Communications Officer 4TU Centre for Engineering Education

The 4TU Centre for Engineering Education (4TU.CEE) is looking for a communication officer who can help operationally and strategically communicate and promote our activities and results. Are you creative and proactive? Do you have experience with branding an organization? Do you have an interest in working in higher education? Then this position might be for you. We expect our communication officer to take about 12-16 hours weekly on average, with some variation depending on the activities organized and the time of the year. It is possible to work from any of our four universities as a home base (Delft, Wageningen, Twente, Eindhoven), hybrid or completely remote.

The 4TU.Centre for Engineering Education (4TU.CEE) is the Dutch centre of expertise for university teachers and researchers with questions and ambitions in the domain of engineering education innovation and research at our four universities of technology. 4TU.CEE aims to jointly inspire stimulate, support, and disseminate effective and high-quality engineering education through scientific research and the application of evidence-informed innovations within the engineering education domain.

You will work in close collaboration with the 4TU.CEE Board members, a dedicated team of engineering education experts from the four universities. We currently would like to evaluate our communication strategy and streamline the communication processes in line with our Strategic Agenda 2026-2029 (in development). Of course, the daily communication tasks continue during this update. You are both executing and improving the process at the same time. More particularly you will work on:

• Branding 4TU.CEE and disseminating the project results of our centre; Assisting in the development of 4TU.CEE reports or publications, including editing texts and selecting photos or other visual materials; Managing and updating the 4TU.CEE website and other social media; Leading the development of the content, lay-out, and distribution of the 4TU.CEE electronic newsletter (every 2 months) and 4TU.CEE blog;
• Co-organizing 4TU.CEE events together with the program coordinators, academic leads, and project leads; Creating and disseminating communication around specific organized events, such as website texts, brochures, subscription pages on website, emails, promotion via screens at the universities (typically 1 or 2 events each month); Making sure that the 4TU events are known widely and that there is a nice audience attending;
• Advising the Board on the 4TU.CEE’s communication strategy; Managing and maintaining the 4TU.CEE corporate identity; Acting as a reference point and contact for questions about communication and correct use of 4TU.CEE house style, logos, and templates;
• Strengthening our local and (inter)national networks and communities, also to detect opportunities for collaboration and dissemination;
• Coordinating and supporting junior communication colleagues or student assistants in their communication tasks;
• Managing the 4TU.CEE email account and making notes of the 4TU.CEE board meetings (every 2-3 months); Providing input for the board’s agenda on communication matters.

• You are an experienced (> 5 years).
• Creative, analytical, collaborative, and proactive communication professional.
• At least HBO level with a hands-on mentality and skillset and a strategic view on the branding of an institute like 4TU.CEE.
• You have experience or a proven interest in working in higher education.
• You are fluent in English, and preferably also in Dutch.
• It is a plus when you have prior experience with Content Management Systems (CMS). 

• Duration of contract is 1 year with prospect for extension.
• A job of 11.4-15.2 hours per week.
• A salary based on the CAO for Dutch Universities with a minimum of €3.377,- and a maximum of €4.640,- 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.

From 1 September next, a salary increase of 3.7% applies due to a Collective Agreement amendment, followed by an additional 1% increase on 1 January 2025. In addition, most employees employed on 1 September 2024 will receive a one-off payment of €300 gross based on full-time employment.

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!

Impact for a better society: this is TU Delft’s mission. As marketing and communication professionals, we are proud to contribute to this goal every day. We guide our 28,000 students on their engineer journey from students to professionals at work in society. In science communication we share research results and highlight important issues in the societal themes of Climate Action, Energy Transition, Digital Society, Resilient Cities & Mobility and Health. Through TU Delft Campus we build connections with companies and policy makers in our innovative ecosystem, accelerating the rate at which research outcomes meet purpose in society. And under the motto #BetterTUgether, we help our almost 8,000 TU Delft colleagues connect. Together we are strengthening the TU Delft brand, which stands for groundbreaking research, excellent education and pioneering innovations.

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 27 September 2024 via the application button and upload your motivation (maximum of 1 A4) and CV.

There will be 2 rounds of online interviews with members of each TU. The second round may include an assignment related to the position.     

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
• A pre-Employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• Please do not contact us for unsolicited services.