With its strategic, university-wide Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) programme, the Erasmus University Rotterdam strives to be an inclusive university that:

• attracts and retains talented students, faculty and staff broadly representative of the diverse perspectives in society.
• is active in eliminating implicit and explicit barriers that prevent the full participation of all members of the academic community.
• is active in developing policies, procedures and practices that promote that inclusive culture.

The D&I programme exist of four pillars: Education & students, Monitoring and Research, HR and an institutional pillar.

For the Education and Student pillar, we are looking for a new colleague.

Job Description
The project leader Education and Student’s role is threefold:

1. Engage and activate students for instance by stimulating debate and dialogue among students about the challenges around D&I topics and by supporting grassroots initiatives;
2. Reducing barriers and familiarising students that have diverse backgrounds with academic education, by expanding early outreach activities;
3. Creating a more inclusive curriculum and learning environment, for example by initiating pilot projects that contribute to this goal.

As a project leader your responsibilities will be to:

• Involve all relevant stakeholders during the project.
• Manage and achieve the project objectives by taking responsibilities in guiding, coordinating and overviewing the activities and tasks necessary.
• Ensure that all activities are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Programming events in line with the activities of the project, for teachers and students, together with the communications advisor of the D&I programme
• Perform other related duties as assigned, mainly those belonging to the tasks of the Diversity and Inclusion Office.

Expertise and background

• An academic level of working and thinking in appropriate field of study, preferably with a PhD degree.
• 2 to 5 years of experience of leading projects in academia and/or experience in educational management in field of Diversity and Inclusion.
• Vision on, and experience with, higher education developments related to diversity and inclusion, and student activation.
• Strong communication skills in English and Dutch.

Competences and personality
We are looking for someone that is: result-oriented, creative, decisive, with networking and collaborative capacity. Someone who has solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills, able to keep overview.

Internationally-oriented and varied work within an enthusiastic team, with attractive fringe benefits in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU). We offer a contract for 0,8 to 1 fte, initially for one year with the option for extension if requirements are met. Your remuneration will depend on the position, and within that your specific knowledge and experience, and will be calculated on the basis of full-time salary ranging between € 3,545 and € 4,852 gross per month (scale 11, CAO NU).

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers attractive terms of employment, including a holiday allowance of 8%, a year-end payment of 8.3% and 41 holidays per year based on a full-time appointment. In addition, EUR takes part in the ABP pension scheme, and we also offer partially paid parental leave. Moreover, EUR staff members are allowed to make use of the EUR facilities, including the Erasmus sports centre and the University Library.

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally-oriented research university with a distinct social orientation in its education and research. In terms of research impact and study quality, the EUR is one of the top European universities. EUR integrates academic top research with excellent education and is successful in knowledge valorisation.

Its scientists and students work to solve global issues, inspired by the always dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam, which largely operates as a living city laboratory. The education is small scale, activating and intensive. Research increasingly takes place in multi-disciplinary teams, which are strongly interwoven with international networks.

EUR is a university with courage and one which aims at excellence, to be attractive to top talents, but also accessible to broad groups.

The university has over 27,000 students (5,500 of whom do not have a Dutch passport), around 2,800 staff, more than 500 professors and an annual turnover of around € 550 million.

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 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) including D&I Office, 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.

Diversity & Inclusion Office
Erasmus University Rotterdam works hard on her ambitions regarding diversity and inclusion. That is why a central Diversity & Inclusion Office has been created, with a Diversity team which is committed to furthering diversity and inclusion at the university. In addition, each faculty has their own Faculty Diversity Officer (FDO).