AUC is looking for a staff member on a part-time basis (0.2 FTE) and for an initial period of 2 years, working with others to provide coordination and consistent monitoring of our diversity action plan.

This is a senior-level administrative position and open to applicants who currently work in either academic or administrative roles. The position can be held concurrently with other fractional appointments.

The appointee will report to the Dean.

We are committed to strengthening inclusivity and diversity at AUC, which calls on us to stand firmly against discrimination, and to ensure an environment where every member of our community feels welcome and safe and knows their contribution is valued and respected. In this context we welcome and encourage applications for this post from people of all backgrounds. 

What are you going to do?

In this role you will work closely with the Management Team of AUC, as well as liaising with key internal and external stakeholders. Your tasks include:

• maintain an overview of progress on the AUC's Framework and Action Plan for Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity, including its further development, implementation and review;
• regularly and transparently report on progress, both internally and externally (including responsibility for updating and further developing the Diversity section of AUC’s website in liaison with the Communications team, and writing regular progress reports for the Extended Management Team);
• liaise with the VU and UvA Chief Diversity Officer teams, and proactively identify and follow-up on AUC's involvement in relevant university initiatives and activities;
• coordinate and support AUC’s Diversity Leadership Team. This includes providing meeting organisation, note taking and follow ups; 
• (co-)organise community events and feedback relating to diversity;
• manage own diary, administration and organisation.

What do we require?

Although previous experience in a similar role would be preferred, this temporary position is also suitable for someone with transferable skills and able to learn fast on-the-job. Attributes and skills required:

• flexibility and enthusiasm;
• enjoy working in a small team with a lot of individual responsibility in a dynamic international and service-oriented academic environment;
• well-developed interpersonal and intercultural communication skills;
• excellent verbal and written English is required, and good Dutch is an advantage;
• well-developed skills with MS Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel), experience with MS Teams an advantage;

• to display the ability and capacity to develop independent and vigorous ;
• fluency in English, both written and spoken;
• Bachelor degree or equivalent;
• demonstrable commitment to AUC's values, including our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and their relevance to AUC's Liberal Arts & Sciences education;
• preferably prior experience in relevant area(s) of work (such as supporting curriculum design, academic planning and management, or diversity);
• proactive connector;
• ability to synthesise large amounts of information and to prioritise among competing interests;
• strong project management and organisational skills.

Because of the coronavirus measures, the expectation is that the selected candidate will (at least in the coming months) work from home as much as possible (AUC will provide the use of a laptop if required). You will take part in online meetings (video-conferencing).

Our offer

A temporary contract for 7,6  hours per week, preferably starting at 19 October 2020 for the duration of 24  months. The UFO Job profile is Policy Officer/Beleidsmedewerker 3.

The salary, depending on relevant experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be  €3,746 to €5,127 (scale 11) gross per month, based on a full-time contract of 38 hours a week. This is exclusive 8 % holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus. If the chosen candidate is already employed by AUC/UvA on a higher salary scale, they will combine this function with the existing function, and the higher salary scale will apply to the entire appointment. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

Amsterdam University College

Amsterdam University College (AUC) is a joint institute of the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit, offering a Bachelor (Honours) programme in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. AUC is looking for a Lecturer / Tutor in the Academic Core. The Academic Core of the AUC programme is designed to ensure that students develop strong academic skills in a number of essential areas. They will take Academic Core courses across all three years of their programme, ensuring an ongoing development of their skills. We are committed to strengthening inclusivity and diversity at AUC. We stand firmly against discrimination and we foster an environment where every member of our community feels welcome and safe and knows their contribution is valued and respected. In this context we welcome and encourage applications for this post from people of all backgrounds.

AUC’s profile:

• a broad liberal arts and sciences programme at Bachelor level, offering breadth and depth of learning by focusing on far-reaching themes and real-world problems in science and society, thus crossing the boundaries between science, social science, and the humanities;
• aiming high at academic excellence, honours degree, selection of students and high calibre staff;
• an international and intercultural focus reflected in a diverse and international student and staff body, an international curriculum and classroom setting, with English as the language of teaching and learning;
• an engaging academic and social context supported by small class size, an attractive and modern residential college setting, and state-of-the-art facilities;
• reaching out to the community through off-campus community engagement or in-company internships.