We are looking for a:
Study Programme Lead Sustainable Technology Venture Engineering (f/m/d)
With more than 4,000 students in nine topic areas, the USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten is a key player in the Austrian higher education sector and one of the most important employers in the region. The USTP stands for unique creative possibilities as well as team-oriented collaboration and leaves room for individual development and personal growth.
Staff members also profit from our European network within the context of the European University Alliance E³UDRES²! The University of Applied Sciences is constantly growing.
Your Tasks
- You are responsible for shaping and developing the programme’s profile, curriculum and learning architecture ba sed
- You are responsible for shaping and developing the programme’s profile, curriculum and learning architecture ba sed on the existing strategic foundations
- You lead the programme through accreditation and implementation in collaboration with internal and external partners
- You integrate innovative learning approaches, including challenge- and project-based learning, living labs, flexible learning pathways and emerging technologies
- You build and expand academic, research, industry and societal partnerships and strengthen European and cross border collaboration
- Following the programme launch, you assume academic and managerial responsibility for the programme, including its quality, personnel, budget and resources, teaching team and continuous development
Your offer to us
- Relevant higher-education qualification and strong academic or professional expertise in the programme’s thematic field; a degree at least at the master‘s level, PhD or equivalent preferred
- Substantial higher-education experience, ideally in curriculum development, programme management or academic leadership
- Experience in leading interdisciplinary development processes and translating strategic concepts into workable academic and organisational structures
- Strong partnership-building, communication and stakeholder-management skills in an international environment
- Excellent English and ideally good working knowledge of German
- Additional experience in international teaching, accreditation, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as challenge- or project-based learning, is an advantage
- Gender and diversity competence, an inclusive and critically reflective approach to discrimination, and a willingness to undertake further training in these areas
Our offer to you
- The study programme lead will be based in Hainburg in the future, although it will initially be located in St. Pölten
- A long-term employment in a modern, flexible work environment at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten with various work opportunities (e.g., remote work, creative spaces, etc.) as well as numerous benefits and further trainings
- The opportunity to actively contribute your own ideas to an innovative team and implement them
- More free time for our staff: additional special leave days from 24/12 to 31/12 as well as on Good Friday
- Permanent contract in an innovative, open-minded, and internationally oriented environment
- A gross annual salary that takes your qualifications into account: at least € 84.000,– (basis: 40 h/All-in)
We look forward to your application!
Your Recruiting Team
Please submit applications exclusively through our website.
For the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, the variety and diversity of its staff members is the key to innovation, success, and further development. We particularly welcome and give precedence to applications by qualified women, trans*, inter* and non-binary persons and persons with disability in case of equal suitability. We explicitly invite persons with a migration background to apply. We look forward to receiving your application!
