Management/Office Assistent – Leerstoelgroep Gedragsecologie

What will you do?
As Management/Office Assistant, you will run the secretariat of the Behavioural Ecology Chair Group at Wageningen University & Research (WUR).

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Secretarial and administrative duties (keeping track of important deadlines; processing data in various systems)
• First point of contact for staff, students, and guests
• Supporting the chair group (internal information provision; assistance with (administrative) questions)
• Organizational tasks (booking travel; planning and organizing meetings, events, and outings; communication: website and social media)
• HR tasks (contract changes, registering external staff/student assistants, checking time registration and leave)
• Financial tasks (placing and processing orders, budget management, expense control)
• Educational support tasks (course and grade registration, maintaining student administration)

• You are an assertive, energetic, and positive person with an eye for cultural differences and organizational relationships. You are reliable, honest, and discreet.
• You are curious and eager to learn, connecting, always looking for ways to improve work processes, able to handle stress well, and enjoy working as part of a team.
• You work accurately and independently, are customer- and service-oriented, flexible, proactive, well-organized, and able to maintain an overview and set priorities.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, are digitally skilled, and have good knowledge of MS Office packages.
• You have a pleasant, clear, and service-oriented communication style. You have an excellent command of Dutch and a good command of English

In our international working environment, more and more communication is done in English. For this position, a language level of B2 is required. If you do not yet have this level, we will naturally support you — you can make use of our language centre, Wageningen in’to Language.

If you do not yet possess all the required qualities but believe you can acquire them within a reasonable time, we warmly invite you to apply as well.

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed year-end bonus of 8.3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive gross salary of between €2.872,- and €3.809,- for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) (scale 6/7). Additionally, a contract for 0,8 FTE can be discussed. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.

Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes.

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.

WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “orientation year” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “knowledge migrant”.

Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.

Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job.

Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.