Core & Coherence Senior Manager

Job title

Hay Grade: 17

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent

Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) The Hague

Salary negotiable depending on experience:
NL (HG17): EUR 86,547-108,184 annually

A relocation package and work permit sponsoring will be offered by relocation to The Netherlands

Student Learning Design

The Student Learning Design department is responsible for the design of the IB’s curriculum and assessment frameworks, integrating well-being, engagement, and intercultural approaches to develop international-mindedness and foster human and planetary flourishing. This role ensures coherence and progression across the IB continuum (Pre-K-12) and holistic development in different learning spaces with a balanced focus on knowledge, skills, attitudes and values/value systems, to develop competencies essential for human and planetary flourishing.  A coherent curriculum model will ensure alignment of curriculum, assessment and pedagogy.  

Core & Coherence team

The Core and Coherence team in the Student Learning Design department leads the design of the key frameworks and elements underpinning all IB programmes, to strengthen the coherence and uniqueness of an IB education and support IB’s thought leadership in the education landscape. 

This team ensures that the IB’s learning architecture is developmentally, philosophically, and pedagogically aligned across the continuum from early years to pre-university or career-related pathways—so that students experience the IB as a seamless, integrated journey. 

Senior Manager role

The Senior Manager is responsible for  ensuring that learning is developmentally coherent, conceptually rich and carefully scaffolded for progression while reflecting IB’s commitment to human and planetary flourishing, intercultural understanding and learner agency.

The Senior Manager collaborates with colleagues across teams and departments, particularly with Research, Curriculum Development, and Assessment, to ensure effective implementation of IB design principles, policies and standards.

Quality assurance, budget management, and stakeholder engagement are key aspects of the role.

Core and Coherence Senior Manager

The Core and Coherence Senior Manager will contribute to the design of the key elements and frameworks of an IB education, and to ensuring coherence across the curriculum. 

A key focus of this role will be on the design of the framework(s) underpinning IB programme cores—articulating what the purpose of the core is across programmes, which elements of an IB education it supports, and what types of activities it might include to achieve its aims. 

The Core and Coherence Senior Manager engages in and oversees collaboration across teams and departments, and ensures excellence and coherence in the design and evolution of curriculum frameworks. They will collaborate in particular with the Learning and Knowledge Domains team in the design of frameworks that support cross-disciplinary learning, with the Competencies and Personal Development team in the development of competency frameworks, learning progressions and evidencing models related to the core, and with Curriculum Development to support and guide the development and review of specific core elements/components across programmes. 

1. Curriculum Design: Responsible for the curriculum design of specified student learnings, ensuring alignment with well-being, engagement, and intercultural approaches. Model standards and practices for curriculum design and development.
2. Integration and Collaboration: Coordinate Office initiatives under the direction and agreement with the Department leader or the Chief Officer of the Education Office. Collaborate with Curriculum Development Managers to support and guide the integration of   frameworks and design principles into the development of specific subject or core component guidance.  Oversee collaboration across departments and with other IB divisions (Schools & Government Partnerships Office) to ensure excellence in curriculum implementation and support materials.
3. Quality Assurance and Review:  Provide guidance in the process of curriculum revie