Project Manager

About the company

We have a vacancy for a temporary two-year position as a project manager with the possibility of a one-year extension at Institutt for lærerutdanning og skoleforskning (ILS). The position is linked to the unit for Forskning, Innovasjon og kompetanseutvikling i skolen (FIKS) at ILS. FIKS is part of UiO's postgraduate and continuing education offering (EVU).

Your tasks

As a project manager, you will work as part of a team where the main goal is to contribute to competence development in partnership between FIKS and schools, municipalities, and county municipalities through the grant scheme for collective competence development (TKK). The activities shall contribute to strengthening professional communities in or between schools and increase the capacity of schools and school owners to conduct long-term development work.

• Lead and coordinate partnerships in collaboration with local school owners
• Map and analyze competence needs and develop, implement, and evaluate adapted competence development measures in collaboration with partners
• Provide professional guidance to school owners, school leaders, and teachers and contribute relevant research and knowledge bases
• Coordinate professional contributors and ensure necessary project follow-up and documentation
• Contribute to FIKS' professional events, knowledge dissemination, and conference activities
• Collaborate with professional environments at ILS/UiO and external actors

Requirements

FIKS has five full-time employees and several part-time employees with experience as teachers and school leaders. We are seeking employees with experience from the school sector, competence in school development, and experience in driving development processes in schools.

What competence must you have?

• Relevant pedagogical education from a university or college, preferably at the master's level. School leadership education and relevant leadership experience from school operations will be emphasized. Particularly relevant practical competence can compensate for the requirement for education level. Experience from teaching in primary or secondary school
• Experience from various roles within school development
• Good written and oral presentation skills in Norwegian and English
• Good knowledge of professional terms and perspectives within educational policy and educational science

In addition, we wish that you have formal competence in guidance and/or educational leadership.

What are we looking for in you? The position presupposes a high degree of independence and good collaborative skills. Therefore, we are looking for you who

• Quickly create good relationships
• Work in a structured, systematic, and goal-oriented manner
• Have an analytical approach to professional knowledge
• Are good at translating theory into practice
• Have the ability to inspire and motivate
• Are agile and oriented towards finding good solutions
• Communicate well orally and in writing

Personal suitability will be emphasized.

What we offer

We will provide accommodations if you have a need for it. Current accommodations may, for example, be changes in working hours, adaptation of work tasks, digital, technical, or physical accommodations, or other practical adjustments.

In addition to working in a large and important knowledge organization, you will receive, among other things:

• Exciting tasks in a pleasant and dynamic working environment with very good opportunities for professional and personal development
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities
• Flextime, and summer hours between May and September
• Opportunity for up to 1.5 hours per week of trening i arbeidstiden
• Medlemskap in Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with favorable mortgage loans and good insurance schemes
• Andre ansattgoder, such as kindergartens, corporate sports clubs, and art clubs
• Salary as a project manager, position code 1113, within a salary range from NOK 770,000 to NOK 840,000, depending on your competence and experience.
• From the salary, 2 percent is deducted as statutory contribution to Statens Pensjonskasse.

How to apply

• Cover letter where you clearly demonstrate your motivation for working with us
• CV
• Copy of diplomas and certificates
• Name and contact information for 2-3 references (name, affiliation to applicant, email address, and telephone number)

Applications with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment platform Jobbnorge. Please note that all documentation must be in Norwegian/Scandinavian or English.

Note: We encourage you to use the free-text field when filling out your CV in Jobbnorge, with a short summary of which tasks and experience you have from previous employment. This helps us to get as good a picture of you and your qualifications as possible.

When you apply for the position, we ask you to retrieve your educational results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your educational results are not available via Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your diplomas or transcripts.

Other

The position is temporary and presupposes further external funding during the two-year period.

For other information about the scheme, see våre nettsider

Some travel activity must be expected.

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