In recent years, FSE has been growing significantly, both within the education and research domains. The faculty is active in high profile projects such as the Einstein Telescope Pathfinder and topics such as artificial intelligence, circularity, robotics, sensor engineering and future of farming.

Within the Faculty Office, we provide support to researchers throughout the Faculty, for example for grant acquisition and project management. In order to respond to the growth in the number of grant applications (pre-award phase) and awarded research projects (post-award phase), we are looking for a JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER RESEARCH. This junior research project manager will become part of the FSE research funding support team (which is currently being formed) together with the senior project manager, senior funding advisor and junior funding advisor (to be recruited).

As a JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER RESEARCH you will actively contribute to both the pre-award phase (together with the faculty funding advisors) and the post-award phase, which covers project management within FSE. You will advise researchers in the grant application phase, and manage various research projects funded by national, regional and European funding bodies. You will carry out your work in close contact with the senior project manager, funding advisors and researchers.

Your place of work will be within the Faculty Office FSE, but depending on the projects in which you are involved, you will dive further into the organization and work with different researchers and within various departments. You will work closely with the senior and (to be recruited) junior grant advisor and Senior project manager of FSE, but also, where necessary, interact with colleagues with different backgrounds (financial, legal) within the Faculty Office and within the university.

 What will you do:

• Assisting the senior project manager, funding advisors, and researchers in applying for research grants and managing already funded research projects.
• Providing feedback on sections of draft grant proposals coming from different departments of FSE, which are aimed at different funding bodies;
• Effective and efficient communication with various support departments about (conditions of) grant applications, and the organization of administrative processes surrounding grant applications;
• Monitoring, planning and progress of current projects.
• (Initial) advice on financial, legal and administrative support to researchers.
• Proactively manage the setup of periodic project reports of national, regional and European projects.
• Monitoring deadlines for delivery of deliverables and reports.
• You act as the primary contact person for consortium partners of projects in which the UM is the coordinator.
• You maintain communication with project partners, but also, depending on the role of UM, with funding agencies and other implementing bodies.
• You are the liaison between FSE researchers and the Faculty Office team.

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills (in both Dutch and English), you are representative, you are easygoing and can hold your own in a complex, dynamic environment.
• You enjoy working on a variety of projects and assignments, where you will eventually be self-managing.
• You are motivated to complete a project successfully.
• You have the ambition to grow within the team and develop yourself towards a project manager position within FSE.
• HBO / academic level
• At least 2 years of work experience, preferably within comparable activities
• You can work independently and accurately, you are proactive and eager to learn
• You have excellent oral and written communication skills, in both English and Dutch
• You are flexible and have no problem travelling or working outside regular working hours, in case of a strict deadline
• You are structured and work systematically
• You are well experienced in Excel, but you are also proficient in all MS Office software, MS Teams, Zoom, Sharepoint and other tools that are relevant to work within your position
• Financial insight is an advantage
• Previous experience with externally funded research projects (NWO/H2020/Horizon Europe/INTERREG).

Fixed-term contract: 1 year, with the option to get a permanent contract.

We offer a full-time contract within an international work environment with possibilities to grow. A part-time contract (min. 0.8 FTE) is negotiable.

Initially, you will get a contract for 1 year, which in case of good performance will be extended to a permanent contract.

• Gross monthly salary of minimum € 2.979,- and maximum € 4.093,- based on a full-time appointment (38 hours/week) depending on qualifications and work experience (scale 9).
• A holiday allowance of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% of the annual income.
• Partially paid parental leave and pension build-up.
• Possibility to participate in the collective health insurance.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > About UM > Working at UM.

Maastricht University

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 20,000 students and 4,700 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. For more information, visit www.maastrichtuniversity.nl