Faculty Liaison and Team Lead Information Specialists (1 fte)

Introduction

The University Library is seeking a Faculty Liaison and Team Lead Information Specialists: a combined role in which you bring together subject-matter expertise and inspiring leadership.

As a Faculty Liaison (FL), you are a strong strategic partner and the face of the University Library for the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) and for the discipline of Pedagogical Sciences within the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB).

In addition, as Team Lead, you manage a team of information specialists whose primary focus is education in information literacy.

Job description

Faculty Liaison

As a Faculty Liaison, you are responsible for maintaining and strengthening relationships between the University Library and your assigned faculties.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for academic and support staff within the faculties
• Actively promote University Library services and exchange relevant information
• Attend faculty meetings and consultative bodies
• Identify developments in research and education and translate these into library services
• Assess needs for (new) services and communicate these internally
• Collection management, including:
  • Acquisition of research and teaching materials
  • Evaluation of journal and database subscriptions
  • Management of the collection budget
  • Liaising with publishers
• Actively contribute to university library–wide projects relevant to the faculties
• Provide training and one-on-one support in information literacy and maintain subject-specific online guides (LibGuides)

Team Lead Information Specialists

As Team Lead, you manage the Information Specialists team and contribute to its continued development and professionalisation, as well as to the further enhancement of the service offering.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provide direct leadership to a team of five information specialists
• Support team members in their personal and professional development, including through development interviews
• Promote effective collaboration within the team
• Improve and innovate processes with users at the centre
• Monitor developments in the field of information literacy and translate these into a current and relevant offering
• Supervise the implementation of the annual plan and contribute to the development of the new annual plan
• Contribute to strategic workforce planning
• Work closely with fellow Faculty Liaisons and actively seek collaboration

You will report to the Head of Library Education Support.

Job requirements

We are looking for a communicatively strong colleague who readily takes initiative. In addition, you bring the following:

• A completed academic degree, preferably in a social science discipline
• Knowledge of and affinity with information literacy
• Experience with research and knowledge transfer, for example to students or researchers
• Demonstrable leadership experience with a people-centred leadership style
• Excellent communication skills in both Dutch and English (C1 level)

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 will be agreed upon and you will be based at Campus Woudestein - Rotterdam at the University Library (UL). This position is for 1 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 4.728 to a maximum of € 6.433 gross per month (scale 11) on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is offered for a period of 1 year and can be converted into an employment contract for an indefinite period if suitability is proven and if continued in the same position, if (financial and/or organizational) circumstances remain the same.

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 30%-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 University Library

As the content manager of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the University Library (UL) supports students, lecturers and researchers in creating, sharing and deepening knowledge.

All services of the University Library are openly accessible. In this way, we contribute to a positive societal impact—not only within the academic community, but beyond it as well.

The University Library has an open culture in which collaboration, working on the basis of trust, and taking responsibility are key values.

Group

The Library Education Support Department

This department supports education at the university in the broadest sense. It consists of the Front Desk Team, the Information Specialists Team (which you will lead), and three Faculty Liaisons (of which you will be one).

The department provides services in areas such as information literacy, the use of teaching materials within copyright regulations, responsible use of Generative AI, and the availability and use of Open Educational Resources.

The department works closely with colleagues from other teams and departments, both within and outside the University Library.

Additional information

Are you enthusiastic, but would like to ask some questions about the position first? Then you can contact Petra Busstra, Head of Library Education Support,via petra.busstra@eur.nl. 

For questions about the procedure, you can contact our recruiter Iris Konijnendijk at iris.konijnendijk@eur.nl. 

Applying

We look forward to receiving your application for the role of Faculty Liaison and Team Lead Information Specialists. The University Library uses an anonymous application procedure. We attach great importance to diversity and believe it is essential that characteristics such as age, background and gender do not play any role in the selection process.

How does the anonymous application procedure work?

We kindly ask you to submit three documents:

• A cv containing only your initials
• A motivation letter containing only your initials
• A separate document with your personal details

Anonymising the cv and motivation letter means that names, age, gender (and any other personal identifying information) are omitted.

After the initial selection, candidates are invited for an introductory interview. If this meeting is mutually positive, a second, more in-depth interview will follow, for which you will be asked to prepare a sample case. After the second interview, we will select the final candidate.

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.