Managing Director Pathways to Sustainability (0.5 FTE)

We are looking for a Managing Director for the Pathways to Sustainability theme. The theme is headed by a Scientific Director, Prof. Dr. Maarten Hajer. The Managing Director will organize the support of the strategic theme, reports to the Scientific Director and is responsible for overseeing its research programme. Furthermore, the role of the Managing Director is to create new initiatives and incentives that foster community building, expanded research capacity, catalyze new collaborations, implement and provide ongoing management and coordination of approved plans. The Managing Director will serve as an entrepreneurial ambassador for the theme, initiating and nurturing critical partnerships with partner institutions and other external stakeholders from society and industry.
 

Responsibilities further include:

oversee and manage the research programme on a day-to-day basis which involves oversight and coordination of the research hubs of the theme, including programme development, planning and evaluation; build and maintain the theme's relationships with academic disciplines within and outside Utrecht University, support community building activities;  actively develop the theme's (international) academic profile and enhance its international recruitment and partnership development; support and promote knowledge exchange and transfer between the Utrecht University and non-academic users of research through appropriate mechanisms; develop the theme's strategies and associated financial and operational plans in partnership with the faculty, allocate the resources accordingly, with clear objectives, targets and associated measurements; collaborate with the Scientific Director and faculty deans to successfully execute the programme; function as a right-hand to the Scientific Director; coordinate activities of the small support team of the theme; ensure that the theme's Programme Board and International Advisory Board (IAB) meet and receive regular reports on progress and that the advice is taken into account in formulating the theme's future plans.