Policy & Quality Innovation Lead - Remote

RSM; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home option

41 days leave

Holiday pay 8%

Year-end bonus 8.3%

Sports centre discount

Expat ruling aid

Dual Career Programme

Job summary

Policy Coordinator, Educational Quality & Innovation at Erasmus University Rotterdam (RSM) offers a 0.9 FTE role based in Rotterdam. You will translate policy into practice, coordinate QA and accreditation readiness, and guide programme teams without hierarchical authority.

The role reports to the Executive Director Quality & Innovation and involves cross‑functional collaboration with academic directors and school committees.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with relevance to quality assurance, policy or higher education.
• Minimum 3 years in quality assurance, educational policy or continuous improvement, preferably in higher education.
• Proven experience drafting policy documents, frameworks or governance instruments that have been formally adopted.
• Proven experience advising and influencing senior stakeholders without hierarchical authority.
• Strong knowledge of accreditation and QA in higher education; experience with assurance of learning is an advantage.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Confident use of AI tools for analysis and reporting, with judgement to verify outputs.
• English at C1 CEFR; Dutch at B2 CEFR level or higher preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain policies, frameworks and standards defining continuous improvement and align with accreditation requirements.
• Coordinate RSM’s continuous improvement cycle across programme, portfolio and school levels and report progress to senior management and accrediting bodies.
• Guide academic directors and programme teams to meet and exceed RSM’s continuous improvement standards and lead improvement initiatives.
• Hold longer-term policy dossiers and respond to new regulations or school initiatives as priorities shift.

Skills

Policy coordination

Stakeholder management

Quality assurance

Cross-functional leadership

Adaptability

AI literacy

English proficiency

Dutch proficiency

Education

Master's degree

Job description

Policy Coordinator, Educational Quality & Innovation at Erasmus University Rotterdam (RSM) offers a 0.9 FTE role based in Rotterdam. You will translate policy into practice, coordinate QA and accreditation readiness, and guide programme teams without hierarchical authority.

The role reports to the Executive Director Quality & Innovation and involves cross‑functional collaboration with academic directors and school committees.