Head of Unit for Quality Assurance and Educational Development at Roskilde University

Would you like to help build and develop a new unit that will consolidate and strengthen the university's work with quality, education, and data?

As the head of our new unit for Quality Assurance and Educational Development, you will play a central role in guiding how Roskilde University works with quality assurance, educational development, analysis, and strategic decision support. You will have responsibility for a professionally strong team and the opportunity to shape the new unit's professional profile, collaborations, and the way it creates value for the university.

At Roskilde University we are currently undergoing a major reorganization, reforming our education programs, and will soon undergo institutional accreditation. You will play a central role in these changes and tasks by translating strategy into practice, strengthening data-informed development, and ensuring that the university's programs continue to live up to high quality ambitions.

As the unit head you must both ensure stable and professional operations and help shape how the new unit should function and create value: among other things by setting a clear professional direction, enabling different competencies to work together, and strengthening collaboration with management, institutes, study boards, and subject communities.”

The management group in StudieLiv, of which you will become part, prioritizes a strong and trusted internal collaboration – and with our leadership colleagues in the other shared administration and the institutes.

You create results by

• setting the strategic direction for the university's work with quality assurance and educational development
• ensuring the development and maintenance of the university's quality system
• supporting ongoing quality work through evaluations, follow-up, and development of processes
• ensuring professional support for accreditations, pre-qualifications, and the development of new programs
• supporting changes and further development of existing programs
• translating educational data and analyses into a strong basis for decisions and priorities
• developing and coordinating efforts for student well-being and dropout prevention in close collaboration with student guidance, institutes, and subject communities
• creating direction, engagement, and well-being for the unit's staff
• driving development and change processes across the organization

We envision that you

• are a clear and trustworthy leader who sets direction and creates space for strong professional work
• can move confidently between strategy, operations, and development
• have experience with quality assurance, educational development, analysis, or similar complex development tasks
• can make complex issues understandable and translate them into concrete processes and solutions
• work analytically and see the value in solid data-informed decision support
• are strong in relationships and can build support across professional and organizational boundaries
• have experience with leadership and developing employees and professional environments
• thrive being close to both daily operations and larger strategic issues.

Knowledge of the university sector is an advantage but not a requirement. The most important is that you can lead in a complex organization and are eager to make a difference for the university's core task.

About the unit

The Unit for Quality Assurance and Educational Development is responsible for the university's quality system and supports the development of both new and existing education programs. The unit works with teaching evaluations, accreditation, pre-qualification, student well-being, dropout prevention, as well as analysis and dissemination of educational data.

Common to the tasks is the ambition to make the university even better at using knowledge, data, and expertise to develop high-quality education for the benefit of our students and the surrounding society.

About the StudieLiv Department

In StudieLiv there are six units, each with its own leader, a deputy director, and about 100 staff. As part of the management group, you are expected to actively contribute to the development of the overall administration at Roskilde University. You will work closely with the other managers in the department, the university's administrative areas, and the academic environments at the institutes.

More information

You are welcome to contact Bitta Nielsen, Deputy Director for Education, [email protected] or mobile 51489358 for more information about the position. You can read more about Roskilde University at: www.ruc.dk

Terms of employment

Employment is in accordance with the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC or another relevant agreement. The position is classified as chief consultant with personnel responsibility or in relation to the organizational agreement for clerical staff, technicians, and IT employees in the state (HK) with placement in the group 'Special positions'. There will be an opportunity to negotiate any allowances.

This is a full-time position of 37 hours per week with reference to the Deputy Director for Education. Expected start date is January 1, 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

In accordance with the directive on pay transparency, the salary ranges for the different job categories at Roskilde University are provided here .

Application

Apply for the position at https://ruc.dk/ledige-stillinger-pa-roskilde-universitet/

The application must include

• Motivational letter
• CV
• Documentation of education

The application deadline is October 25, 2026.

Materials received after the deadline will not be considered.

We will hold 1st interviews on October 30 and 2nd interviews on November 13. You must be prepared for testing between the two interviews.

Roskilde University wishes to reflect the surrounding society and invites everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply with us.

The recruitment process at Roskilde University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires that ensure the safety, compliance and integrity of the workplace.

Roskilde University’s foremost task is to offer experimental, innovative forms of learning, research, and problem solving that move society forward. We educate competent interdisciplinary graduates and generate scientific results of the highest quality through openness, involvement, and knowledge sharing.

Roskilde University has about 6,900 students, 900 staff, and 888 million DKK in annual turnover.