Level 1 Operational management

Managerial tasks and Leadership - Art of Engagement

• People management

  • Guides and coaches employees in tasks and development.
  • Takes responsibility for the well-being of employees by regularly asking about it with empathy and thinking along about solutions.
  • Gives effective and constructive feedback to employees and regularly asks for feedback themselves.
  • Can adapt leadership style to what the employee or the situation requires.
  • Focuses on a good division of work between employees, assesses (team) performance and monitors workload.
  • Promotes diversity and inclusion, stimulates social cohesion and ensures effective and stimulating collaboration in the team.
  • Proactively monitors physical and social safety in the team. 
  • Performs basic employer tasks in the HR domain, which usually includes annual consultations and monitoring of illness leave.

• Financial management

  Not in this role

• Process management

  • Carries out professional commissioning for projects. This means, among other things, communicating clearly about expectations, making timely decisions and good stakeholder management.
  • Monitors the quality and timely result of all substantive processes and projects under their own responsibility. 
  • Keeps an eye on continuous improvement of processes and takes the initiative for innovation of the chain where relevant.

• Strategic management

  Not in this role

• Leadership - Art of Engagement

  • Shows exemplary role in Art of Engagement:
    1. Contributes to the bigger picture
    2. Is bold and decisive
    3. Is clear and transparent
    4. Listens and gives room for growth
  • Reflects openly on their own actions and strengths/weaknesses, asks for feedback and invests in their own development. 
  • Is transparent about their own and other people's points for development.

Development and training

• Mandatory training for academic staff

  • Supervising PhD candidates
  • Recognizing (social) safety

• Mandatory training for support staff

  • Leadership for service providers
  • Recognizing (social) safety

• Further development

  • Annual consultation for managers
  • Effective dialogues (in Dutch only)
  • Individual coaching
  • Team coaching

Positions and roles

• Positions and roles of academic staff

  • Senior lecturer 2
  • Lecturer 1, 2
  • Teacher 1, 2, 3
  • Researcher 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Team lead
  • Chair of faculty examination board
  • Project lead
  • Co-supervisor of PhD candidates

  Cursive positions are not a formal UFO position but a VU-specific position or role.

• Positions and roles of support staff

  • Head of Department 4
  • Team Leader 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Managing Coordinator 3, 4
  • Substantive position with managerial aspect (including policy advisor; controller; project leader; IT consultant)

  Cursive positions are not a formal UFO position but a VU-specific position or role.

Four levels of leadership