Two members of the Supervisory Board

Are you eager to help strengthen and develop the Veluwezoom School Group in collaboration with the local community, and are you passionate about elementary education? Do you also meet the requirements for one of the two open positions? If so, we invite you to apply.

Current and future opportunities and challenges:

The Veluwezoom School Group is in good shape and aims to maintain and further strengthen this position. That is our focus;

• Maintaining and continuously developing a professional culture;
• Continue to develop our role as an internal and external network organization, including through collaboration with the surrounding community;
• To further develop the organization so that it can respond effectively to opportunities and challenges over the long term;
• Maintaining the upward trend in educational quality;
• Remaining an attractive employer in the region.

Profile of new supervisors

To capitalize on the opportunities and address the challenges outlined above, the Supervisory Board is seeking members who can contribute expertise in one of the following two areas:

1. Knowledge and experience in the legal and governance fields, preferably in the context of education. Supervisory experience is required.
2. A social or professional position that demonstrates a clear commitment to and knowledge of the social sector (e.g., academia, youth services, healthcare, social welfare, civil society). Supervisory experience is not required, provided you meet the other requirements.

For both positions, a connection to the region is required.

Personal profile

You are approachable and open-minded, with strong listening and self-reflective skills. You are able to express your opinions without losing touch with others. You enjoy being part of a learning organization and are open to learning. Your intention is to add value from your position. Your actions and behavior align with the values and organizational interests of Scholengroep Veluwezoom. You are inspiring and have a good sense of humor.

Required skills:

1. You have a bird's-eye view
2. You are informal when possible and formal when necessary;
3. You have a good sense of the dynamics within the governance structure
4. You have an independent mind, ask probing questions, and know how to evaluate answers on their merits;
5. You know how to balance engagement with maintaining a professional distance;
6. You are able to advocate for the organization’s interests while keeping social interests in mind;
7. You are confident in your role and focus on the big picture.

An overview of the organization

The Veluwezoom School Group is a foundation providing public elementary education in the municipalities of Rheden and Rozendaal. The foundation comprises 11 elementary schools, including one for special education, and serves an average of 1,800 students annually. It achieves this with a staff of approximately 175 dedicated and enthusiastic employees. All schools within the Veluwezoom School Group have the freedom to implement the shared vision in a way that suits their school, and they are forward-looking: they develop based on an ambition plan tailored to their environment, students, parents, and partners.They adopt a clear educational concept based on refining the Scholengroep’s mission: future-oriented education, the “I-you-we” vision, and fostering curiosity are developed and implemented in their own unique ways.

The Veluwezoom School Group is a network organization both internally and externally—a school group that continually shapes its identity together and is an attractive employer in the region. The Veluwezoom School Group views curiosity as a driving force for learning and development. Its public identity is expressed through “ikjijwij,” which stands for ownership, for self-aware and solution-oriented collaborative development, building, and learning. At the Veluwezoom School Group, we work in education and on educational quality in a way that is both unifying and connected, within a professional culture. The “ikjijwij” vision reflects the inclusive and open manner in which the group operates as a learning organization.

Governance

The articles of incorporation of the Veluwezoom School Group Foundation provide for a Supervisory Board structure. The Executive Board manages the foundation, and the Supervisory Board exercises comprehensive oversight of the Executive Board’s policies and the general affairs of the foundation. The Supervisory Board acts as the employer, serves as a sounding board, and assists the Executive Board with both solicited and unsolicited advice. The Supervisory Board consists of five members. In selecting the members of the Supervisory Board, the aim is to achieve diversity that reflects a sufficient range of the members’ social backgrounds.

For further information, please refer to the Articles of Incorporation of the Veluwezoom School Group.

Interested?

The Veluwezoom School Group is being assisted in this process by the executive search firm Colourful People. For more information about the Veluwezoom School Group, the positions, and the process, please contact Sandra Lutchman, a partner at Colourful People (06 40 74 40 74, S.Lutchman@colourfulpeople.nl).

You can express your interest by submitting a cover letter and resume via the "Apply" button on this page. Please indicate which of the two positions you are applying for. The application deadline for these positions is November 3 at 12:00 PM. The (virtual) preliminary interviews are scheduled for November 3 and 4. The interviews with the selection committee are scheduled for the week of November 14–18 and will take place at the Scholengroep Veluwezoom office.