Educational innovator for Molecular Sciences

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The future of molecular sciences education is being shaped today. As Educational Innovator you will play a key role in redesigning our Bachelors 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 Bachelors programmes in Chemistry Molecular Life Sciences and Natural Sciences and the broad Masters 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 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 Bachelors 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.

• You have an academic background (Bachelors or Masters 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.

The Education Institute for Molecular Sciences is responsible for the Bachelors programmes in Chemistry Molecular Life Sciences and Natural Sciences and the Masters programme in Molecular Sciences at Radboud University. Together our Bachelors programmes welcome around 150 new students each year while approximately 70 students enrol in the Masters programme annually.

Our study programmes combine strong disciplinary foundations with research-driven education. Most lecturers are researchers at the Faculty of Science many within the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) creating a close connection between scientific developments and education. We value small-scale education close interaction between students and lecturers and continuous improvement of our programmes.

The institute is led by an Education Director four Programme Directors a Senior Education Coordinator and student representatives. As Educational Innovator you will collaborate closely with this team as well as with programme committees examination boards lecturers and educational specialists at faculty and university levels. Together these people contribute to the quality and continuous development of our molecular sciences education.

• 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 83% 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.

You can apply only via the button below. Address your letter of application to Paul the application form you will find which documents you need to include with your application. We look forward to receiving your application.

The first interviews will take place on Thursday 17 September. You will preferably start your employment on 1 November 2026.

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Work and science require good employment practices. Radboud Universitys 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 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 also give you plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore we provide various training and development schemes.