As Administrator digital collection you are responsible for arranging and guarding the access to all resources that our digital collection consists of. You process new orders, make online resources available, and solve accessibility problems. You maintain the knowledge base in which all collections are managed and create reports upon request or on your own initiative. With all of this you maintain good contact with publishers, colleagues and users.

You are customer friendly, service oriented, flexible, have good analytical skills, and are accurate. You are good at Excel.

This position is embedded within the department of Digital Resource Management (15 persons). The department of Digital Resource Management is responsible for managing all systems and applications for which the library operates as system owner. The department provides knowledge and capacity on IT development to the other departments and projects. When new systems need to be procured, the department helps providing requirements.

You are part of a team of in total 4 colleagues who work closely together and divided the workload amongst each other.

• A higher education background;
• Knowledgeabout the library world and workflows is convenient;
• You have strong communication skills, are curious and enjoy helping others;
• You are analytical, handle your work with care, and you oversee the progress of your work;
• Good command of the Dutch and English language (at least B2-level).

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 as soon as possible and you will be based in the University Library. This position is for 0,6 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 1 year 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 (EUR)

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.

University Library

At the University Library around 80 employees work together in an an open culture in which  collaboration, trust and taking responsibility are important. The Library is the content manager of the University and helps researchers and students to create and spread knowledge. In this way the knowledge becomes available for every citizen and we contribute to the societal impact of the EUR. 

For more information about the position, please contact Petra Busstra, manager Digital Resource Management: petra.busstra@eur.nl.

The University Library works with an anonymous application procedure. We highly value diversity and believe it is important that characteristics such as age, origin and gender do not play a role in the selection process.

How does the anonymous application procedure work?

We would like to receive three documents:

1.       an anonymized C.V. (please only fill in your initials)

2.      an anonymized motivation letter

3.      a separate document containing the personal data

Anonymizing the C.V. and the motivation letter means that name, age, gender (and any other personal data) are omitted in these documents.

You can send the abovementioned documents via AcademicTransfer up and including May 28th to with the subject "Application Administrator digital library".