Are you passionate about addressing unwanted behaviour and experienced in creating safer spaces within a university environment? Would you like to work with a truly international student body and are you able to apply cultural sensitivity at all times? Do you pride yourself on your integrity and are you able to lead difficult conversations? Then this function might be the right one for you.

Job description

• Contact person for any student who has been confronted with unwanted behaviour or unequal treatment in their study environment, based at the ISS in the Hague;
• Listen, advise and guide students on these issues whilst maintaining strict confidentiality;
• Supports process of filing of report or other steps together with complainant;
• Produce anonymised reports and make recommendations to IB / management;
• Give clear and concise presentations to staff, students and management;
• Participates in Orientation week and related student activities;
• Participates in Network EUR Confidential Advisors for Intervision.

• Education level: applied sciences education (HBO);
• Good communication (writing and speaking) skills in English (C1) and Dutch (B2);
• Completed or due to complete on short notice a 4 full day training on unwanted behaviour and integrity, certified by the national association of confidential advisers;
• Excellent understanding and demonstrable experience of working within a truly diverse environment;
• Understanding of cultural differences and ability to apply this in culturally sensitive situations;
• Integrity, reliability and communication skills;
• Organisational sensitivity and strategic insight to give policy advice.

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 1 September 2024 and you will be based at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague.

The successful candidate will initially be offered a one-year contract with Erasmus University Rotterdam and can be converted into a permanent contract if performance is good and the organizational circumstances remain unchanged.

In accordance with the conditions applied at Erasmus University Rotterdam as indicated in the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch universities, the salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.377 to a maximum of € 4.640 gross per month (Scale 9) for full-time employment (38 hours).

Everything else we offer you, you can find below!

• 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 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 (daycare not paid for by EUR).
• 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 4.100 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.

Faculty / Institute / Central service
The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) is a leading academic centre for international development studies in The Hague, which is part of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). It is a post-graduate institute of policy-oriented critical social science, founded in 1952. The Institute offers a PhD Programme in Development Studies, a 15.5-month Masters (MA) in Development Studies with five Majors, and an MA in Public Policy.

The ISS engages a highly diverse international community of scholars and students from the global South and the global North. It brings together people (on average from over 50 different countries), ideas and insights in a multidisciplinary setting which nurtures, fosters and promotes independent thinking. ISS staff, PhD researchers and MA students conduct innovative research on fundamental development problems that exist in different parts of the world. Our strong partnerships with organisations and individuals in developing and developed countries make up a network where we co-create knowledge so that our work remains societally relevant. The wish to contribute to achieving global social justice and equity is key to the ISS philosophy and practice. With its teaching programmes, ISS aims to support its students in becoming critical global citizens, professionals and change agents who are able to make a difference in the world. ISS also acquires and manages externally funded projects for teaching, research, and capacity building from a wide range of donors, including NWO, NUFFIC, and the European Commission.