The BoD wields the broadest authority in the administration, management, and representation of the Agency. The responsibilities of the BoD include, inter alia to:

• Define the long-term strategy of the Agency in line with the recommendations of the AGM;
• Prepare and supervise a yearly work plan, to be discussed and approved by the AGM;
• Prepare, implement and supervise all activities as defined in the work plan;
• Develop and fulfil of the Agency’s quality system;
• Ratify the Accreditation Procedures, as proposed by the Director of Accreditation;
• Ensure that any specific mandate determined by the AGM is carried out;
• Decide on the admission of new Members or the exclusion of Members (the latter to be confirmed by the AGM);
• Make recommendations to the AGM on any modification of the Statutes;
• Decide on any strategic alliance; these decisions should be confirmed by the next AGM;
• Convoke a special AGM when needed;
• Elect a President, Vice-president, Treasurer and Secretary;
• Oversee the financial arrangements of the Agency and provide for the auditing of the accounts;
• To hire, set loans and dismiss agents, employees and administrative staff and take all other measures as necessary for implementation of the daily management of the Agency;
• Take any action deemed necessary in the interests of the Agency;
• Appoint and dismiss the members of the BoC, the DoA, the Reviewers and Senior Reviewers. The process of appointment, including the procedure to propose candidates and their evaluation, is described in the Bye-Laws of the Agency;
• Ratify the election by the Commissioners of the CoC;
• Ratify the election by the Senior Reviewers of the CoR;
• Define terms of appointment and remuneration.

Following Article 5.2.2. of the Bye-Laws, the BoD decided to delegate all actions regarding operations management and all tasks regarding strategy preparation to the Executive Committee.

There are currently no open vacancies on the Board of Directors (BoD).

The BoD is responsible for oversight of the organisation and, in particular, work conducted by the Executive Committee. The BoD meets up to 6 times a year and we are currently looking for candidates with the following experience:

• A senior representative from business and industry (ideally from international and/or pan European company or organisation)
• Current student in business, management or economics (from any cycle of study)

BoD appointments, done by ECBE's Annual general Meeting (AGM), are for a period of 3 years and appointments may be renewed once. Awaiting the decision of the AGM, candidates for the current vacancies can be coopted by the BoD, meaning the first appointment period is until the next AGM.

There are currently no open vacancies on the Board of Commissioners (BoC).

Commissioners are responsible for making accreditation decisions based on reports produced by our expert teams following external review visits. Commissioners should be senior academic post holders with a strong track record in quality assurance and accreditation. Commissioners are appointed for an initial period of 3 years and appointments may be renewed. Commissioners are paid a fixed fee for each accreditation case that they consider.

ECBE currently has multiple vacancies for international quality assurance professionals.

ECBE is using a number of permanent Committees and temporary Working and Advisory Groups, as such also involving people from outside the organization. Examples of the questions and tasks to be solved by these groups are the development of a new strategy for the Agency, strategic decisions about the accreditation process, establishment of long-term marketing plans, European relations, appeal procedures, ...
We are seeking a broad membership, reflective of our stakeholder group.

Candidates will therefore possess knowledge, experience and expertise in one or more of the following:

• Senior administrative and academic management positions in higher education institutions (we are especially interested in applications from small, private providers)
• Senior business and industry positions (ideally in international and/or pan European companies and organisations)
• European Higher Education Policy experience
• Prior knowledge of the work of national and international quality assurance agencies
• Students representatives with experience of advocating for students from business, management and economics programmes and institutions

Term of appointment is depending on the Committee or Working Group.

ECBE currently has 2 vacancies for Senior Reviewers.

ECBE conducts programme accreditation procedures and is exploring the potential to introduce new, additional review methods. To support this work, we are seeking to grow our current pool of academic and student reviews.

Requirements for Academic Reviewers:

• Qualifications and track record of teaching, research and/or supervision in the fields of business, management or economics
• Fluency in English
• Accomplished writing skills
• Cooperation and communication skills
• Experience of cooperation with quality assurance agencies in the capacity of institutional/programme evaluation expert
• Experience in HEI administration / management
• Familiarity with Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education (ESG) 2015

Requirements for Senior Reviewers

• Meets all requirements for Academic Reviewers
• Being able to chair the Review Team
• Being able to organize and to take the final responsibility of a Review Visit

Requirements for Student Reviewers

• Current student (from any study cycle) in the fields of business, management, or economics
• Fluency in English
• Accomplished writing skills
• Cooperation and communication skills
• Experience of quality assurance, either internally within their own institution or externally for a quality assurance agency or accreditation body