The dean is responsible for the management of the faculty, and for the quality of education and research, together with the Faculty Board, and in consultation with the executive board of the university. As the new dean you will guide your team, together with the other faculty board members, in order to meet the following challenges successfully:

• further develop and sharpen the faculty's strategy and directing efforts to achieve its realization;
• organize a continuous update of the two research domains of the faculty, Health and Science and Technology, and keep the research and education portfolio in line with the grand challenges posed by our society. Foster the development-oriented mindset, as well as inspire and respond to modernization and innovation in the different scientific areas;
• position the faculty within and outside the university and enthusiastically seek opportunities for joint initiatives with other faculties and research groups in line with social and scientific developments in the Netherlands and Europe and for corresponding increasing funding opportunities. Act pro-actively within regional, national and international networks;
• catalyze synergy and energy between the traditional Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering disciplines and the groups with a more multidisciplinary character to intensify existing (inter)national partnerships and develop new partnerships and show leadership regarding external developments;
• facilitate growth and the ability to acquire external funding by strengthening the funding acquisition capacities of research groups and increase visibility and participation in programmes and projects;
• further development and maturation of the cluster structure of the faculty;
• develop and/or renew strategic human resources management and encourage talent development within the faculty and/or as part of university-wide initiatives;
• continuously improve (the quality of) education and consolidate the high rankings of het educational programs of the faculty and promote the internationalization of the educational programs and the concept of lifelong learning;
• strenghten a healthy and inclusive working environment.

The new dean

• has a recognized academic leadership on the level of full professor in a science and technology or health technology discipline and exercises authority within one of these disciplines;
• has affinity and active experience with academic education;
• has a vision regarding the future profile of the faculty and its individual disciplines;
• has a proven trackrecord in leading and steering groups of academic professionals and experience in binding and connecting traditional disciplines with multidisciplinary groups;
• is able to implement changes and get people on board using inspirational approaches. Dares to make choices via an entrepreneurial and groundbreaking spirit;
• is an advocate of community building, with regard to employees as well as to students;
• communicates clearly and effectively, is approachable and flexible in mind;
• is strategic, entrepreneurial and pioneering by character;
• is visible and active in the appropriate national and international scientific and societal networks;
• participates with dedication and constructiveness with regard to the governing of the university, and takes a balanced position at the intersection of different interests, which includes drawing distinctions between short-term and long-term interests.

Given the challenges mentioned above, the leadership role is professional and managerial/administrative in nature and requires the new dean to be familiar with the Dutch system of scientific education and research in order to be able to drive that system. The requisite and outlined profile allows some scope for the continuation of a research line, subject to further discussion.

The university will be supported throughout the search process by Eugenie van Leusen and Pieter Cortenbach of Vanderkruijs, partner in executive search (call +31-(0)30-8200068 for more information).
You can make your interest known by sending a short letter, explaining your reasons for applying (include an up-to-date CV), before the 4th of June to utwente@vanderkruijs.com.
You will receive confirmation of receipt within one working day, once your application has been sent. Please contact our office if you do not receive a confirmation email, as we have found that free email providers (such as Hotmail, Gmail and iCloud) quite often experience email traffic malfunctions, that fail to return error messages to you, the sender.

The Dutch law for public sector salaries, WNT (Wet Normering Topinkomens) is applicable to this position.

The University of Twente (founded in 1961) is a young and entrepreneurial university that prepares young people for the future, through creative and innovative education and by fulfilling a global role in technological and social research. A total of 2,950 scientists and professionals are jointly responsible for delivering groundbreaking research and relevant innovation, and for providing inspirational education to over 10,000 students. It has a growing campus that forms an ecosystem for hundreds of spin-off companies. Approximately 100 companies, including student companies, are located on campus. Furthermore, the university has witnessed the creation of over 900 successful spin-off companies, throughout the last decade or so. Novel-T (formerly Kennispark Twente) supports and facilitates young entrepreneurs. The sporting and cultural facilities are exceptional at the university. Events, such as the world’s largest think-tank, Create Tomorrow, and the student sport event, the Batavierenrace, have made the campus a byword for excellence in terms of student experience. For further information about the University of Twente and its strategy, please visit UT">www.utwente.nl/nl/vision2020">UT Vision and UT">https://www.utwente.nl/en/research/">UT impact.

The Education and Research of the University is organized in five faculties:

• Behavioral, Management and Social Studies;
• Engineering Technology;
• Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science;
• Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation;
• Science and Technology.

Each faculty has a Faculty Board with a dean (in the role of chairperson), three members in charge of education, research, and organization and management, respectively and a student assessor in an advisory role. The board is a collegiate body whose members share final responsibility of all powers and tasks.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Because of our diversity values we do particularly support women to apply.

Mission statement of the Faculty

To provide excellent education in a selected number of academic programs, encompassing disciplines in Science and Technology, as well as from the area of Health to perform cutting edge and societally relevant research in selected fields connected with these educational programs.

The faculty of Science and Technology is a robust organization that engages in educational programs with a disciplinary character, such as Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering, and multidisciplinary educational programs like Advanced Technology, Nanotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering. The relation to the domain of Health has been strengthened by the development of the Technical Medicine program about 15 years ago and the recent transfer of the Health Sciences program. Most research groups have their origin in the traditional Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering disciplines but a number of them have adopted a more multidisciplinary character. Most groups are positioned in the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology or the TechMed Institute for Health and Biomedical Technology.

A recent organizational development is the formation of 13 clusters. Clusters are formed by research groups with an overarching research team, such as physics of fluids, applied nanophotonics, membrane science and technology, and medical imaging. The faculty is proud to have impact and is internationally recognized. Moreover, the faculty is proud of the quality of its education (all the six bachelor-programs ended up as Nr. 1 in their category in the 2018 issue of the “Keuzegids”). This pride is combined with a deeply felt desire to contribute to good causes: to support young people in their professional and personal development, to understand the intricacies of nature, and to develop technologies that contribute to improvements for people and for the world. A drive to high quality is part of the university’s culture.

Please don't use the application button! You can make your interest known by sending a short letter, explaining your reasons for applying (include an up-to-date CV), before the 4th of June to utwente@vanderkruijs.com.