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Would you like to contribute to sustainability at EUR? Apply here as soon as possible to work as a Student Assistant for the Sustainability Dialogues.  

We are looking for a motivated student assistant who wants to support the organization of the Sustainability Dialogues. The EUR Sustainability Dialogues are a series of 14 dialogues (3 cross- school; 11 in-school). They will open the academic discourse around sustainability at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and engage the EUR community with sustainability issues in a proactive and participative way. To ensure long-term structural change, each school will synthesize the outcomes of the conversations, resulting in a policy document as input for the new EUR Sustainability Strategy. This bottom-up approach was initiated by EUR staff members and has the support and commitment of the CvB and Deans.  

Read more about the Sustainability Dialogues in recent publications.  

About the organizing team 

The Dialogues are organized by a core team of dedicated EUR colleagues, including members of the Design Impact Transition (DIT) platform and the Erasmus Sustainability Hub, and colleagues from various schools.  As a student assistant you will be working for the DIT platform, a strategic EUR initiative that develops new institutional conditions and designs to strengthen impact-oriented academic work, based on collaboration, engagement and academic entrepreneurship.  

Preliminary timeline and requested availability 

We would need a student assistant to be available for the period of October 2023 until April 2024 and specifically on the dates of the cross-school dialogues that have already been planned. 

The EUR wide (cross-school) dialogues will take place on the following days:  

There might also be a request for support for the school dialogues, so it is preferred if you are available for those dates also. You can find the dates for the school dialogues here.  

Your main tasks 

As a student assistant, you will be working closely with the central sustainability dialogues project team and most directly with the project manager. Depending on the needs of different schools, you might also support a faculty organizing team. You can expect to work on a range of tasks that can include the following:   

• Event support and management, including promotion and registrations, welcoming and hosting, ordering catering, preparing materials  

• Collecting insights from the sustainability dialogues including note taking, clustering output and event evaluations.  

• Communications support, including content such as news articles and blogs about the dialogues  

• Preparing meeting, including preparing the agenda, booking meeting rooms and making minutes  

You are the ideal candidate if you: 

• Have affinity and/or experience with sustainability, transitions and/or related themes 

• Have affinity and/or experience with participation, inclusivity and/or event planning  

• Have good communication skills, verbal and written, in English and Dutch  

• Are a talented organiser and an effective planner 

• Are proactive, collaborative, and can work independently  

• Show flexibility in supporting the team in a wide range of tasks and at peak moments surrounding the events  

• Are a student at EUR 

• Are available from October 2023 to April 2024 to support the team for 8-16 hours a week. 

• Experience with social media (especially LinkedIn) and graphic design (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Canva) is a plus 

The hourly salary is 14,00 EUR gross, in accordance with scale 5.3 of the CAO-NU. 

How to apply 

If you are interested, please apply to become our new student assistant! The final application deadline is Thursday September 28th, 2023.  

Send your CV and a motivation letter to dit@eur.nl and mention “Sustainability Dialogues Student Assistant [Your name]” in the subject of the email. 

About the employer 

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl. 

EUR strives to be an inclusive workplace 

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community. 

Would you like to help transform Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), so it contributes to just and sustainable futures? Do you enjoy crafting communications that can drive institutional change and positive societal impact? 

Join the Design Impact Transition (DIT) platform, a strategic initiative tasked with creating favorable environments for more transformative academic work at EUR. We are looking for a creative, hands-on, independent, and collaborative communications and events project manager. 

About the Design Impact Transition (DIT) platform  

DIT is a strategic initiative that creates environments for transformative academic work at EUR. We collaborate with academics, students, and practitioners on research and education projects that create positive societal impact. For example, we have launched a new transdisciplinary Master in Societal Transitions that teaches students how to navigate the big system changes necessary to create just and sustainable futures. We also work on changing the institutional design and conditions of our university, so it provides more space for this kind of work. For example, we are currently organizing a series of 14 university-wide dialogues on sustainability. 

 
We aim to do things differently – from the way we collaborate to the way we communicate. For example, we work transdisciplinary, with colleagues from both theory and practice, thereby bridging the gaps between our university’s many schools and disciplines. We strive to organize events that differ from the traditional academic seminars and conferences: no long key-notes, but rather more design-based, interactive, co-creative, and artistic sessions. In our communication we aim to be as transparent as possible, sharing both achievements and challenges, to tell stories that inspire others to engage in more transformative work themselves, and to advocate for change within the university. 

You can find more information about the EUR and DIT platform here.

To further implement our communication strategy and to organise our events, we are looking for a talented communicator and event organizer, starting from 1 November 2023.  

Job description 

Your main tasks include: 

• Working closely with DIT Academics in devising and implementing communication strategies for their education and research projects. 

• Supporting the DIT core team in designing, organising, and implementing (hybrid) DIT events, including academic and design workshops, annual DIT DAY, etc. 

• Setting up an event from A to Z (including programme design, budget control, communication, implementation and follow-ups) 

• Managing DIT’s communication calendar.  

• Maintaining, designing, and writing content for all our channels (newsletter, website, LinkedIn, Slack). 

• Establishing and maintaining contacts with EUR Schools, faculty, staff, students, and other relevant networks to draw attention to DIT’s offering.  

• Working closely with the DIT core team on developing and promoting our offering. 

Requirements 

We are looking for a talented person who is interested in sustainability and driven to transform of EUR. We appreciate if you have independent ideas on how to support the development of transformative education and research at EUR, in terms of inspiring communication and event organization. Our ideal candidate: 

• Has a HBO level education in the field of communication, marketing, event organization or similar topics. We value an interdisciplinary background, so if your field is not named here, we still encourage you to get in touch to discuss a possible fit. 

• Has 1-3 years relevant working experience in communication management, science communication, government/policy or consultancy/business, preferably with an interest in innovation, higher education and/or transitions. 

• Has knowledge of social media channels and Mailchimp. 

• Can work well independently as well as in a team. 

• Is a proactive networker and colleague and likes to get things done.  

• Can create impactful and compelling visual and written content. 

• Is eager to learn and multitasking is your second nature. 

• Is service-oriented and communicate easily, both verbally and in writing in Dutch and English. 

Conditions of employment 

DIT offers an inspiring, and challenging work environment where you can experiment with your own ideas, collaborate with like-minded colleagues, and contribute to the transitions that society and the university need. We work together based on trust, an entrepreneurial attitude and societal engagement. 

The start date of this position is November 1st, 2023. The position is for 0,8fte and the salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3,072 to a maximum of € 4,103 gross per month (full-time employment), in accordance with scale 8 of the CAO-NU. 

In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance, an end-of-year payment of 8.3%, and a very generous paid leave scheme. Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision, and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal career budget, work-life balance coaches, discounted collective health insurance, and more. As an employee, you can also use EUR facilities such as the University library and receive a discount on subscriptions for the Erasmus sports center. 

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a Dual Career Programme (DCP) to assist the life partners of new academic staff (on payroll) in finding employment in The Netherlands. The programme is offered in close cooperation with the nearby universities of Delft and Leiden. 

Application procedure 

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and cover letter to the attention of Marieke de Wal, organizational lead of DIT platform at dit@eur.nl . For questions, please contact her at the same email address.  

The vacancy is open until October 15, 2023. Interviews will take place in week 42. 

EUR strives to be an inclusive workplace 

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community. 

Employer 

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl. 

The General Management Directorate (ABD) 

The General Management Directorate (Algemene Bestuursdienst, ABD) is the central staff organisation responsible for the organisation and support of EUR’s policy and administration at the institutional level. ABD supports the Executive Board in fulfilling its responsibilities regarding the quality, accessibility and financing of EUR’s education and re-search programmes. ABD handles the joint design of integrated policy, ensures the timely submission of policy within decision-making procedures and the implementation of the adopted policy measures, and constantly monitors and evaluates developments in the inter-est of further improvement. ABD comprises the departments of Academic Affairs (AZ) including D&I Office and the Strategy Office (SO), Corporate Planning & Control (CPC), Administrative Affairs (BZ), Legal Affairs (JZ) and the Chief Information Office (CIO). The independent university publication Erasmus Magazine also falls under ABD in organisational terms. The management directorate is headed by the Director of the General Management Directorate, who also serves as Secretary of the Executive Board. 

The DIT platform is a strategic initiative of EUR’s Strategy Office (SO), part of the ABD.