Quality, Impact & Reporting Project Officer

Introduction

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is the European University of Cities in Post-industrial Transition (UNIC), an alliance of 10 universities and their cities. UNIC’s ambition is to create long-term collaborative structures in Higher Education across European borders as part of the European Universities Initiative. UNIC is funded by Erasmus+ and has received additional national, Horizon, and EIT funding.

UNIC is offering a great opportunity for a Quality, Impact & Reporting Project Officer situated in the UNIC HQ at EUR to work directly across the alliance with a focus on quality assurance, impact, monitoring and reporting, supporting the broad portfolio of UNIC HQ. 

You will work closely with the leadership at UNIC HQ and with the partners across Europe to finalize key deliverables, develop and optimize reporting processes, manage impact assessments, prepare funding applications, and to establish robust long-term data-collection and -analysis processes.

Job description

As Project Officer, you will drive ongoing monitoring and reporting activities as well as the preparation of future funding periods. You will work closely with the Alliance Programme Manager on a daily basis.

Your responsibilities include:

• Ensure implementation, documentation, and improvement of existing and new reporting processes, data collection (including data visualization), and monitoring processes.
• Support the preparation of final technical, narrative, and strategic reports, deliverables, and other documents, and coordinate input from alliance partners.
• Support the development of funding applications and new initiatives.
• Coordinate and implement internal projects related to monitoring, impact, development of internal processes and quality assurance, with defined scope, responsibility, and timelines.

In addition to the responsibilities described above, you may be asked to perform other duties as reasonably required.

Job requirements

You are an experienced project, data, and/or quality assurance professional with a strong interest in higher education collaboration and European partnerships. You combine organisational and analytical skills, and are comfortable working in a complex, multi-institutional, and intercultural environment.

You have:

• A completed Master's degree or equivalent level of education.
• Experience in relevant roles such as project management, data analytics, or quality assurance and reporting, preferably in an international or higher education context.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders.
• Analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations and outputs.
• Experience with European Commission-funded projects and/or international collaborative programmes is an advantage
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Additional language skills in Dutch are an advantage.

Employment conditions and benefits

We offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

The start date of this position is 01-OCT-2026 and you will be based at Woudestein Campus in General Management Directorate (ABD). This position is for 0.8 fte - 1 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.706 to a maximum of € 5.760 gross per month Scale 10 on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is offered until the end of the project period.

Everything else we offer you; you can find below!

- Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!

- Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.

- Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.

- Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.

- Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).

- Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the Expat-ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax agency), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.

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 4.100 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.

Faculty / Institute / Central service

The General Management Directorate

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 with regard to the quality, accessibility and financing of EUR’s education and research 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 interest of further improvement. ABD comprises the departments of Academic Affairs (AZ), Corporate Planning & Control (CPC), Administrative Affairs (BZ), Legal Affairs (JZ) and Strategy Office (SO). 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.

Group

The Strategy Office at Erasmus University Rotterdam plays a pivotal role in guiding the university's transition towards becoming a more impact-driven institution. The Strategy Office collaborates closely with various departments, faculties, and support services. It fosters a cohesive approach to achieving the university's mission, and thus contributes to EUR's commitment to societal impact and academic excellence.

Department

The UNIC Head Quarter team at EUR  consists of diverse team of 10 colleagues. We maintain open lines of communication and a shared passion for the future of European education. Above all, we have a can-do attitude that turns ideas into action..

Applying

Please submit your application, consisting of a motivation letter and CV, before the vacancy closing date (23rd of August).

The selection procedure consists of 2 interviews. The first interviews are expected to be held in the week of the 31 st of August (Week 36).

You can find more information about the EUR on our website www.eur.nl. For more information about this vacancy, please contact Mathias Reckmann via mathias.reckmann@eur.nl.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Persons of all gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, religions, ethnicities, ages, neurodiversities, functional impairments, citizenships, or any other aspect are welcome to apply and join the EUR community.