Head of English section/English lecturer (1.0 FTE)

Tasks and responsibilities as Head of Section:

Section

- translating, developing, and monitoring the policy, vision, and strategy of the section on the basis of the section’s own plan

People

- managing, coaching, and guiding a team of 17 teachers
- stimulating professional development, monitoring the performance of staff members, conducting result and development interviews
- conducting job interviews with potential employees

Courses

- initiating new courses, developing and renewing existing courses, and monitoring the quality of courses
- acquiring assignments, maintaining client contacts and networks, conducting acquisition interviews with potential clients, and drawing up quotations

Finance

- providing information for and monitoring the financial reports and forecasts in consultation with the Head of Operations and the Financial Controller

Planning

- ensuring and monitoring the efficient deployment of teachers and the annual schedule of the course range; providing information for the preparation of timetables.

The Head of Section is also an English lecturer themselves and, like the other coordinators and heads, also teaches in addition to performing management tasks. In this way, the Head of Section keeps in touch with practice.

Tasks and responsibilities as lecturer:

- providing English language training for various target groups, at different levels and in different contexts, both as part of regular degree programmes and in courses developed by the Language Centre itself
- carrying out needs analyses and setting up/developing courses based on customer demand
- carrying out various teaching tasks at an academic level
- maintaining knowledge of recent developments in the field as well as gaining insight into the implications of online teaching on didactics, course participants and lecturers.

Position in the organization
The Head of Section:

- is part of the management team (MT) of the Language Centre, comprising the Director, the Head of Operations, and the heads of the Dutch, English, Modern Foreign Languages, and Intercultural Communication sections
- is accountable to the Director of the Language Centre and coordinates with the Faculty’s Financial Controller and Management Controller
- is directly supported by a dedicated staff member (section support staff) of the Support Office.