Head of Jewellery-Linking Bodies for 16 hours (0.4 fte) per week (m/f/x)

The Gerrit Rietveld Academy is looking for an:
Head of Jewellery-Linking Bodies for 16 hours (0.4 fte) perweek (m/f/x)

The organization
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is a small-scale, independent internationally oriented university of applied sciences for visualarts and design. The Academy is characterised by research-based and experimental art education, where department heads, teachers, workplace specialists, students and staff jointly shape and give substance to education and research. Diversity and inclusion,ecology and sustainability are important focal points of the Academy and therefore guide the actions of members of the Academy community.
You can find the code of conduct here: Code of Conduct - Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Students at the Rietveld Academy come from 55 different countries, making the Academy a diverse community.
The daily organisation of the Academy is in the hands of the Executive Board and the director bachelor's education and workshops,
director of masters and research and the director of operations. The Academy has about 350 employees.

Diversity
We strive for diversity and recruit colleagues from groups currently underrepresented in our teaching. In case of equal suitability, we give preference to a candidate who strengthens the diversity within our team.

The Jewellery-Linking Bodies department
The Jewellery - Linking Bodies Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie holds an unique position by approaching jewellery as an independent art form at the crossroads of applied and fine arts. This intersection gives students space to explore and push the boundaries of disciplines — from jewellery to broader artistic practices. The department investigates in detail what puts us into relation.
Central to the department is a shared “jewellery attitude”: a sensitivity to tactility, detail, care, scale, and context. Outcomes range from jewellery and body-related objects to performances, sculptures, and installations. Personal artistic development and collective practice are both essential.
Jewellery is viewed as an intimate, body-related medium with social and political potential. Its closeness to the skin, mobility, and scale support experimentation with materials, techniques, and sustainability — raising questions around material ethics and broader ecological, social, and historical contexts.
Students learn technical skills and explore materials under the guidance of diverse tutors. The curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary projects, both within the academy and through collaborations with external partners like museums, hospitals, communities, and universities — highlighting the field’s social and artistic relevance.
Please copy/paste the link see: https://rietveldacademie.nl/en/page/380/jewellery---linking-bodies and: https://www.jewellerydepartment.nl/

What will you do, among other things?
- You combine your own vision of the constantly changing developments within art and art education, and the related discourse, and translate this into educational content and teaching methods.
- You create an inclusive, safe and inspiring learning and working environment.
- You will plan and organize teaching, assessment and settlement, faculty deployment and the department's connection to Academy-wide programmes.
- You will be responsible for the department's budget.
- You clearly communicate the department's core values both within the department, in the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and outside.
- You will participate in consultation and coordination with the other department heads, staff departments and the director.
- You will contribute to the broad development of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
- Within the appointment as head of department, you also provide teaching, or other educational activities.
- You will be present at the Academy for two days and at flexible times where necessary for e.g. open days, exams, assessments, etc.

What kind of profile do you have?
- You are an artist with an active practice in contemporary Jewellery or a great affinity with the field and its material. Atleast five years of professional experience in the field is essential to fulfil this role with sufficient vision.
- You are someone who is able to tie into and expand on the department’s archive and history and able to broaden the subject of Jewellery- Linking Bodies.
- You have an active national and international network that can expand and develop the department’s content and connect it with
relevant institutions.
- You have the ability to analyze developments, make innovative proposals, set long-term directions and motivate others to contribute and expand on a vision collectively- engaging in collaborations with the core team and students, while providing care and attention to individual positions and needs.
- You are able to work within the existing structures, guidelines and processes, taking into account the wider objectives and context of the Academy as well as interdepartmental relations.
- You cope well with changes in priorities or circumstances, you look for alternative solutions when things go differently than expected and you are open to new perspectives.
- A head of department is a leader with organizing skills, someone who cares and contributes to the development of a team of
teachers.

So people skills matter:
 - You foster a close-knit team by making best use of qualities, organizing consultations and knowledge sharing, discussing
progress, improving cooperation and taking into account the feelings, needs and backgrounds of others.
- You match your leadership style to the capabilities, wishes and situation of the employee by making concrete agreements, offering support and feedback, and being open to mutual feedback.
- You have the sensitivity to appreciate diversity, recognize prejudice, promote inclusiveness and create a working environment where everyone feels treated equally and respected-recognizing that it is an ongoing labour as opposed to a static position.
- You can reflect on your own performance and that of the organisation, you use feedback and new insights to stimulate development.
- You have experience in teaching and pedagogical skills to create a positive and supportive learning environment for students.
- If you do not have EU nationality, you must have the appropriate residence and work permit. If you do not live in the Netherlands, you will need an RNI/BSN number.

Employment conditions
- According to the Collective Labour Agreement for Higher Professional Education, the position is graded in scale 13, which has a maximum of €7.495 gross per month based on a full-time appointment (40 hours per week). The scale salary offered is determined on the basis of knowledge and experience.
- Good fringe benefits include a year-end bonus of 8.3%, a very generous number of holidays, leave arrangements and development opportunities such as coaching, teaching qualification programmes and Dutch.
- An allowance for travel expenses from 10 kilometres.
- We offer a one-year contract, with the intention of converting this into a permanent position after a maximum of four years, if
suitable.

Interested?
Please copy/past this link to visit the application page:

Head of Jewellery - Linking Bodies 16 hours (0.4 fte) per week (m/f/x) - Gerrit Rietveld Academie

To ensure that we assess all candidates' suitability for the position in the same way, we do not ask you for a CV or cover letter. Instead, we will ask all candidates the same questions, which will give us insight into how well you meet the job requirements. Please pay enough attention to filling in; this is the only information we will judge you on in this round.

If you have any questions please contact Miriam Bestebreurtje, director of bachelors education at
miriam.bestebreurtje@rietveldacademie.nl

You can respond until May 15.

You will hear in the week of May 29 whether you will be invited for an interview. The first interview round will take place on Friday June 6, the second interview round is planned on Friday morning June 13. Please keep these dates available.

Acquisition in response to this advertisement is not appreciated