Your function
You will support colleagues at the Aurora Central office in administrative work, partly by helping them manage their administrative tasks, and partly by handling those tasks yourself when it is more practical or efficient.
Your duties
Information management: manage the digital folder system, email contacts, help formatting documents, help conducting online surveys, handle correspondence.
Organisation: (help) organise events in Amsterdam and elsewhere, manage office supplies, make travel arrangements.
Manage day-to-day office operations and ensure a smooth administrative workflow
Coordinate meetings, agendas, minutes, and follow-up actions for senior management and governance bodies
Act as a point of contact for external stakeholders, including banks, chambers of commerce, and partner organizations
Support digitalization and optimization of office systems and processes, e.g. digital archiving.
Your profile
Administrative and practical skills and competence in handling digital documents > 5 years experience
Familiarity with banking procedures and chamber of commerce requirements
We are looking for people who understand how universities work in terms of policies, strategies and practice and who understand that universities work differently in various countries
Fluent in English and Dutch (at least C1 of the CEFR).
- You are flexible and able to support a small international office team within a diverse international academic community. You understand the broader strategic goals and policy context behind your work and can provide effective support across universities in Europe and beyond.
As a university, we strive for equal opportunities for all, recognising that diversity takes many forms. We believe that diversity in all its complexity is invaluable for the quality of our teaching, research and service. We are always looking for talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This also means that we are committed to creating an inclusive community so that we can use diversity as an asset.
We realise that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise and mindset. Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not meet all the requirements.
What do we offer?
A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:
- a salary of minimum € 3.,00 (Scale 7) and maximum € 3.,00 (Scale 7) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Management-/Office assistent 2. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
- a position for at least 0.8 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 18 months. Afterwards, the possibility of expansion exists.
We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:
- A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
- 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
- solid pension scheme (ABP)
- a wide range of sports facilities which staff may use at a modest charge
- contribution to commuting expenses