Vacature: Study Coach - BA Fotografie (0.3 fte)

What will you do

Studying in the BA Photography programme can be an enriching and transformative process. Study coaches support students in managing their studies throughout the programme. As students develop their conceptual and technical skills in preparation for the professional field, they draw on personal and lived experiences that inform and shape their work. In the process of discovering and developing their identities as makers and individuals, they may encounter study and personal challenges that affect their progress and development.

As a study coach, you support students to navigate their studies, and you are the first point of contact when challenges arise. Your role is to empower students so they can make the most of their studies. This includes supporting the student in developing study skills, as well as mental and emotional resilience and social and communication skills. It is your task as a study coach to create a trustworthy space where both successes and setbacks become stepping stones for growth.

Together with the student, you assess what is needed to support their study progress and provide them with the tools to do so. As part of your role, you monitor and help students maintain an overview of their study trajectory and study management. You address motivation issues or potential study delays. When needed, you provide guidance for mental and emotional challenges such as stress and fear of failure. In cases of exceptional or health-related circumstances, you advise the Head of the Department and student counsellor on adjusted study plans. Study coaches also address group dynamics within student classes, helping to foster cohesion, effective collaboration, and respect for different perspectives.

Working within the department, you understand the specific demands of the curriculum, allowing you to guide students effectively. You conduct both individual and group sessions, supporting students while maintaining strong connections with teachers and staff. Your role goes beyond traditional academic support – you'll help students tap into their authentic selves while preparing them for the realities of their chosen field.

Profile

• You have experience in (or affinity with) the professional field of photography, and/or art, design in higher (arts) education;
• Expertise in the field of study management and career guidance;
• Strong organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills, with an empathetic, respectful, and responsible approach;
• Ability to comfortably engage with diverse cultural and social backgrounds of an international student community;
• Ability to coach students individually and in interactive group sessions;
• Skills to motivate and reflect on students' learning processes;
• Ability to work both independently and in close collaboration with educational departments and other study coaches and with student counsellor, heads of departments, coordinators, teachers, and other professionals at the KABK to support student well-being;
• Awareness of personal limits and timely referral when necessary;
• Self-reflective and open to discuss complicated work-related dilemmas with colleagues;
• Continuously strive for improvement of your own coaching competencies, pedagogical skills and self-knowledge through
  training and (peer-) supervision.

What do we offer

KABK offers you an international and inspiring working environment and informal working culture. You will work closely with a remarkable group of students, dedicated teachers and two other study coaches. You will be part of a team that is helping develop the vision and execution of study coaching at this department. Regular peer supervision meetings will help you to stay in sync and develop professional and personal growth. We provide space for you to explore and develop your ideas and future visions in a supporting and dynamic environment. Within the department there is room for your own skills and viewpoints to contribute to the work that we are doing together.

At first, we offer a fixed-term contract for one-year, with the perspective a permanent appointment after two-year contracts. The position is classified as pay scale 10 under the Collective Agreement for Universities of Applied Sciences (CAO HBO). The salary amounts to a maximum of € 5,699.76 gross per month for a full-time appointment (scale 10), depending on education and work experience. Pending a review of the job profile, the position has been scaled to salary scale 10. The expectation is that with good performance and advanced job seniority, promotion to scale 11 could be possible in the future. The CAO has a generous leave scheme, 8% vacation allowance and 8.3% year-end bonus. You can also participate in a health insurance and/or a disability insurance on favourable conditions.

This vacancy is open internally and externally at the same time. In case of equal suitability, preference is given to internal candidates.

Within the Royal Academy of the Arts, we are working to create a community in which diversity and inclusion are the basic principles. We want the uniqueness of each individual to be recognised and welcomed within the school. We therefore invite you to apply and are curious to know who you are.