Are you interested in mindfulness, meaning and meditation and would you like to organize these activities for your fellow students and would you like to be part of team NEWConnective? Then you should really apply for the position of Mindful Library student assistant at NEWConnective.

This is a 0.4 FTE (16 hours per week) job, working hours partly flexible but preferred days on Monday and Thursday.

Job starts May 6 and lasts until end December 2024.

Your duties

• Organizing activities in the Mindful Library
• Coordination of the Mindful Library program
• Web management Mindful Library page on vu.nl
• Preparing Insta posts and stories for the Mindful Library
• Manage a Mindful Library reservation system
• Collaborate with team NEWConnective
• Offering meditation in the VU Silence Room
• Promote activities in and around the Mindful Library

• Registered as a university student
• Affinity with meditation and mindfulness
• Good organizational skills
• You can work independently
• You enjoy working with others and have a real team spirit
• You can work well independently
• You are creative and like to come up with new program ideas
• You are Hospitable and responsible
• Familiarity with being able to provide meditations yourself is an advantage.

As a university, we strive for equal opportunities for all, recognising that diversity takes many forms. We believe that diversity in all its complexity is invaluable for the quality of our teaching, research and service. We are always looking for talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This also means that we are committed to creating an inclusive community so that we can use diversity as an asset.

We realise that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise and mindset. Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not meet all the requirements.

Fixed-term contract: 6 months.

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

• a salary € 2.618,00 (Scale 6) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Student assistant step 2. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
• a position for 0,4 FTE (0.3 FTE is negotiable) Your employment contract will initially last until January 2025.

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

• A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of 232 hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• space for personal development
• the possibility to work partly from home
• hybrid working enables a good work-life balance

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

About the Mindful Library and NEWConnective

The Mindful Library is a new place on the VU campus for meditation and reflection. Hidden among the books on the twelfth floor of the University Library in the Main Building, the Mindful Library offers space for individual and group meditations.

Team NEWConnective is a program team that deals with life questions for students on the VU campus. NEWConnective organizes events on themes such as meaning, religion and personal beliefs. NEWConnective also offers dialogue sessions, grief groups and moments of silence in the VU quiet room.

The NEWConnective team consists of five part-timers with whom you will work a lot.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands for values-driven education and research. We are open-minded experts with the ability to think freely. - a broader mind. Maintaining an entrepreneurial perspective and concentrating on diversity, significance and humanity, we work on sustainable solutions with social impact. By joining forces, across the boundaries of disciplines, we work towards a better world for people and planet. Together we create a safe and respectful working and study climate, and an inspiring environment for education and research. Learn more about our codes of conduct

We are located on one physical campus, in the heart of Amsterdam's Zuidas business district, with excellent location and accessibility. Over 5,500 staff work at the VU and over 30,000 students attend academic education.

Diversity
Diversity is the driving force of the VU. The VU wants to be accessible and receptive to diversity in disciplines, cultures, ideas, nationalities, beliefs, preferences and worldviews. We believe that trust, respect, interest and differences lead to new insights and innovation, to sharpness and clarity, to excellence and a broader understanding.

We stand for an inclusive community and believe that diversity and internationalisation contribute to the quality of education, research and our services.

Therefore, we are always searching for people whose backgrounds and experience contribute to the diversity of the VU community.