Absenteeism & Prevention Advisor

Are you an expert in the field of Absenteeism & Prevention? Are you looking for a position where you not only advise and support managers in (prevention of) absenteeism, but you are also passionately committed to a vital and healthy working environment within an innovative organization? Then this is the position for you!

Your department:
At WUR, we work according to our own developed HR Service Model: HR Together. Three components together realize the HR services: HR Business Partnering from the decentralized units and the Center of Expertise (CoE) and HR Operations from Corporate HR.

You will work from the Vital & Health (V&H) CoE dedicated to an organisational unit and work on WUR-wide activities in the field of Vital & Health (about 80% for your organisational unit and 20% WUR-wide). You will work closely with the Team Lead V&H, the V&H Policy Advisor, your fellow Absenteeism & Prevention Advisors and the decentralised HR Business Partners.

In the CoE, harmonization, development and renewal of WUR HR policy take place. The CoE is also responsible for the vision and strategy on the HR topics within its own portfolio. The CoE, in collaboration with HR Teams and HR Operations, is about a consistent translation of policy into implementation. There are experts who know and can apply developments outside the organization and in the field.

Your position:
As an Absenteeism & Prevention Advisor, you not only inform and advise managers, but you also support (prevention of) absenteeism. Thanks in part to your expertise and commitment to a vital and healthy working environment, your colleagues at Wageningen University & Research can continue to do their work in a healthy way.

Your tasks and responsibilities as an Absenteeism & Prevention Advisor are:

• You offer managers specialist advice (solicited and unsolicited) and information about vitality, (prevention of) absenteeism and incapacity for work;
• You will monitor the correct and timely execution of the process during the 1st and 2nd year of illness on the basis of the Gatekeeper Act and advise and support in fulfilling the obligations in the context of this process. You can think of: interventions, deployment of company doctor, file structure and 1st/2nd track. You coordinate this with the HR Business Partners of the relevant unit, company doctor, other care providers (such as Company Social Work) and UWV. You are the spider in the web;
• You contribute to the development of Vital & Health policy and translate signals and needs from the organization into appropriate interventions.

This role as Absenteeism & Prevention Advisor within the CoE V&H is a versatile and relatively new role. That is why a connecting, proactive, analytical, energetic and pragmatic attitude to work is important.

• At least a completed relevant higher professional education (e.g. HRM) supplemented with 'Management of absenteeism' and preferably also with registration training in case management.
• Up-to-date knowledge of laws and regulations (Gatekeeper Improvement Act);
• At least 5 years of work experience in a similar position;
• Good advisory skills and you are a real connector.
• Good command of the Dutch and English language.

In our international working environment, communication is increasingly in English. For this position, it concerns language level C1 If you do not yet have this level, we will of course help you and you can contact our language center Wageningen in'to Language

See that there are plenty of challenges for you. These challenges can also be seen as development opportunities. So if you do not yet have the track record required in the vacancy, but do have solid work experience, we would also like to invite you to apply

When it comes to terms of employment, Wageningen University & Research is the right place for you. Highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement are, for example:

• working hours that can be determined in consultation, so that an optimal work-life balance is possible;
• the possibility of building up extra compensation hours by working more;
• sabbatical leave, study leave and partly paid parental leave;
• There is a lot of attention for vitality and you can use the sports facilities on campus at an attractive rate;
• a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%;
• excellent pension scheme through ABP.

Of course, these excellent fringe benefits also include an appropriate salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive salary of a minimum of € 3,399 to a maximum of € 5,478 for a full working week of 36 hours in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Wageningen Research (scale 10). We offer you a one-year contract with the intention of converting it into a permanent contract. This vacancy is for 24 to 30 hours per week. If you have any questions about this, we are happy to speak with you.

Wageningen University & Research stimulates internal career opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are ample opportunities for own initiative in a learning environment, we offer excellent training opportunities. With us, you will get a versatile job in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, and at a university that has been chosen as the "best university" in the Netherlands for the 20th consecutive time.

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.