Educational Policy Advisor

Hotelschool The Hague is looking for an Educational Policy Advisor to join our Education & Research Support department. If you have experience in developing organisation-wide educational policy, advising senior management and working with complex educational and regulatory frameworks, we invite you to join our team of professionals.

Department

Education & Research Support (E&RS) is the central policy and expertise department for education and research within Hotelschool The Hague. The department contributes to the development and safeguarding of institutional frameworks, educational quality and strategic alignment across our programmes.

E&RS is further strengthening its strategic and tactical and support role to Education and Research. Within this development, the Educational Policy Advisor provides dedicated expertise for organisation-wide educational policy development and strategic advice. The position reports to the Manager E&RS and complements the position of Educational Advisors, whose primary focus is on educational quality, accreditation, curriculum development and translating policy into educational practice.

General function description

As Educational Policy Advisor, you develop integrated, organisation-wide multi-year policy in the field of education and organisational development. You take the lead in complex and cross-functional policy processes, safeguard consistency between different policy areas and advise the Board of Directors and management at strategic level.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Monitoring internal and external developments, organisational needs and governance issues and translating these into coherent policy proposals, position papers and scenarios;

• Developing organisation-wide multi-year policy and institutional documents and preparing these for decision-making by the Board of Directors;

• Assessing and clearly presenting the legal, financial and organisational implications and risks of different policy options;

• Leading integrated policy processes relating to, among others, the Education and Examination Regulations (EER), Student Charter, assessment and examination regulations, the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) and compliance;

• Safeguarding coherence between policy and initiating the review or adjustment of policy when legislation, evaluations or developments within the organisation require this;

• Advising the Board of Directors and management on complex educational policy and quality matters, taking different interests and perspectives into account;

• Identifying national political and legislative developments at an early stage and advising on their possible impact and appropriate scenarios;

• Building and maintaining professional networks with relevant national associations, government bodies, other higher education institutions and educational policy professionals;

• Representing Hotelschool The Hague, where appropriate, in relevant national forums and networks;

• Acting as a subject-matter expert within HTH for complex educational policy and regulatory questions;

• Working with Educational Advisors and other educational professionals on complex curriculum and accreditation-related matters where strategic policy expertise is required.

• Creation of a quality assurance system

Candidate profile

You are a strategic and analytical professional who can navigate complex policy environments while maintaining a clear view of the wider organisational context.

You have/are:

• Broad and specialised knowledge of educational policy, educational quality, relevant regulations, legislation and current developments in higher education;

• Strong knowledge of the WHW and other relevant regulatory frameworks, combined with an understanding of their organisational, legal and financial implications;

• Able to analyse complex developments and translate them into clear, well-founded policy advice and decision-making options;

• Highly skilled in policy development, strategic writing and the development of programmes, frameworks and policy instruments;

• A strong communicator who is able to advise, advocate for ideas and influence stakeholders at different levels of the organisation;

• Able to balance different interests and perspectives while maintaining consistency with the organisation's strategic and regulatory frameworks;

• Comfortable working with management information and systems to support policy development and decision-making;

• Able to build effective internal and external professional networks;

• Experienced or highly skilled in working at the interface of educational policy, governance, quality and organisational processes.

• Fluent in both English and Dutch, with business level written and verbal communication skills.

• Service oriented & solution focused

Remuneration

Hotelschool The Hague offers a salary based on scale 12 of the Collective Labour Agreement for Universities of Applied Sciences (CAO HBO), with a current range between € 5.761,13 and € 7.534,61 gross per month based on a full-time appointment, depending on professional experience and qualifications.

In addition, Hotelschool The Hague offers:

• A 13th month;

• An excellent package of fringe benefits;

• 428 hours (53 days) of annual leave with retention of salary for employees working a 40-hour week;

• Excellent opportunities for professional and personal development;

• A contribution towards health insurance expenses;

• The option to participate in group discounts for various insurances;

• Travel allowance for commuting;

• A pension plan through ABP;

• The opportunity to contribute to an international higher education institution that develops future leaders in the hospitality industry.

Additional information

The position is available for 1.0 fte and is based at both campuses.

For additional information about the position, please contact Menno Koeslag via menno.koeslag@hotelschool.nl.

An English language proficiency test may be part of the selection procedure. Upon receiving a job offer, a Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your English CV and motivation letter.

Kindly submit your application via the application button to the attention of Menno Koeslag, HR advisor.