Project leader Science Education through Novel teaching Strategies for Environmental Sustainability (SENSES)

Introduction

Eindhoven School of Education (ESoE) at the Eindhoven University of Technology is looking for a researcher / project leader with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) background and management skills.

Are you interested in improving initial education of pre-service science teachers by developing, testing, and assessing a comprehensive and innovative training programme on Education for Environmental Sustainability (EES). The SENSES project aspires to link transnational partners in a shared effort to advance initial teacher education (ITE) for EES in Europe, contributing to the systematic integration of EES in European education systems and policies.

Are you eager to do research in an international team and have some experience relevant to project management? Then this position could be for you!

Context: European Project

The overall aim of the SENSES project is to support university students from science education departments, to develop their competences in designing and delivering meaningful EES. To achieve this overall goal the project sets the following objectives:

O1: Design an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Framework for EES to specifically address the Pedagogical Design Capacity of science education students.

O2: Equip the teaching staff of HEIs (education and science education departments) with competences, tools and methods for training their students in EES.

O3: Build university students Pedagogical Design Capacity in developing appropriate classroom instruction for EES through SSI.

O4: Test the training materials, the online course and the serious game in real life conditions to empirically validate the contribution of SENSES to develop the pedagogical design capacity of prospective teachers in EES.

O5: Facilitate the dissemination of the project results and encourage their integration in initial teacher education systems both in partner countries and internationally.

Job Description

You will be responsible for assisting the planning and execution of the four main tasks in the project: 1) Management and General Administration, 2) Financial Management (in collaboration with the financial department), 3) Quality Assurance and 4) Ethics Management. Specifically, your work will be:

• Assisting the principal investigator
• Leading of the WP1 (project management) and WP2 (ITE framework for EES) activities
• Collaborating for a study on literature review, ITE mapping and assessment and pedagogical design capacity
• Organizing administration of surveys and focus groups
• Collaborating the publication of research
• Creating professional learning communities in the Netherlands
• Collaborating for the design of the Train the Trainer programme
• Translation of the materials and educational resources into Dutch, when it’s necessary
• Collaborating for the implementation of the project activities and timely achievement of results
• Reporting progress to the National Agency by preparing and submitting interim reports,
• Monitoring and evaluating all project activities and deliverables
• Assisting the preparation and submitting the project’s final report to the Dutch National Agency.

Job Requirements

• Motivated candidate, with a PhD or a master’s degree in one of the STEM areas, or a comparable domain.
• A proven ability to assist the management of international projects to completion on schedule.
• Ability to conduct high quality academic research, reflected in demonstratable outputs.
• A team player who enjoys working in a dynamic, interdisciplinary team.
• Positive attitude regarding innovations in education.
• Ability in managing projects, planning project activities, and organizing project meetings.
• Excellent (written and verbal) proficiency in English, good communication and leadership skills.
• Having a good command of the Dutch language is a plus.

Conditions of employment

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer you:

• Part-time employment as a researcher / project leader (0,4 fte) for a fixed-term, until 31-05-2027.
• A gross monthly salary ranging between € 3.378,- and 5.331,- (on a fulltime, 1,0 fte, contract) based on experience. In accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (scale 9-10).
• A year-end bonus of 8.3% and annual vacation pay of 8%.
• High-quality training programs on general skills, didactics and topics related to research and valorization.
• An excellent technical infrastructure, on-campus children's day care and sports facilities.
• Partially paid parental leave and an allowance for commuting, working from home and internet costs.
• If you wish to apply for this vacancy with a non-EU nationality you must have a valid residence permit that allows you to work in the Netherlands. If you are currently not in possession of such a permit an additional work permit would be required, and the possibility that such a work permit will be granted is not guaranteed.

More information

Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to have more information about the position, please contact the hiring manager: Assist. prof. dr. Dury Bayram (d.bayram@tue.nl or +31 40 247 73 50).

For questions about the application process or the conditions of employment, please contact Stefan van Luijk, HR advisor (s.h.v.luijk@tue.nl).  

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Application

We invite you to submit a complete application using the apply-button. The application should include a:

• Cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position.
• Curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and the contact information of three references.

We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as possible.