Study Career Coach (SCC) Willem de Kooning Academy (0,2 – 0,6 fte)

Do you thrive on empowering and challenging students to reach their full potential? Do you approach every student with an open mind, recognizing and respecting their unique talents, strengths, and learning journey? Then we are looking for you.

Study Career Coach (SCC) at Willem de Kooning Academy

Wat ga je doen?

As a Study Career Coach you support and guide students through their studies, help them learn how to study, and coach them in choosing their study path in order to gain study success and become responsible and autonomous individuals. You do that by:

• Focusing on personal and educational learning goals
• Enabling moments of reflection and evaluation and aiming to raise awareness in the student's development
• Leading interactive group sessions with students
• Supervising group and individual assignments
• Holding individual talks with students
• Referring students in a timely way to the right support, such as student affairs or student counselors

Willem de Kooning Academie

The Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA) is a leading international academy for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in media, art, design, leisure and arts education.

WdKA pays attention to ecology in the broadest sense: social, cultural, technological and economical. Students are prepared to find their way as creative professionals within the arts and cultural field and to contribute to social challenges such as climate change, migration and inequality.

Within WdKA, ingenuity is central and learning takes place through making. The academy encourages an environment with room for experimentation and new ideas, works from mutual trust and confidence in one another’s expertise, and actively seeks collaboration with respect for diverse perspectives.

Team

Study Career Coaches (SCC's) at WdKA work with students throughout their bachelor or master programs. Study Career Coaching is part of the curriculum for all programs at WdKA.

The SCC curriculum aims to make students aware of their own growth and supports them in acquiring the ability to manage their own study career in the rapidly changing world of art and design and the cultural domain. You will be part of one or more major or master teams, where you are responsible for the SCC part of the curriculum. To align the SCC programs throughout the different educations, there is a coordinator SCC responsible for the professionalization of all SCC colleagues and the quality and content of the SCC program.

At the moment, we are looking for new SCCs for different teams: Photography, Fine Art, Teacher Education, Illustration, Graphic Design and master education. We will look for the best fit, content-wise and with the team, when placing new colleagues in teams, but we expect you to be flexible and willing to work in different teams.

Ben jij wie we zoeken?

As SCC you empower and challenge the student's individual progress based on pedagogical principles and professional coaching. You look at students with an open mind and recognize their individual talent and learning ability.

You are someone who works resourcefully and gains energy from finding creative solutions. In doing so, you radiate confidence, thereby contributing to a safe and open atmosphere. You connect with students, colleagues and external partners and bring together different perspectives.

At the same time, you are reliable and feel responsible for both your work and the people around you.

You also have:

• A relevant master’s degree;
• Demonstrable didactic and pedagogical skills, such as inclusive communication and creating a healthy and safe learning environment;
• Experience in the educational sector and knowledge of regulations;
• Good coaching, communicative and interpersonal skills;
• A good command of Dutch (at a minimum C1 level) and English, both spoken and written;
• Preferably a BKE certificate.

Wat bieden we jou?

• A one-year contract upon starting employment (D4 CAO HBO)
• 8% holiday allowance + 8,3% year-end bonus
• Up to 9 weeks of vacation (based on full-time)
• 45 sustainable employability hours (for your personal development and work-life balance)
• Possibility of paid parental leave
• Excellent pension scheme (ABP)
• Bicycle scheme with tax benefits
• Compensation for internet and commuting
• Laptop, phone
• Extensive training and development opportunities