Role description Programme Manager

Summary
A description of the purpose, tasks and responsibilities of the Programme Manager (CE).

The Programme Manager (CE) takes care of the development and innovation of the education, both didactically and in terms of content, for one or more curricula within Fontys ICT. These developments and innovations are coordinated with the Curriculum development committee (OO) and with the Project Leaders Programme Development (PLOO's). The Curriculum development committee (OO) consists of six Programme Managers (CE's) and the Project Leader Educational specialists. One Programme Manager (CE) has been appointed per HBO-i architecture layer, plus one for Open Learning.

• Content and didactic organisation of several logically linked educational units (curricula being a profile or specialisation and/or a minor);
• Creating the educational units with code, admission and exit criteria and learning outcomes in the curriculum database.
• Identify new developments in the field of study that are relevant to the educational units;
• Advises People Managers (PM's) on the professional training of lecturers;
• Advises the Project Leader Programme Development (PLOO) and the Project Leader Programma Implementation (PLOU) on how to involve the right partners in development and implementation;
• Accounts for the content and design of the curriculum to national standards at statutory and institute-imposed accountability moments;
• Advises the managing director on the content and didactic organisation of education within the institute;
• Participates in activities within the field's innovative organisations, such as HBO-i;
• Participates in conferences and seminars with the aim of keeping up to date with new trends and developments, methods, assessments, etc.;
• Translates new trends and developments, methods, assessments etc. into education;
• Advises the people manager, the HR advisor and the managing director on recruitment and appointment of new lecturers;
• Is responsible for ensuring that the education meets the TER and fits within the frameworks and policies of the institute;
• Follows up the results of the quality cycle reports by coordinating new developments with the Curriculum development committee (OO) and PLOO's with the aim of improving education in accordance with the requirements of the quality policy;
• Is involved in the educational evaluations that are put out by quality assurance (KZ) every six months and carried out by the PLOU's;
• Organises the WAC meeting together with the PLOU's.

• Management, realisation and monitoring of allocated development budget frameworks;
• Determine required educational developments, coordinate these with the OO and PLOO's, monitor and assign development assignments;
• Allocate development hours to developers and project leaders for development and/or development-related support;
• Appointing PLOO's appropriate to a development task to be carried out;
• Providing feedback on educational development and quality in the form of a recommendation in the PLOO and PLOU interview cycle to the PM;
• Identifying future needs for staff expertise in the context of educational innovation.

• Member of the examination board policy chamber;
• Chairman of anexamination chamber;
• Representation of the study programme both internally and externally with regard to the educational and content-based organisation of the study programme (e.g. PR activities and open days);
• Chairman of the Work Field Advisory Committee (WAC) of the curriculum.

• Operations Managers (UM's);
• People Managers (PM's);
• Managing Director;
• Project Leaders Programme Development (PLOO's);
• Project Leaders Programme Implementation (PLOU's);
• Programme Managers (CE's) (Curriculum development committee (OO));
• M&C (information and PR);
• Student administration (Student Desk);
• ISSD (curriculum specific hardware);
• Information Manager;
• Schedulers (planning meetings);
• Assessment Committee (Assessment and assessment quality);
• Examination Board (assurance of educational quality and intended final level and assessment);
• Educational specialists (dedicated per curriculum);
• Professors;
• Study associations (PR and open days);
• Quality assurance (planning of evaluations and quality cycle),
• Curriculum Educational Specialist (Curriculum development committee (OO)).