Programme manager MSc programmes (temporary)

Are you an experienced programme manager with a passion for supporting quality education with a mission? Then you could be the next programme manager MSc programmes at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). 

As part of our international programme management team, you support quality education and help to create a great experience for the students.

At the Education Services department of RSM, we are currently looking for a programme manager MSc programmes for a period of one year, starting 1 August 2026 (exact date can be discussed). 

This vacancy is for temporary cover and is for 0.8-1.0 FTE (4-5 days per week). We require that you work on campus at least two days per week. On the other days, you may work from home. To ensure easier hybrid working, we provide you with a laptop and accessories. 

As the programme manager MSc programmes, you manage a portfolio of 12-month and/or 18-month Master of Science programmes. Additionally, you contribute to the enjoyable study experience of our MSc students and participate in a friendly and collaborative team. As a member of the RSM Education Services department, you work in our offices on the fifth floor of Mandeville Building on the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) Woudestein Campus. 

In this role you: 

• Ensure the correct and timely registration of students in programmes, courses and exams
• Act as the main point of contact for students for logistical and organisational issues
• Liaise with the academic director and teachers to provide an optimal support structure for the respective programmes
• Implement elements of the quality control cycle, e.g., course evaluations
• Liaise with departmental colleagues on relevant issues e.g., scheduling staff, examination board, international office, admissions team, and career centre
• Liaise with partner schools
• Organise programme-related events, e.g., introductory activities for new students
• Actively support incoming and outgoing student mobility
• Provide help and general advice on all aspects of the master thesis
• Create regular reports
• Actively suggest and implement process improvements and contribute to updating our existing process documentation
• Contribute to education-related special projects
• Contribute to marketing and recruitment activities
• Create an enjoyable study experience for master students
• Travel occasionally, nationally and internationally, including overnight stays.  

Your qualifications include: 

• Minimum Dutch HBO degree or equivalent
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English (minimum CEFR level C1: read, write, speak, and comprehend) and advanced knowledge of Dutch (minimum CEFR level B1: read and comprehend)
• Advanced knowledge of and experience with the MS Office suite, especially Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and, ideally, Teams and SharePoint
• Ideally, you have experience in academic programme management and/or academic project management. 

Your competences include: 

• Optimistic and strong problem-solving attitude
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Good organisation and time-management skills
• Ability to liaise effectively and efficiently with students, academic directors, instructors, team colleagues, and other RSM and EUR colleagues
• Customer-friendly attitude
• Ability to cope with demanding students
• Talent for dealing with a busy, dynamic working environment and unexpected, new challenges as they arise
• Aptitude for working in and dealing with international environments
• Affinity with (higher) education. 

We offer you: 

• A vacancy that is interesting for early career high potentials
• Development opportunities to grow your career and programme management skills in a top mission-driven European business school
• A role in a supportive, international team
• Excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

The start date of this position is 1 August 2026 and you will be based at Campus Woudestein in Rotterdam. This position is for 0.8 fte - 1 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and it ranges from a minimum of € 3,546 to a maximum of € 5,538 gross per month Scale 8 to 10 on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. 

We offer you a contract for a period of one (1) year.

See below to discover everything else we can offer you:

• Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!
• Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.
• Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.
• Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.
• Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 4.100 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.
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RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.

Together with your MSc programme management team members, you support the educational processes of around 3,000 international and Dutch students in 15 Master of Science programmes. You are part of an international, diverse team. You have eight direct colleagues and have frequent online and face-to-face contact with students, teaching faculty, neighbouring teams, and occasionally external parties. You are available to occasionally work evenings or weekends and travel nationally (2-3 x per year) and internationally (1-2 x per year). 

The department is headed by two cluster leads and consists of several teams such as programme management, schedulers, recruitment and admissions, study advice, learning consultants, exchange office, examination board support, and a career centre. Altogether, there are around 65 employees working in RSM Education Services. 

As this is a temporary position with at least two days per week mandatory presence on campus, we can only consider candidates who already have housing in the region and speak both English and Dutch at the required level. 
 
For more information about the position, please contact Team Lead MSc Programme Management, Annemarieke Dumay-Roest via dumay@rsm.nl. 

Apply 

Please submit your application, consisting of a letter of motivation and a CV (both in PDF format), by 21 June, end of day. Applications without a letter of motivation cannot be considered. 

Interviews with selected candidates will take place on Friday, 26 June and/or Friday, 3 July. The ideal start date for the position is 1 August 2026. 

Acquisition is not appreciated.