Lecturer/developer Global Project and Change Management

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Location: Middelburg

Are you an innovative professional who excels at teaching and developing new educational programmes focused on sustainability and inclusion?
Global Project and Change Management (GPCM) is a relatively new study programme offered at the HZ. One of only two of its kind in the Netherlands, this programme is characterized by its pioneering approach to education.

This programme offers an intensive, challenging, and cross-disciplinary approach to education, as we strive to educate the individuals seeking to create a more sustainable future. We are attracting a new generation of future changemakers who are resilient, connected to global challenges in the fields of energy, food, water and vitality, and driven to contribute to groundbreaking solutions. This type of student requires a study programme that also seeks the boundaries of existing structures and methods, and experiments with new ways to tackle challenges.

Students are provided a broad range of knowledge on a variety of topics. These are divided in five learning lines; sustainable society, leadership, value creation, system transformation, research and innovation.

We offer a 4 year bachelor programme in which student-driven education and assessment is an important part of the programme. Furthermore, we work with programmatic assessment and portfolios, provide students of interdisciplinary topics and deliverables, and form learning communities with a broader network of organizations through Living Labs.

Your job as developer/lecturer
As the programme grows, we are looking for a new member the GPCM core team of lecturers and developers. We are seeking a colleague who is able to help further develop the GPCM bachelor's programme to help ensure it is anchored in current laws and regulations and meets the quality standards of higher education. Therefore, we are looking for an enthusiastic colleague who has a creative and structured way of working with extensive experience in quality assurance within higher education. Additionally, you have a Master’s degree in one or more of the following fields: Law, Policies, Governance or Finance, Purpose Economy, or Systems Thinking, Project Management, Research Skills.

• Contribute to the further development and innovation of the study programme;

• Quality assurance of courses and the curriculum as a whole, with a strong focus on process and procedures;
• Contributing to educational innovations such as continuous (programmatic) assessment;
• Providing inspiring lectures;

Are you the right fit

• You are currently working as a lecturer, or have a minimal of 2 years’ experience working as a lecturer in higher education (HBO/WO).
• You have knowledge of accreditation and quality assurance processes, and have ideas how to develop the programme further based on feedback from the accreditation board;
• Proficient in English, and Dutch;
• BKE or SKE certificate.

Preferably you have:

• A relevant Master’s Degree or PhD;
• Work experience with (inter)national projects and change processes in the areas of water, energy, vitality, and food are most welcome.

Grow with us
We believe that future-proof education starts with our employees. Therefore, in addition to a vibrant working environment, we offer you:

• An appointment for a year in the position of lecturer;
• A gross monthly salary in scale 11 between € 4,234.28 and € 5,936.77 for full-time employment (in accordance with CAO HBO);
• 8.3% end-of-year bonus, 8% holiday allowance and possibly an allowance for travel expenses and/or work from home allowance;
• Approximately 53 days off if you work full-time;
• Every opportunity to work on your personal and professional development;
• Freedom and independence in your work;
• Interesting activities by HZ Fun, HZ Sport and HZ Cult as well as free access to HZ Vitality Center.

Working at HZ University of Applied Sciences: the personal university of applied sciences
Every day, together with about 600 employees and 5000 students, we dedicate ourselves to our mission: contributing to a better world through innovative education and research.

Working at HZ means working in a vibrant community where there is plenty of room for unique ideas and the development of your talents so that you can grow. Doors are always open, so you can just walk in on colleagues. Because at the end of the day, we do it together. Whether you work as a lecturer, caretaker, marketing officer, ICT specialist, HR adviser or financial manager: together we contribute to a better, sustainable world. That what makes our personal university of applied sciences strong.

Apply

Do you think you are the new core member of the GPCM team we are looking for? Then apply before 6 May.

Would you like more information on this job vacancy? Reach out to programme coordinator Birgit Dauwe. You can call her at +31 6 45877329.

We are planning the job interviews in the week of 13 to 17 May 2024.

At HZ University of Applied Sciences, we recruit our new colleagues ourselves