Job opportunity: Policy and Project Officer
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Policy and Project Officer.
Your main responsibilities:
- Management of the Register and support of the EQAR Register Committee
– Analyse applications and reports by (registered and applicant) quality assurance agencies
– Draft decisions on applications and change reports
– Communicate with agencies and review coordinators
– Review and update information and guidance for agencies - Maintenance and development of DEQAR
– Monitoring submission of reports by agencies
– Handling questions from agencies and end users
– Monitoring DEQAR integrations with partners (ETER, EDC, EBSI, some ENIC-NARICs) and keeping contact with those partners
– Managing further developments of DEQAR in cooperation with external software developers/contractors
– Maintaining the data on higher education institutions and alternative providers - Activities to support the realisation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), primarily in the context of projects EQAR is involved in (currently IMINQA, TPG-LRC CoRE, QA-FIT )
– Support desk research, analyses, surveys and reports related to quality assurance and recognition
– Plan and implement meetings and events (primarily targeting EHEA governments) on those topics
– Cooperate with project and other partners
Your ideal profile:
- At least three years’ experience in European higher education policy
- Prior experience in quality assurance of higher education or in a European or international environment is an asset
- Understanding or experience in the field of relational databases (SQL), basic web technologies (REST APIs) and relevant frameworks (DEQAR is based on Django REST framework) is an asset
- Outstanding organisational and communication skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Excellent command of English, eye for detail and experience in the drafting of both analytical and formal documents
- Good IT skills and mastery of standard office applications (spreadsheet, word processing, presentation)
- Skills in the field of statistics and related IT tools are an asset
- Available to travel within Europe occasionally (+/- 5 trips per year)