As a Communication Officer at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), you will be responsible for communicating the Bachelor and three Master programmes of this faculty. Your goal is to help attract the right students who will go on to follow IDE’s education programmes, ultimately becoming the Delft designers of tomorrow.  

You combine excellent presentation skills with great organisational skills. You know how to see a job through to a happy end. You are equally at home in the world of online communications as in the world of events (whether online and live). You are able to work independently in your specialist area of student information but you can also delegate. Indeed, you will benefit from a team of student assistants, who will help you achieve your communications goals. You will steer this team of IDE insiders, who will assist with on-campus open days and information sessions in high schools.

You will be joining the faculty at an exciting time with a renewed Bachelor in Industrial
Design Engineering launching in the 2021/2022 academic year, and the three Masters programmes at the beginning of a renewal process. You will immerse yourself in the details of the programmes and follow developments which will help you keep the information up to date.

You will also collaborate closely with your counterparts in the other seven faculties of TU Delft, and a central student information team.   

The job includes the following regular activities and tasks:

• Presentation of programmes online – including webpages and social media
• Regular showcasing of exemplary student projects whether as exhibits at open days or online
• Manage online events for potential future students
• Open Campus Days for Dutch prospective Bachelor students
• Organisation of faculty visits (meeloopdagen)
• Organisation of Master events targeting current TU Delft students, as well as international students
• Create and manage printed materials and (video) presentations (BSc and MSc)
• Coordination of the promotion team of approximately 10 student assistants
• Coordination of information events at high schools in the Netherlands
• Coordination of photography/filming of IDE education in progress in order to give a taste of what it means to study at the faculty
• In addition, there are also projects, such as setting-up an online introductory study for IDE, coordinating the loan of exhibition equipment in the faculty, coordination of the faculty’s partnerships with student DreamTeams, contributing to alumni relations.

Within the IDE communications team you will also act as a support to colleagues – contributing to faculty wide events and engaging and managing suppliers (including caterers, designers, printers, photographers and film producers and student assistants).

• 3-5 years of experience as a communications and/or events officer
• HBO+ work and thinking level
• Preferably knowledge of and experience with study information and managing student assistants
• Online savvy - experience with updating websites and posting on social media
• Ability to work in a project-based manner (draw up and implement a project plan)
• Strong organisational skills
• Autonomous, but can also work in a team
• Proactive and innovative
• Service-oriented
• Flexible
• Interest in design research and education
• Fluent in Dutch and English

Fixed-term contract: 1 jaar.

• Contract duration: 1 year with prospect of permanent.
• Working hours: 32-40 hours per week. 
• The salary is based on scale 8 from the Collective Labor Agreement of the Dutch Universities with a minimum of € 2.700,- and a maximum of € 3.606,- gross per month for a full-time appointment, plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.
• Given the current travel restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic, prospective employees would be allowed to start their work from the current place of residence, but would be expected to relocate within a year.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context. At TU Delft we embrace diversity and aim to be as inclusive as possible (see our Code of Conduct). Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale.

Challenge. Change. Impact! 

University Corporate Office - Department of Communication

The TU Delft has a strong ambition to contribute to a sustainable 21st century by breaking through boundaries in technological research, by training engineers who work within our society, and by partnering with businesses to translate knowledge into innovation. The Communication Department helps the university achieve these goals by keeping its 23,000 students and 6,000 employees informed and involved, as well as reaching out to businesses, policy makers, alumni, and of course high school students who want to study at the TU Delft.

The Communication Department ensures the proper distribution of information, including within the organisation itself. We accomplish this with 150 communication employees—distributed across faculties, support services and a central department—who share a broad spectrum of communication resources and skills.