Delft University of Technology’s Extension School for Continuing Education is looking for an educational advisor / learning developer for mainly online adult education, who understands that the core of good teaching lies with great teachers and course design, rather than just technology.

For this position, your primary task will be helping lecturers to (re)design fully online courses, aimed at international professionals. You do this by guiding groups of teachers and student assistants in developing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and paid Professional Education Courses for life-long learners. The majority of these courses will go live on an EdX platform.  

In this role, you will guide your course teams with the feedback, tools and insights to make their courses successful. You will supervise several course teams at the same time, with one requiring more or a different type of guidance than the other. Development of a new online course takes an average of nine months to a year. You will also help coordinate and support in the rerun process of many previously successful courses.

Other tasks include delivering online-focused trainings and the potential to develop other types of life-long learning for our team. 

You do all this within TLS and the Extension School’s online learning team: a committed and international group of colleagues, who focus on digitizing education and making education globally accessible. 

• A background in educational science or another relevant academic discipline;
• You have experience in developing fully online and/or distance education courses for adult learners (MOOC development experience is preferable).
• You can handle the dynamics of your work well and keep all the balls in the air, even when unexpected changes occur.
• Good organisational skills including time and resource management.
• You are well acquainted with the (im)possibilities of ICT in education and you have innovative ideas about digital and online learning and assessment.
• You practice what you preach, which means that you activate and enthuse your online course teams. Even in complex processes you keep your spirits up and you motivate people.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and work closely and intensively with professors, senior lecturers, and other relevant stakeholders.
• You enjoy working in an international environment and switch fluently to English (which is the working language in the team and of our courses).
• Experience with EdX or another relevant online LMS is highly desirable.
• The ability to speak Dutch or a willingness to learn is preferred.

• Duration of contract is 1 year with prospect of permanent.
• A job of 32-40 hours per week.
• A salary based on scale 11 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a minimum of €3.974,- and a maximum of €5.439,- gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

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University Corporate Office - Education & Student Affairs

Education & Student Affairs (ESA) provides educational support by taking care of education and student administration, coordinating education policy, functional management of educational applications and providing monitoring- and management reports, supporting and supervising Dutch and international students and PhD candidates, providing training in teaching and other areas, giving educational advice and support and organising sport & culture activities. ESA is made up of the departments Education Service Centre, Academic Services, Information Management and X. ESA employs around 250 staff. ESA is known within the TU Delft for the high-quality service it provides and has a pro-active and solution-oriented culture.