Open Education Stimulation Fund Community Manager

Open education emphasizes the access to and the sharing of knowledge and educational resources, and the implementation of new pedagogical practices that arise by the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). The presence of this movement has been slowly increasing in higher education, and TU Delft has been integrating open principles into its campus education since the start of the Open Science Programme in 2020.

To involve teachers more closely into shaping what open education looks like at TU Delft, the Open Education Stimulation Fund (OESF) has been set up in 2022. The OESF allows teachers to apply for funding with 1-year projects that relate to open education. The first cohort of projects ran in 2023, with a total of 11 projects. (Find more details about the projects here ).

To make the most out of the OESF initiative, we are looking for a Community Manager that can provide the project groups with advise, guidance, and a time and space where they can get to know and learn from each other. As Community Manager, your tasks and areas of activity will involve:

• Meeting with the project leaders/members of each project on a periodic basis (on average two-three times during the one-year project period) to stay up-to-date on their progress.
• Keeping the Open Science Core Team up to date on the progress of projects and consulting the team if needed.
• Organising community events for project leaders/members on commonly appearing themes, issues, and areas of potential professional development; these events may also provide project leaders/members with space for exchange of ideas and feedback from each other on their projects (4-6 meetup events throughout the year).
• Promote and maintain an active MS Teams environment that serves as a first point of contact for project leaders.
• Working with the Library Communication team to deliver periodic news items on the projects.

• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Minimum two years of experience in academia/higher education either in a research/teaching function or as educational support staff.
• Available for 8-12h/week for a period of 40 weeks.
• Project management experience is a plus.

• Duration of contract is for a period of 40 weeks.
• A job of 8-10 hours per week.
• A salary based on scale 10 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a minimum of €3.226,- and a maximum of €5.090,- gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

TU Delft Library is the largest technical-scientific library in the Netherlands, a physical and virtual meeting place. The Library helps to find valuable knowledge needed for education and research, and to publish and store the knowledge generated at TU Delft. We believe it is important that knowledge is easily accessible and freely available to everyone. In this way, knowledge can flow freely and TU Delft's knowledge can become valuable to others. The Library is also a place where everyone can study in peace and quiet. This fits in with our inclusive organisation. The Library has chosen three strategic themes to guide its daily activities. 1) Open Science. We make an important contribution to TU Delft's broad strategic programme "Open Science - Research and Education in the Open Era". 2) Visibility and impact. With our expertise and tools in the field of research data management, research intelligence and publishing, we increase the findability, visibility and impact of TU Delft knowledge. 3) Inspiring learning and working environment. Through stimulating programming, we show how freely available and reliable knowledge makes life richer. This makes the Library a place where you can find new ideas and insights.

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/library/

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Marcell Varkonyi, [email protected] .

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply before 22 april 2024 via the application button and upload your motivation and CV.

• A pre-employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
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