Will you help us address systemic change to improve inclusion and integrity in the field of modern sport, guiding all stakeholders involved into the challenges of a post-anthropocene future? Then you might be our new colleague! We are looking for a Staff Member Research & Education, with an inspiring drive to apply philosophy in society, more in particular in the field of sport and health. This support-position consists of two intertwined elements:

1 Logistic, administrative and organizational activities to support the development of the ‘Erasmus Center for Sport Integrity & Transition’ (ESPRIT) in general.

2 Supporting all research and educational activities within the new European research project ‘Our Sport is for Everyone’.

This is a 0,8 fte / 1-year position at the Erasmus School of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Job description
Your primary responsibility will be to support both sport philosophical research and assist in preparing educational activities, conferences and seminars. Furthermore, you will become part of a large and diverse community of international (sport) researchers, and expected to contribute to the growth of ESPRIT as an interdisciplinary academic institute.

We are looking for a Staff Member who satisfies the following requirements:

• Completed Master’s degree in philosophy, applied ethics or practical philosophy;
• Demonstrable interest in the field of modern sport, for example in governance issues, inclusion and diversity challenges and sport integrity in general;
• Relevant and inspiring philosophical / ethical knowledge;
• Speaking and writing skills in English, preferably demonstrated by academic writings;
• Fluency in Dutch to support the research and educational activities in the Netherlands;
• An entrepreneurial and team player attitude is crucial to make ESPRIT flourish;
• Ability to contribute to development and acquisition of externally funded projects;

Conceptual capacity, presenting, planning, organizing and monitoring (VSNU competencies for postdocs).

We offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

The start date of this position is 15-APR-2024 and you will be based at Campus Woudestein in Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil). This position is for 0.8 fte - 0.8 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.072 to a maximum of € 4.103 gross per month Scale 8 on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is entered into for the duration of (contractduur) and can be converted into a permanent contract if performance is good and the organizational circumstances remain unchanged.

Everything else we offer you, you can find below!

• Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!
• Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.
• Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget, foreign exchange opportunities with most costs paid by EUR, and free access to our university library.
• Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.
• Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare.
• Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the 30%-ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax agency), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil)
Erasmus School of Philosophy is a leading research and teaching institution of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The faculty is one of the two independent faculties of philosophy in the Netherlands. ESPhil has a broad international orientation, with many international students (total number of students is currently about 800), PhDs (about 15), and staff members (about 30), and has excellent connections with universities abroad.

‘Erasmus Center for Sport Integrity & Transition’ (ESPRIT)
Modern sport materializes many societal values, like fairness, health, inclusion, equality and moral resilience. And yet, a growing amount of integrity issues in the field of sport, prevent these positive values to be cherished. Violence, doping, corruption, discrimination, harassment and matchfixing are the most striking integrity challenges modern sport nowadays has to face. Erasmus University is pooling her unique research expertise in sports - ranging from ethics, law, health, economy and social sciences – to help sport organizations and all other related stakeholders in this social practice, to both tackle these challenges and get ready for the emerging future. We offer interdisciplinary research, embedded ethics and a systemic analysis of sport’s actual challenges, finding new solutions to so called ‘wicked problems’. The ‘Erasmus Center for Sport Integrity & Transition’ (ESPRIT) was established June 2022, funded by the Ministry VWS Sport, NOC*NSF, Vereniging Sport & Gemeenten (VSG), and run by Dr. Sandra Meeuwsen within Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil).