Do you want to offer students a great exchange experience and can you keep a helicopter view? Do you find the dynamics of international exchange for students interesting and energising? Be sure to apply for the position of assistant programme manager at the RSM Exchange Office.

Job description
Come join us for a period of 6 months as our assistant programme manager. You’ll work in the Exchange Office at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) in a group which is working to restructure processes and working arrangements. We appreciate your flexibility and that you enjoy actively thinking about new ways of working.

Even though your duties may change along the way as a result of the restructuring, your main tasks include the following:

• Contribute to the preparation (screening application, reading motivation letters) and execution and interviews of the entire selection procedure for participation in the BSc and MSc exchange programmes.
• Assist with the selection and nomination of exchange students and with the registration of courses of both RSM and European Common Online Learning (ECOL) partner students. Plus, monitor the processes of study progress of both groups.
• Contribute to the distribution of information for and communication with actual and potential master exchange students by producing informative flyers – including a step-by-step plan – and by giving information sessions prior to the students’ exchange.
• Online Exchange Study Plan trajectory outgoing BSc and MSc students online.
• Support bachelor and master exchange programme
  
  • Maintain various mailboxes
  • Guide prospect/incoming/outgoing students
  • Actively maintain Canvas and the Exchange Office website
  • Contribute to information sessions
  • Support the registration process for incoming students.
• Support preparation activities for incoming and outgoing exchange students.
• Programme management for ECOL online exchange programme
  
  • Help select and nominate students
  • Register courses of both RSM and ECOL partner students.
  • Monitor processes of study progress for both groups.

This is what we require from you:

• Bachelor degree
• Excellent organisational skills
• Relevant work experience in higher education is an advantage
• Minimum three year's experience in the role of assistant programme manager is an advantage
• Fluent in Dutch and English (level C1)
• Team player
• Client-friendly attitude towards students, teachers and international colleagues
• Internationally oriented
• Diligent, flexible and focused when it comes to the continuous improvement of work processes

This is a temporary position for a period of 6 months to replace a colleague with a leave of absence. The terms of employment are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU). The feature is rated on a maximum scale of 08. The salary is partly based on education and experience, which means that a starting scale (scale 08) may apply. The salary can therefore vary from €3,072.00 to €4,103.00 gross per month for full-time employment.

Erasmus University has an attractive package of employment conditions, including a holiday allowance of 8%, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and many holidays. For more information, see: www.eur.nl/werken-bij/eur-als-werkgever.

EUR also offers all employees an annual personal career budget with which you can further develop your skills and competences. There are also many training, development and coaching opportunities within EUR.

RSM wants to offer its employees a good work/life balance. Working partly from home is one of the possibilities, within the applicable frameworks and agreements.

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.

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.
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RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.

RSM's Exchange Office team facilitates the bachelor and master exchange programmes for incoming and outgoing students. The team assists and advises students before, during and after their exchange in Rotterdam or abroad. This team is part of the Education Services Student Affairs cluster, which also includes the RSM Admissions & Orientation, Career Center and Student Support teams.