Department Manager Engineering Systems and Services

The Department of ESS provides education and conducts research at a high level; in this way we try to make a tangible contribution to society. We are a department where people care for each other, where we help each other and work together. We are looking for a department manager to strengthen our management team.

In this spin-in-the-web position in a dynamic environment, you are the sparring partner of the department chair and member of the departmental MT, which also includes the three section leaders. You give the department chair solicited and unsolicited strategic, tactical and operational advice and facilitate the management cycle of the department. You coordinate efficient and effective operations and manage the support staff. In addition, you contribute to cross-departmental processes and projects and you support a network within and outside the department, with academics, support staff, management and the external networks.

You draw up the departmental budget, monitor the financial management processes and support and monitor (the acquisition of) externally financed projects. In addition, you are the final editor of department-wide communication on all kinds of subjects and you fulfil a linking position to the various services of the faculty and the university.