Level 2 Tactical management

Managerial tasks and Leadership - Art of Engagement

• People management

  1. Monitors responsible and diverse recruitment and selection, actively works towards diversity and application of Collective Labour Agreement (CAO)
  2. Encourages development and career planning of employees and facilitates deployment of everyone’s individual talents
  3. Coaches employees and teams in setting effective performance goals in line with strategy
  4. Invests proactively in the social cohesion of the team and creates a natural learning environment
  5. Takes clear decisions and proactively manages the division of tasks in order to clarify expectations and keep the workload healthy
  6. Conducts periodical strategic personnel planning and utilises succession management
  7. Informs employees proactively about organisational developments, policy and everyone’s responsibilities in these regards

• Financial management

  1. Draws up a budget for the project plan
  2. Actively and regularly manages budget spending and cost control
  3. Engages in the department’s budget processes and critically questions those involved on planning and spending
  4. Accounts for own budget and realisation in P&C cycle and reports on progress
  5. Always applies the second check principle in financial management

• Process management

  1. Carries out professional commissioning for programmes
  2. Monitors progress, quality and (financial) reporting of projects and programmes
  3. Invests in their own digital knowledge and applies it to strategy, planning and process management
  4. Monitors the safety and security of facilities (e.g. lab).

• Strategic management

  Not in this role.

• Leadership - Art of Engagement

  • Develops own leadership qualities proactively 
  • Takes responsibility for improving points raised in feedback

  Complies with the Art of Engagement in contributing to a collaborative culture at VU: 

  1. Contributes to the bigger picture
  2. Is bold and decisive 
  3. Is clear and transparent 
  4. Listens and gives room for growth
     

Development and competences

• Mandatory training for academic staff

  • Leadership and management development (programme - basic training)

• Mandatory training for support staff

  • Leadership and management development (programme - basic training)

• Further development

  • Management mentoring

  Training under construction

  • Management Skills Lab 

• Competences

  • Connecting 
  • Open communication 
  • Building trust 
  • Focusing on results 
  • Organisational sensitivity

Positions and roles

• Positions and roles of academic staff

  • Full Professor 1,2
  • Associate Professor 1
  • Section Head
  • Director of Studies

  Italics means it's not a formal UFO position but a VU-specific position or role.

• Positions and roles of support staff

  • Department Head 3
  • Operations Coordinator 1,2

Four levels of leadership