{"id":3162,"date":"2026-06-22T15:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/vacatures\/teamleider-onderwijs-kwaliteit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:19:21","slug":"team-leader-education-quality","status":"publish","type":"rms_vacatures","link":"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/vacatures\/teamleider-onderwijs-kwaliteit\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Leader Education &amp; Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><em><strong>OVO Zaanstad is looking for a skilled and connecting<br>\nTeam Leader Education &amp; Quality.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<em>Generalist\/Connector\/Director | Navigator | Advisor&nbsp;<\/em><br>\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left\">As an Education &amp; Quality advisor and working manager, would you like to strengthen the Education &amp; Quality department team and directly contribute to the quality assurance and educational development of the foundation with eight schools? Then this is your chance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n<br>\n<strong>The vacancy&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nOVO Zaanstad is seeking an Education &amp; Quality Team Leader with an inquisitive and critical mindset who can implement and drive our direction and ambitions in the area of quality assurance and educational development. As an content director, you will oversee the strategic direction and provide strategic advice to the board and management regarding bottlenecks, opportunities, and internal and external developments. By utilising educational data with accompanying analysis and interpretation, you will ensure the PDCA cycle for educational quality. Where necessary, you will support schools and management in setting this up. As Team Leader for E&amp;Q, you will contribute to quality assurance within OVO Zaanstad and its schools. The E&amp;Q team also guides cross-school trajectories and projects on various themes. The E&amp;Q team provides support with accountability to various stakeholders, such as the Supervisory Board and the Inspectorate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<strong>These are your main duties as a Maintenance and Operations Team Leader:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<br>\n<strong>Leadership&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nYou lead a small, cohesive team of three collaborating advisors within OVO Service in an inspiring and connecting way, finding the right balance between direction, support, and autonomy. In your leadership role, you are part of the OVO Service Management Team. In this role, you regularly liaise with the other management team members regarding organisation-wide developments, policy issues, and the further development of services. In addition, you are also a colleague involved in projects and processes, including supporting schools with data-driven working. You are adept at managing these different roles.&nbsp;<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Dialogue partner schools and administration&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nYou are a loyal, critical and expert discussion partner for schools and boards to interpret already available data correctly and contribute to the improvement of the data architecture and data accessibility for the purpose of improving educational quality and the associated PDCA cycle. In addition, you advise boards and schools on relevant quality issues and policy developments based on relevant short- and long-term developments.&nbsp;<br>\n<strong>&nbsp;<br>\nData analysis, translation to interventions, and monitoring&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nYou translate data analyses into advice and interventions for school practice, and ensure clear interpretation and monitoring thereof for the board and management.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Developing plans and policies&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nDrawing on your knowledge and vision of education and school organisations, you develop (multi-year) plans and policies surrounding current educational themes. You draw up implementation plans and oversee their execution. You also evaluate and test the effectiveness of existing policy. You work on a project basis and follow the PDCA cycle.&nbsp;<br>\n&nbsp;<br>\n<strong>Supervising schools and cross-school projects&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nYou inventory common questions from schools, provide guidance in developing policy intentions and practical research. In addition, you advise schools on how to develop and secure educational innovations. You also co-shape, provide content for, and lead supra-school projects on educational quality.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li><em>Coaching and mentoring quality assurance staff in schools&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\nYou coach and guide quality assurance staff at the schools in shaping and realising the quality ambitions.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li><em>Networking and raising current developments&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\nYou actively participate in regional and national consultations, such as the education region, and put societal, political, and demographic developments concerning education and quality on the agenda for OVO Zaanstad. With the O&amp;K team, you further develop expertise and networks to provide good services to schools.&nbsp;<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<strong>About OVO Zaanstad&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nTogether for good education, that is our course until 2028. We connect theory with practice and offer tailor-made education for every student in the region. This way, we prepare students for their place in society. OVO Zaanstad has eight public secondary schools in Zaanstad: from practical education to gymnasium. Our 800 employees are jointly responsible for the education of more than 6,000 students. We want these employees to continue to develop in a pleasant and collegial working atmosphere characterised by openness, transparency, mutual appreciation and intensive cooperation. OVO Service supports and facilitates the board of directors and the eight schools of OVO Zaanstad. With 35 employees from various departments (HRM, Finance, Facilities, and Education &amp; Quality), OVO Service helps to realise OVO Zaanstad's ambitions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job requirements<\/h2><strong>This you take with you&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>You possess an academic level of working and thinking. In practice, this is reflected in a clear vision of good education, an inquisitive attitude, and skills in monitoring and interpreting data.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You have experience with data-informed working, both qualitative and quantitative, to improve educational quality, and are familiar with the inspectorate's research framework and relevant legislation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You have knowledge of and experience with Dutch education, practical research and policy development. You follow relevant external educational developments and know how to connect them with the OVO direction.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You have leadership qualities that are suited to an independent and closely collaborating team of consultants.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You quickly get an overview of complex matters, can easily see connections between different trajectories and processes, and know how to link them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You possess good managerial sensitivity and serve as a critical sparring partner (critical friend) for the board, schools, and management team colleagues.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You work proactively, are results-oriented, have strong communication skills (both verbal and written), and enjoy collaborating based on connection with others. You are objective, open, and approachable in this regard.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You can quickly switch between policy advisory tasks, cyclical work, and executive tasks, and you also perform well under (time) pressure. You can prioritise effectively and switch between different roles and tasks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You can reflect well, inspire, and put things into perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employment conditions<\/h2><strong>OVO offers&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nWe offer you a fixed-term contract with the prospect of a permanent position. Your salary will be in accordance with scale 12 of the CAO VO (up to \u20ac7,313 for full-time employment). In addition, we offer a generous annual leave scheme, 8% holiday pay and an end-of-year bonus\nof 8.33%. In addition, you will receive an annual individual flexi-budget of 90 hours for full-time employment, to be spent on time off and\/or money, as well as professional development hours. You\u2019ll also receive a commuting allowance, a laptop and a mobile phone\non loan, and there\u2019s the option to work from home part of the time. OVO Zaanstad is strongly committed to your personal growth and offers you numerous opportunities for development. For example, we offer you every opportunity to undertake various training courses and gain certifications\n. We are keen to help you progress, so that you can help us progress.&nbsp;<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application information<\/h2><strong>Interested?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nWould you like to use your knowledge in a challenging role with professional scope and responsibility? Then send your application by\n<strong>14 August 2026<\/strong> je cv en je motivatie naar p&#101;&#110;o-o&#118;o&#64;ovo&#45;zaans&#116;a&#100;.&#110;l&#32;ter attentie van Mw. B. van Nieuwenhuizen.&nbsp;<br>\nIf you have any questions regarding this vacancy, we would prefer to receive them at the aforementioned email address. Due to the school holidays, our response time may be slightly longer. Naturally, we will answer all questions as quickly as possible, by the week of 10 August at the latest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVO Zaanstad is op zoek naar een kundige en verbindende Teamleider Onderwijs &amp; Kwaliteit.&nbsp; Generalist\/Verbinder\/Regisseur | Duider | Adviseur&nbsp; &nbsp; Wil jij als adviseur Onderwijs &amp; Kwaliteit en meewerkend leidinggevende het team van de afdeling Onderwijs &amp; Kwaliteit versterken en direct een bijdrage leveren aan de kwaliteitszorg en onderwijsontwikkeling van de stichting met acht scholen?<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/onderwijsregiohollandsnoorden.nl\/en\/vacatures\/teamleider-onderwijs-kwaliteit\/\" title=\"Lees meerTeamleider Onderwijs &amp; Kwaliteit\">... 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