Director Hfml-felix

**Description vacancy - summary**:
**The organization**
From January 2025, HFML-FELIX will become a national research institute and a partnership between seven Dutch universities and the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO-I). Since 2012, HFML-FELIX has been a collaboration between Radboud University and NWO-I, both of whom will stay structurally involved in the new setting. We are now looking for a new director to steer this new partnership and institute through the transition, while delivering state-of-the-art technological developments and groundbreaking discoveries in high magnetic fields and intense, tunable electromagnetic radiation.

HFML-FELIX has a large-scale open-access research infrastructure that combinines high scientific, innovative and societal impact. Its mission is to perform groundbreaking research by enabling molecules and materials to be taken to the extremes of modern-day technology both in terms of (persistent) magnetic field strength and intense radiation in the infrared and terahertz (THz) range of the electromagnetic spectrum. By pushing the limits of these technologies to the extremes, researchers gain significant new insight into the nature of matter. To achieve the long-term ambition, the strategic developments are aligned with the three pillars: Discover, Innovate and Operate.

**The position**
As scientific and general director you are responsible for the scientific mission and national scientific programme of the institute and partnership. You report to the Governing Board of the partnership. You have a proven track record as an internationally recognized scientist in the field of molecular or materials science and are capable of running a state-of-the art large scale research infrastructure. You will work with a managing director responsible for the institute’s operational management and you can rely on a management team with representatives of the pillars Discover, Innovate and Operate.

The director also needs to connect strongly with the university partners, through the Scientific Programme Council of the partnership, and on a one-on-one basis. Expanding the contributions from the universities to the partnership in the first five years is a specific task the Governing Board of HFML-FELIX entrusts the director with. International representation is also an important part of being the institute’s director, especially as HFML-FELIX plays a national and international role within the relevant scientific disciplines as part of the National Dutch Roadmap and the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap. At the European level, HFML-FELIX is embedded in important pan-European infrastructure networks - EMFL, LEAPS, ARIE, FELs of Europe and Laserlab Europe -, resulting in its participation in many European projects within Horizon Europe and providing a solid basis for initiating and participating in new consortia in the future.

HFML-FELIX is one of ten NWO-I research institutes, its directors meet monthly to maintain a fruitful connection between all institutes and develop the common agenda for NWO-I.

**Job profile**:
**1. Position**
HFML-FELIX is looking for a director to lead the national institute and national partnership through its first five to ten years. Although HFML-FELIX exists already for some time, it is now entering a new phase and starts on January 1st, 2025, as an alliance between the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and Radboud University and as partnership with six other Dutch universities. This requires a director who can further develop the young partnership and expand the participation of already committed and newly involved universities. We are looking for a director who can steer the institute and partnership through this transition phase and lead the institute together with the institute manager and the management team.

**2. About HFML-FELIX**
HFML-FELIX is a Dutch national research institute as a partnership between Radboud University and six other Dutch universities and the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO-I). It employs scientists, technicians and support staff, in total about 100 people.

To achieve the long-term ambition, the strategic developments are based on the three pillars:

- _Discover - a leading national scientific programme around research themes_

The national scientific programme is organized around major scientific areas and defined in research themes where HFML-FELIX can be truly world-leading and where the unique experimental environment can be fully exploited. The themes are regularly evaluated and adapted in close consultation with the partners. The long-term engagement with the partners unlocks the next level of collaboration by mutually benefitting from the respective capacities and competences and through regular open exchange and consultation.
- _Innovate - develop high-field magnets, infrared/THz free electron laser sources and related instrumentation_

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