Consortium Coordinator Sensory-Kids

Do you enjoy connecting people, research and practice? Join SENSORY-Kids and help build a national learning community that brings together healthcare, education, science and families to improve care for children with sensory processing differences.

SENSORY-Kids is a national learning community that brings together children and families, clinicians, researchers, educators and societal partners to improve care for children with sensory processing difficulties. Children with autism, ADHD, acquired brain injury and other developmental conditions often experience sensory processing differences that affect their wellbeing, learning and participation in daily life.

Funded by the Dutch Brain Foundation (Hersenstichting - Problemen met prikkels: betere zorg voor kinderen met ontwikkelingsstoornis), the consortium connects universities, rehabilitation centres, mental healthcare organisations, educational partners, patient organisations and families. Together, they are building a sustainable infrastructure in which scientific research, clinical care and lived experience continuously strengthen one another.

To support this ambition, we are looking for a consortium coordinator who will play a central role in connecting people, projects and ideas across the consortium. This is a unique position for someone who enjoys working at the interface of science, implementation and societal impact.

As consortium coordinator, you will be one of the driving forces behind SENSORY-Kids. You will coordinate collaboration across the different work packages and help build a national learning ecosystem that connects healthcare, education, research, families and patient organisations.

Together with the project leaders and two PhD candidates, you will form the core team responsible for achieving the consortium’s scientific and societal goals. While the PhD candidates and academic partners lead the main research activities, your role focuses on coordination, integration and knowledge exchange.

Your responsibilities include:

• coordinating collaboration between work packages and consortium partners;
• monitoring milestones and supporting project reporting and deliverables;
• organising consortium meetings, workshops and annual network events;
• strengthening collaboration between healthcare, education, rehabilitation, research and patient organisations;
• facilitating the implementation and dissemination of consortium outcomes.

In addition, you will contribute to the consortium’s communication strategy through newsletters, webinars, conferences, stakeholder meetings and social media activities. You will also support cross-work package analyses, contribute to scientific publications and help harmonise data collection and outcome measures across the consortium.

We are looking for someone who enjoys connecting people just as much as connecting ideas and who is motivated to translate scientific knowledge into societal impact.

You have:

• a PhD in psychology, health sciences, biomedical sciences, implementation science, medicine or a related discipline;
• experience working in multidisciplinary research, healthcare or innovation projects;
• strong organisational skills and the ability to coordinate complex collaborations;
• excellent communication skills in both Dutch and English;
• affinity with implementation, stakeholder engagement and co-creation.

Experience in project management is an advantage.

• You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
• A contract for 12 months, with the intention to extend for a total of four years.
• Classification in salary scale 10: € 3.724 to € 5.867 gross for full-time employment (depending on experience). In addition to a good basic salary, we offer 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Holiday hours: 194.4 per year for full time and a possibility to save additional hours.
• 100% reimbursement for public transport travel costs. If you travel by foot, bicycle, or car, a mileage allowance of €0.21 per km applies (up to a maximum of 40 km one way by car).
• Do you prefer walking or cycling? Take advantage of our good bike scheme.
• Pension accrual with BeFrank, a modern, comprehensible and fairly priced pension.

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