At the Education Institute (EdIn), we are looking for a Bachelor’s Programmes Director. This Director is a member of the Management Team of the Education Institute and oversees the coordination and administration of all aspects of the Bachelor’s programmes, including developing, planning, organizing and controlling the activities. The Bachelor’s Programmes Director is the link between de Bachelor’s Programmes Leaders and the Education Institute, in terms of content, quality assurance and organisation. In that capacity the Bachelor’s Programmes Director presides the Bachelor Education Team and is responsible for achieving the goals and targets specifically for Bachelor programmes. For instance with regard to the student inflow and translating the goals for Sustainability, Diversity and Globalisation into guidelines for the programme portfolio and content development. The Bachelor’s Programmes Director is accountable to the Scientific Director of the Education Institute, who is in turn accountable to the SBE Board.

• You are a member of the academic SBE community; 
• You have completed your PhD; 
• You have received your University Teaching Qualification (UTQ); 
• You are a Full Professor, Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer in the field of Business, Economics, Sustainability, Governance or a related field, including Educational Sciences; 
• You are aware of the possibilities of translating the latest research into education; 
• You have an external perspective and are aware of (inter)national educational, societal and political developments; 
• You have demonstrable managerial capabilities or are willing to develop these;
• You have affinity with complex organisational structures and dynamics, and the challenges these bring; 
• You have a proven track record in higher education at various levels, including executing education, course coordination and programme development.
• You have, or can quickly develop, a vision on how to improve and innovate education within SBE and the students’ learning experience; 
• You have inclusive leadership skills;
• You have experience with and get energy from dealing with diverging interests;
• You are accessible and can easily connect with others;
• You have clear (verbal) communication skills;
• You are hands-on;
• You are a team player.

Fixed-term contract: 3 years, with an option to extend.

The Bachelor Programmes Director will be appointed for three years (with the possibility of extending the term once) and formally starts as soon as possible but no later than 1 November 2021. If possible, there will be a period of transferring and onboarding in the months before.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO), supplemented with local UM provisions. For more information on terms of employment, please visit our website http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Support > UM employees

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.

School of Business and Economics

SBE is the youngest economics and business faculty in the Netherlands with a distinctively international profile. It belongs to the 1% of business schools worldwide to be triple-crown accredited (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA). SBE strongly believes in close connections with its academic partners and societal stakeholders, with its students and alumni, and with businesses and organisations in the Limburg Euregion, the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. SBE is committed to increasing the gender diversity of its academic community and wants to stimulate the creation of a more diverse and inclusive community.