Education Development Manager

The Bursar of the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University appoints a selection procedure for the position

Education Development Manager

(20-40 hours per week)

The Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University in Brno hosts the Central European Advanced Therapy and Immunotherapy Centre (CREATIC CoE), which is being established with support from the Horizon Europe Teaming for Excellence programme. The Centre was founded in collaboration with Fraunhofer IZI, Leipzig University and the University of Copenhagen.

Find out more about us on our website: www.creatic.muni.cz.

We are looking for a colleague to develop CREATIC’s professional education portfolio. Your role will be to identify and develop the educational potential of the expertise within our scientific, clinical and laboratory teams and work closely with subject-matter experts to translate this expertise into educational programmes for external target groups.

The scope of your work will be:

• Actively communicate with CREATIC’s expert teams to identify topics and know-how with the potential to inspire new educational activities.
• Coordinate educational activities to ensure they meet the needs of CREATIC CoE and its associated projects.
• Work with subject-matter experts to design and coordinate courses and other educational activities, including defining target groups, learning needs, learning objectives and outcomes, content, duration, format, teaching methods, and the necessary organisational and technical arrangements.
• Design evaluation methods for educational programmes, assess their quality and impact, and use the findings to inform their further development.
• Maintain an overview of existing courses, projects and expert outputs of CREATIC CoE and identify their potential for further use in both internal and external education.
• Coordinate the preparation and delivery of multiple educational activities running in parallel (courses, workshops, summer schools, etc.), from initial concept to evaluation, including scheduling and ensuring the necessary inputs, coordination and outputs.
• Develop the portfolio of professional internships and foster cooperation with institutions able to offer them.
• Contribute to the development of the CREATIC training platform and coordinate its educational content.
• Communicate with external partners and target groups, monitor their needs and identify new opportunities for educational collaboration.
• Consider the educational portfolio in terms of its attractiveness, practical applicability, sustainability and potential for external provision by CREATIC.

Required qualification:

• A completed university degree (Master’s level) in Adult Education or a related field (e.g. Education, Management, Human Resources Management).
• At least 3 years of experience in adult education, including practical experience in designing and developing educational programmes for adults; developing programmes from needs analysis and target group definition through learning objectives and outcomes to content, teaching methods, format and evaluation; and evaluating training activities and working with feedback.
• Demonstrable experience in or relevant expertise related to biomedicine, healthcare or the natural sciences.
• Excellent written and spoken Czech.
• Good command of English for communication in an international environment.
• Very good communication skills.
• The ability to work independently, perseverance, an appropriate level of assertiveness and the ability to see tasks through to completion.
• Experience with international projects and the Moodle LMS is an advantage.

We offer:

• Become part of a newly established international university centre, the only one of its kind in the Czech Republic, focusing on rare diseases affecting both paediatric and adult patients, for whom the Centre’s research offers greater hope of survival and a better quality of life.
• Access to expert support, new knowledge and experience, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Motivating work offering independence and responsibility within a friendly team.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee benefits, including a meal allowance or meal allowance in lieu of meals, six weeks of annual leave, a pension contribution, vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis and more.

Workplace: Campus Science Park Brno, Palachovo nám. 726/3, 62500 Brno
Type of contract: 1-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of further extension
Job type: 0,5 – 1,0 FTE (20-40 hours per week)
Gross Salary: 55 000 CZK (for full-time employment – a proportional amount for part-time employment)
Start date: as soon as possible, or by agreement

Please submit your application, including your CV and cover letter, via the online application form by the deadline specified above. Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic email confirmation of receipt.

For further information about the position, please contact PharmDr. Jitka Rychlíčková, Ph.D., BCPS, at the following email address: rychlickova@med.muni.cz