from the CAO for Dutch Universities, Utrecht University has a number of its own arrangements. These include agreements on professional development, leave arrangements, sports and cultural schemes and you get discounts on software and other IT products. 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. For more information, please visit working at Utrecht University.

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 Pathways to Sustainability. Sharing science, shaping tomorrow.

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Wageningen University (WUR), Utrecht University (UU), and University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU) have recently joined forces within the Alliance EWUU. Within this alliance, we challenge new generations of researchers and students to cooperate right across disciplines without setting prior limitations. The four institutions cooperate in a cross-disciplinary way in those fields in which they complement each other. This strengthens each of the individual institutions as well as the partnership itself.

The office of the alliance is housed at Utrecht University. If you are already employed at one of the other institutions within the alliance, you will remain employed at this institution. Within the EWUU alliance, you will work, under the leadership of the Director of EWUU education, the coordinator of the alliance, and in close collaboration with the communications consultant, the project leaders and secretary of education.