Working at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Working at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Diversity

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Whether you work as a professor, researcher or behind the scenes as an IT professional, when you work with us you contribute to a diverse and inclusive society, both inside and outside the university.

Work-life balance

Our 'Family Friendliness' programme helps you to keep your work-life balance in check during a pregnancy, caregiving or parenthood.

Diversity

A sustainable, diverse and inclusive working environment where more than 140 different cultural backgrounds are represented.
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Working as a Student Diversity Officer

Alex Huang (Student Diversity Officer) did not immediately feel at home at Erasmus University Rotterdam due to his unique background. His experiences as a queer migrant and first-generation student inspired him to help others in his role as Student Diversity Officer at ESSB. Huang's goal is to create a safe and inclusive environment where everyone feels at home. He emphasizes the importance of intersectional diversity and fostering belonging among students and staff. 'The more people with different backgrounds work in academia, the more diverse research and education become.'

IDEA Center

Our Inclusion, Diversity, Equality & Access (IDEA) Center creates and monitors policies in the field of diversity and inclusion. The team exchanges information, connects, supports and advises all departments within our university.

Discover what else IDEA does
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Job Agreement

At the moment 80 fte who have a functional impairment work with a job agreement (Banenafspraak) as various functions, such as scientific researcher, administrative employee or as a tutor.

Job Agreement

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Marcus Aurelius (Pexels)

We believe in the success of teams with a diverse composition. That is why we offer opportunities to people with a work disability through the Job Agreement (in Dutch: Wet Banenafspraak).

Everyone has talents. EUR wants to bring out the best in their employees by supporting them in developing and using their talents. In this way, everyone contributes to the success of our university in his/her/their own way. We offer a challenging and ambitious working environment where colleagues can feel at home and be themselves.

The position that suits someone depends on their education, background, experience and ambitions. At the moment, people with a functional impairment work in many different positions, such as tutor, scientific researcher and administrative employee.

Contact

Do you fall under the target group of the Job Agreement and do you want to know what the possibilities are?

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Inclusive recruitment and selection

We select candidates based on our inclusive recruitment and selection process. For this we use the toolkit "Inclusive recruitment and selection".

What does our inclusive recruitment and selection process look like?

In some departments, the recruitment and selection process is completely anonymous. They only find out who is sitting in front of them when they meet the candidate at the first job interview.

By conducting structured interviews using the STARR method, every candidate gets the same open questions, the same amount of time per question and the same objective assessment. To make it even more objective, we mainly try to use objective selection criteria. These are hard job requirements such as a minimum number of years of work experience. These criteria leave less room for unconscious prejudices than subjective job requirements.

Dual language policy

EUR is an international organisation. Therefore, we expect you to speak and write English in addition to Dutch. If this is not the case, we are happy to help you with this!

Dual language policy

We believe it is important that you understand, speak and write the language or languages ​​that are relevant to your position. Even if you only use Dutch for your work, it is useful to have at least a basic knowledge of English due to the international nature of our university.

As a Professional Services employee, you will receive an English assessment and - if necessary - you will get additional language training to reach C1 level. The CEFR matrix provides an indication of the level of English required for your position. You can find more information about the language assessments and training for our employees on the Language & Training Centre website.

Networking

As an employee, you can join various networks, such as Young@EUR (for employees under 36 years) and QuEUR (for employees who are part of the LGBTQ+ community).

All networks
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Scientists Jacco van Sterkenburg and Palesa Mashigo posing at a football field.
Mirjam Lens

Research into racism in football

PhD candidate Palesa Mashigo and professor Dr. Jacco van Sterkenburg are conducting research into racism in football, because they believe that sport can serve as an example and convey a positive message. Despite the fact that football teams are often multi-ethnic, many footballers of colour still regularly face racial stereotyping. Van Sterkenburg states that journalists, including himself, have a responsibility because they reach millions of people with their stories.

Portrait photo of Cyber Security Engineer Diana Kartojudo.

'IT is quite a man's world, but there is progress: I recently got a female manager and that is very refreshing'

Diana Kartojudo

Cyber Security Engineer at IT

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