Do you have affinity with both lab work and scientific education? Are you an optimistic, helpful and well organised team player with good communication skills, and with a background in biology, medical biology, molecular biology or life sciences? Then you may be the new Biology Education Officer we are looking for.

The Biosciences Education Team is searching for a Biology Education Officer. Together with the other education officers, you will be involved in preparing and supervising student laboratory work associated with multiple courses throughout the Biology and/or Medical Biology programmes. This includes working with different e-learning and online tools. As part of the job, you will also be responsible for the lab facilities and for managing and maintaining the inventory. You will work in close collaboration with scientific and educational staff and students.

• You should have a BSc (or MSc) degree in Biology, Medical Biology, Molecular Biology, Life Sciences or a similar field of study (broad background in biology).
• You have affinity (or experience) with science, education, and working with students and scientific and educational staff.
• Affinity (or experience) with medical biology and/or molecular biology is preferable.
• You have a good command of English (C1/C2 level) and Dutch (C1/C2 level).
• You are an optimistic and helpful team player with good communication skills, who can also work independently, who is assertive and well-organised, who can plan ahead, and who is also flexible (able to deal with ad-hoc tasks).

• We will give you a temporary employment contract of 1 year.
• Your salary within salary scale 8 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 8,3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Support Service. The Dual Career Programme assists your partner via support, tools, and resources to improve their chances of independently finding employment in the Netherlands. Our Family Support Service helps you and your partner feel welcome and at home by providing customised assistance in navigating local facilities, schools, and amenities. Also take a look at our support for international staff page to discover all our services for international employees.
• 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.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. 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 subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

The Education Team Biosciences is part of the Biosciences Education Institute of the Faculty of Science. The team plays a central and active role in developing, innovating and organising education, including lab education, within the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Biology as well as in the Master’s programme for Medical Biology at Radboud University. Additionally, the team coordinates the development of personal and professional skills throughout the programme (e.g. general study skills, report writing, laboratory skills, oral presentations, reflection, etc). The team plays an active role in signalling new opportunities and improving the Biology programme.