Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning

You will establish and lead the AHK’s newest department, dedicated to promoting educational innovation, faculty development, and knowledge sharing through digitization and professionalization. You will contribute to achieving the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan 2024–2029. This Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is currently the only one of its kind in the Netherlands within the field of arts education. 

What will you be doing? You will:

• Defines the CTL’s strategy and builds an accessible, visible, and sustainable knowledge and networking hub that connects educational innovation, professional development, and knowledge sharing.
• Leads program managers and staff at the CTL and facilitates collaboration within the Amsterdam University of the Arts and the national arts and education sector.
• Works with the Education Department, the Research Center, and the research groups to align educational innovation and practice-oriented research with the Strategic Agenda.
• Advises the board and academic departments on faculty development, educational innovation, and knowledge sharing, and implements the CTL plan within the budget and grant conditions of DUS-I/Npuls.
• Leads the CTL program team of six faculty members, oversees educational innovation projects, and fosters collaboration and co-creation among faculty members and program directors from various disciplines.
• Fosters an open, safe, and inquisitive work culture that embraces diversity, experimentation, failure, growth, and artistic identity, tailored to the learning needs of colleagues.

What are you bringing?

As head of the Centre for Teaching and Learning, you will bring together faculty and researchers within the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) to foster innovation in arts education and research and create synergy. You are a unifying leader who speaks the language of both artistic practice and education and moves seamlessly between vision and practice. You:

• Has experience in higher education and understands faculty development, learning environments, curriculum development, and quality culture.
• Drives change in complex organizations thanks to experience in leadership, budget management, and accountability procedures.
• Promotes co-creation, community building, and a learning- and research-oriented practice within the academies.
• Sees digitization as a means to achieve accessible, creative, and inclusive education, not as an end in itself.
• Cherishes diversity in perspectives, traditions, and teaching practices, and values both craftsmanship and imagination in art education.
• Communicates openly, empathetically, and in an inviting manner; is able to engage people in the change process; and builds lasting networks both within and outside the AHK.

This is us 

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is the place where faculty development, knowledge sharing, and educational innovation are systematically strengthened. 

About the department 

The CTL is a new initiative within the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) in collaboration with Npuls and reports to the Deputy Director of Education & Research at the service bureau. You will work closely with all departments within the service bureau, and specifically with the Education Department and the Research Centre, on matters related to education (and innovation), faculty development, knowledge sharing, and the role of research in these areas. 

Click on the following links for more information aboutNpulsandCTL. 

Here's what we offer

We offer an inspiring work environment in the heart of Amsterdam. The position is a 0.5 or 0.6 FTE role. The position is classified in scale 13 of the HBO collective bargaining agreement, with a gross monthly salary ranging from a minimum of €6,154 to a maximum of €7,495 for full-time employment.

The AHK offers attractive employment conditions in accordance with the collective labor agreement for higher professional education (CAO-HBO), including an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, an ABP pension plan, a generous vacation policy, generous travel allowance, and opportunities for further education and professional development. A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is required for this position.

Interested?

Does this profile sound like you? If so, please send us your cover letter and resume by January 4, 2026 to vacature-sb@ahk.nl. The first interviews will take place on Monday, January 12, 2026. If you have any questions, please contact: Katinka van Vuure, Assistant Director of Education & Research, AHK Service Bureau, katinka.vanvuure@ahk.nl.

Diversity & Inclusion

The AHK is deeply rooted in society and is committed to diversity and equal opportunity. We welcome employees from diverse backgrounds and strive to create an inclusive work environment where everyone feels safe and respected.

We prefer to assemble our team ourselves and therefore will not be considering any recruitment proposals in response to this job posting.