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Fellowship and Admission Officer

The Education Bureau (EB) develops and facilitates the implementation of education-related policies, stimulates and supports innovation in education, develops and maintains quality-assurance processes and systems, and takes care of student wellbeing. Administrative tasks include the admission of students, matching students with fellowships, registration of students, and handling of fellowships. The Education Bureau also administers all educational offerings and is responsible for scheduling, logistic planning, marks administration, issuing diplomas and organizing both social and academic events. EB organizes advanced didactical training for teaching staff and manages the virtual learning environment in support of  on-campus and online education. All activities are geared to establishing a better quality and more innovative education program, managed in a consistent and transparent manner.

Responsibilities

The Fellowship and Admission Officer (FAO) is responsible for dealing with all information requests, applications and admission procedures as well as fellowships from (prospective) students.

  • Handle applications and advise on admission;
  • Develop and propose procedures and policies related to:
    • student application and admission;
    • fellowships or financial coverage;
    • logistics arrangements.
  • Budget holder for the student budget;
  • Contact person for sponsor organizations/fellowship providers;
  • Handle fellowship matters and prepare cost indications for courses;
  • Advise on the selection of applicants for fellowships;
  • Arrange logistics for (prospective) students;
  • Maintain contact with (inter)national suppliers of services;
  • Provide information to and correspond with (prospective) students;
  • Refer academic staff to existing procedures;
  • Liaise with other departments on relevant topics;
  • Ensure the quality management system for admission and fellowship tasks, develop and handle operational procedures for existing and new courses;
  • Keep web information on admission and fellowship matters up-to-date.

Requirements

  • Higher professional education (HBO), or HBO working level;     
  • Experience in working in an international, multicultural environment;
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
  • Flexible, critical and accurate working attitude;
  • Stress resistant;
  • Taking initiative;
  • Excellent oral and written proficiency in the English and Dutch languages;
  • Customer focused.

Terms of employment

The employment contract is for 38 hours per week.

Scale 8 Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (VSNU).

The candidate will be stationed in Delft, the Netherlands, and needs to be eligible to work in the Netherlands.

IHE Delft offers an attractive, multiple choice employee benefits scheme, year-end bonus and generous pension scheme. We also offer 31 days’ leave based on a 38 hours working week.

Information and application

Additional information can be obtained from Ms. Ineke Melis, Coordinator of the Fellowship and Admission Office of the Education Bureau i.melis@un-ihe.org.

IHE Delft follows an open procedure of recruitment, which respects diversity and provides equal opportunity to applicants of all backgrounds.

Applications can be sent until 20 May 2023 including curriculum vitae and motivation letter. You can upload your cv and motivation letter in the form.

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Publication date

Publicatie datum: 20 April 2023 16:30