The Adriaan Roland Holstschool is looking for a rector who understands the unique characteristics of this private school and helps translate them into clear choices for the coming years. A leader who sees the warmth of the school, gives confidence to professionals and
students, and at the same time brings peace, direction, and accessibility. Someone who carefully looks at what is already growing, makes choices together, and ensures that plans do not remain on paper but become visible in the school’s daily practice.
Do you enjoy leading a school with a distinct pedagogical identity, a strong commitment, and room for individuality? Can you listen and choose, provide space and boundaries, and together with students and professionals build contemporary
free school education? Then we warmly invite you to apply and we would be happy to get to know you.
See the attachment for the complete profile sketch.
Job requirements
What qualities do you bring?
To fulfill the role properly, we specifically require that you:
- You have extensive management experience in (further) education or a comparable complex professional organization and are able to operate at a strategic level;
- You have a clear vision of good education and pedagogy, and are curious about the traditions and current developments of independent school education. Experience in these areas is welcome;
- You are visible, accessible, and relationship-oriented, with genuine interest in students, staff, and parents;
- You can connect different perspectives and organize support, without getting in the way of decision-making. You can make choices, explain them clearly, and ensure that decisions are also implemented;
- Professional space manages to combine clarity of framework and expectations. You encourage ownership and responsibility, while at the same time daring to intervene when quality, agreements, or the common interest so require;
- Have experience with culture and team development and contribute to a professional culture in which feedback, reflection and having difficult conversations become more commonplace;
- Translate course and plans into execution: you prioritize, establish structure, clearly allocate responsibilities, and keep track of progress. In doing so, you connect educational ambitions with organizational and business realities;
- Recruitment profile for Rector Adriaan Roland Holst School
- You are administrative and environment-conscious and bring calmness, firmness and a calm demeanor. You represent the school convincingly externally, remain steadfast even in the face of resistance, and keep the connection and conversation going.
Employment conditions
What do we offer?
- a school with a distinctive pedagogical profile, a rich tradition of independent schools and a strongly committed community of students and staff, in which broad development, creativity, social formation and cognitive learning are consciously interconnected;
- a lot of professional craftsmanship and the space to further shape contemporary independent school education together with colleagues, building on what is strong and taking into account what the future demands;
- a meaningful leadership commitment that brings together education, professional culture, organizational development, and business management, and in which you, as rector, can make a visible difference for the school and its position in the region;
- the opportunity to take the next step in professional collaboration, implementation power and collective leadership, without losing sight of the warmth, individuality and professional space that characterize the ARH;
- a role within VSVONH, together with the independent schools in Amsterdam and Haarlem, in which space for the school's own identity is combined with collegial cooperation and shared responsibility for strong and future-proof independent school education.
You are appointed under the VO collective agreement, scale 15. Upon appointment, you will receive a temporary appointment of 1 year with the prospect of a permanent appointment. The size of your position is 1.0 FTE and the target start date is March 1, 2027, or as
early as possible thereafter.
Furthermore, you can count on:
• an end-of-year bonus of 8.33% and holiday pay of 8% of your salary;
• pension building at the ABP;
• 10 weeks of vacation per year;
• reimbursement of travel and telephone costs;
• choice of various allowances within the cost-of-living scheme.
Application information
More information
More information about the school can be found on the ARH website. Information about the foundation can be found via VSVONH. Questions can be asked to Evelien Ketelaar (06 52686116) or Joanne Klumpers (06 55286928) from Buro Hebe or via secretariaat@burohebe.nl.<br>
Application and receipt confirmation
VSVONH is opening this vacancy for internal and external candidates. Please send your application letter to Mr. M. Mahangi (governor of VSVONH) and send it with your CV to secretariaat@burohebe.nl. The closing date is October 22, 2026.
Pre-selection and selection interviews
During the pre-selection process, you can be approached by the advisor of Buro Hebe for an introductory meeting, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of your interests and experience. On October 29, 2026, the Appointments Advisory Committee will determine which
candidates will be invited for an initial interview.
There will be two rounds of selection interviews with the Nominations Advisory Committee:
- the first round of talks on November 3, 2026;
- the second round of talks on November 10, 2026.
The advisor of Buro Hebe acts as an independent facilitator in these discussions.
Candidates who are invited for a second interview receive an invitation for a personality analysis based on Fitch. References are also included at this stage of the procedure.
Decision-making and the employment conditions meeting
The decision-making process will take place on or shortly after November 10, 2026. The discussion regarding employment conditions will follow as soon as possible thereafter. The goal is to complete the procedure by December 1, 2026.