CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Vacancy for the Position of Director of the School of Education

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT
Nicolas HVOINSKY
+33 (0)4 67 61 83 13
fde-affairesgenerales@umontpellier.fr

The position of Dean of the School of Education will become vacant effective Friday, January¹, 2027.

The Faculty of Education (FDE) is one of the seventeen educational components of the University of Montpellier.

It offers multidisciplinary, career-oriented training programs in the fields of education, mediation, training, and teaching.

The FDE is located at five sites (Carcassonne, Mende, Montpellier, Nîmes and Perpignan) and is committed to pedagogical and digital innovation, and to enhancing the links between research and training. Several of the master's courses have been integrated into the UM graduate school, facilitating the transition to doctoral research.

Established as a Training and Research Unit, its operations are organized in accordance with the provisions of Articles L713-1 (1) and L713-3 of the Education Code.

The director of the FDE is elected for a five-year term, renewable once. He or she is selected from among the faculty members, lecturers, or researchers currently employed by the UFR who are involved in teaching.

The dean heads the School of Education. He or she chairs the School Council, prepares and carries out its decisions, and receives its proposals and recommendations.

To this end, he or she takes all necessary measures to oversee the day-to-day operations and projects of the UFR, in accordance with the authority delegated to him or her by the University President.

In particular:

–       He or she leads budget discussions with University bodies and the Faculty Council and ensures that the budget is implemented after approval by the University Board of Trustees;

–       He or she proposes the chairs of the various examination committees to the University President;

–       He or she implements the decisions made by the University President, particularly those relating to maintaining order and ensuring safety;

–      He or she has authority, within the scope of his or her delegated signing authority, over the resources and all staff assigned to the School of Education by the University President. Assignments to departments and campuses shall be made only after approval by the Dean of the School of Education in consultation with the School Council;

–       He or she regularly reports to the Council on the activities of the School of Education.

The schedule for the conduct of the election is set as follows:

Submission of applications is mandatory. Applications must be submitted in the form of a letter, accompanied by a resume. They may be accompanied by a statement of intent of no more than 2 A4 pages. The content of the statements of intent is unrestricted, provided they do not contain any abusive language likely to distort the integrity of the election, nor any statements likely to disturb public order. Applications should be addressed to the Administrative Director of the FDE in one of the following ways:

> Submitted by email to fde-affairesgenerales@umontpellier.fr no later than Friday, November 13, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Proof of submission does not guarantee the admissibility of the application.

> Submitted in person to the Administrative Director of the UFR or to the UFR’s office, Building A, ground floor, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. or between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., no later than Friday, November 13, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Proof of mailing does not guarantee the admissibility of the application. The receipt issued to the applicant does not guarantee the admissibility of the application.

> Submitted by certified mail with return receipt requested to the following address: Administrative Director of the UFR Éducation, Faculty of Education, 2 Place Marcel Godechot, P.O. Box 4152, 34092 Montpellier CEDEX 5. Applications must be received no later than Friday, November 13, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. It is the candidates’ responsibility to allow for postal delivery times. The acknowledgment of receipt sent to the candidate via email does not imply that the application has been accepted.

This job posting is being distributed, for informational purposes, to:

– President of the University of Montpellier,

– Ladies and gentlemen, members of the FDE Council,

– Ladies and gentlemen, faculty and students of the FDE,

It is available online on the Faculty of Education's website: https://fde.umontpellier.fr/

Download the circular regarding the election of the director of the UFR Education, here