Social Integration of Refugees through Education and Self Employment (SIREE).

The project aims to improve the social and economic integration of refugees by co-creating and introducing new demonstrations to increase the engagement of refugees in the education process and to improve the economic independence of refugees through self-employment. It will tackle the key societal challenge of social exclusion by increasing the access to education and self-employment through the methodology of co-creation. Partners include the University of Greenwich, Vives Zuid, Medway Plus, University College Roosevelt, Stad Mechelen, ADICE, Municipality Middelburg, Arhus (vzw Het Portaal) and Huis van het Leren. SIREE is an Interreg Europe project.

The Communications Officer is part of the Communications Office at University College Roosevelt, but works primarily on the SIREE program. The SIREE Communications Officer implements the communication strategy as set out in the SIREE Work Plans. S/he reports to the Head of Communications of University College Roosevelt. The SIREE Communications Officer will be part of a young team in which development and teamwork is a key factor.

 

Tasks include

1. Writing newsletters for internal and external communications
2. Writing press releases
3. Updating collecting and creating (multimedia) content
4. Developing and maintaining social media strategy
5. Producing promotion materials
6. Co-organizing SIREE dissemination events
7. Checking compliance with communications guideline of materials developed  by other SIREE partners
8. Advising members of the SIREE project on communications related matters
9. Attending fairs and providing information and presentations
10. Visiting partner events approx. once per month with a possibility of traveling abroad for 2 to 3 days Europe)
11. First contact point for SIREE partners and within UCR for SIREE project

• (Near)-native speaker of English
• Good command of Dutch
• French is an advantage
• Experience in the field of communications, including social media
• Experienced and talented writer
• Experience in, or affinity with, higher education and human rights
• Experience in, or affinity with European projects
• Ability and willingness to work in a small-scale, intensive environment
• No standard 9-5 mentality
• Willingness to travel within Europe for 1 to max 2 times per month
• Hands on mentality

Good at building up and maintaining business relations / networking skills

This position is for 0.8 FTE preferably starting preferably per August 1, 2019. We offer a project based employment contract for a temporary period of time until the project ends or until June 30, 2021. Depending on experience, the salary for the position is from minimum € 2,579 (min scale 8) to maximum € 3,445 gross per month (max scale 8) based on full-time employment. Furthermore we offer:
- Holiday allowance of 8%
- End of year allowance of 8.3%
- ABP pension fund
- 232 leave hours based on fulltime employment plus possible additional leave hours of 96 based on fulltime employment.

University College Roosevelt

UCR is one of the English taught International Honors Colleges of Utrecht University. The staff and students form a vibrant academic community centered on a Liberal Arts and Sciences bachelor’s education. Students hail from all over the globe and follow a broad and intensive study program in the historic town of Middelburg, where they live on the centrally-located city campus. Classes have an average of 22 students and include continuous assessment as well as a high level of interaction with instructors.