Educational innovator for Molecular Sciences

Educational innovator for Molecular Sciences

The future of molecular sciences education is being shaped today. As Educational Innovator, you will play a key role in redesigning our Bachelor's degree programmes, helping to create innovative courses, coherent learning pathways and meaningful assessment strategies. Working closely with academic and educational colleagues, you will turn educational vision into reality and make a lasting impact on the next generation of scientists.

As Educational Innovator, you will stimulate and support educational development across the Bachelor's programmes in Chemistry, Molecular Life Sciences and Natural Sciences, and the broad Master's programme in Molecular Sciences. You will work at the programme level, where you will advise and support programme directors and teaching teams on curriculum development, teaching approaches, assessment and educational quality. In addition, you will reach out and provide hands-on support to individual lecturers and course coordinators facing educational questions and challenges.

Part of your work will involve the redesign and implementation of our Bachelor's curricula. Together with teaching and support staff and students, you will help translate the vision of the Educational Institute into coherent curricula, effective learning pathways and appropriate assessment strategies. You will be an essential discussion partner for lecturers, programme management and educational advisors and support staff at Radboud University.

At the same time, you will proactively support colleagues to develop and implement educational approaches that fit our programmes, our students and the ambitions of the institute.

Depending on your experience and profile, you can help strengthen connections with other molecular science programmes in the Netherlands. If so desired, you can play an active role as a lecturer in the programmes yourself.

What has stayed with me from the very beginning is how helpful colleagues are. That open atmosphere makes working here a pleasure. Charissa van Mourik Project Manager, Savings Programme for University Operations

• You have an academic background (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) in chemistry, molecular sciences or a related discipline, and have developed expertise in education through teaching, educational innovation, teacher education, educational research or a similar route.
• You have experience with educational development and are familiar with educational principles such as constructive alignment, curriculum design and assessment strategies.
• You are a strong and visible communicator, you can connect people, you listen carefully and you are able to balance different perspectives while working towards shared educational goals.
• You actively reach out to colleagues, helping them to align courses with the curriculum.
• You have an excellent command of English. Knowledge of Dutch is an advantage, as some interactions within the programmes take place in Dutch.

• We will give you a temporary employment contract of one year with the prospect of an indefinite contract.
• Your salary within salary scale 10 depends on your previous education and number of years of (relevant) work experience. The amounts in the scale are based on a 38-hour working week.
• You will receive an 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will receive extra days off. With full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the statutory 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions reflect this. You can make arrangements for the best possible work‑life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself. For example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports membership.

In addition, you receive a 34% discount on the sports and cultural activities at Radboud University as an employee. And, of course, we offer a good pension plan. We…