CISO Advisor

Who are you? 

You are a team player who knows how to seize opportunities and act with sensitivity when necessary. When we interview you, you will be able to convince us with examples from your practical experience as a CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) that demonstrate your ability to provide sound advice and interpret and analyze policy developments. In addition, you can draft policy memos and reports for information security policy, review regulations and procedures, and translate your findings into recommendations for changes.

What do you bring to the table? 

You have a degree in information management or a related field, preferably at the associate’s degree level or higher. In addition, you have at least two years of demonstrable work experience as a CISO or in a similar role, excellent communication skills, and the ability to connect with all stakeholders. Furthermore, you possess analytical and entrepreneurial skills that allow you to implement your recommendations in a creative and innovative way. You also have a healthy sense of humor, are approachable, and maintain a visible presence.

What will you be doing? 

As CISO, you present your advice and guidance with decisiveness and conviction. You do this by approaching your recommendations in a creative and innovative way. In your discussions with “the business,” you are attentive to the questions and needs of these internal partners and work with them to find solutions and contributions that better safeguard information security within the organization. In doing so, you also seek solutions that fit within and contribute to the overall information infrastructure. In an educational context, political and administrative sensitivity and action are indispensable.

Who are we? 

The Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) comprises the Breitner Academy, the Academy of Architecture, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Netherlands Film Academy, the Reinwardt Academy, and the Academy of Theatre and Dance. Through a wide range of specialized higher professional education programs at the bachelor’s and master’s levels, the AHK prepares students for careers in the national and international fields of art, culture, and heritage. Within the AHK, support services are centrally housed in the Service Bureau, which consists of the departments of Corporate Control, Central Administration and Procurement, IT, Information Management, Facilities and Management, HR, and Education, Research, and Communication.

The IM/ICT department consists of approximately thirty employees, divided into technical and functional IT professionals. The team is close-knit, open, informal, and dedicated. We help each other when needed, and there is plenty of freedom to organize your own work. We collaborate (within projects) on large (complex) enterprise solutions.

What do we offer? 

You will be working in an inspiring and informal work environment in the heart of Amsterdam, initially on a one-year contract. The gross monthly salary is up to €5,831.60 based on full-time employment (generic job description for staff member Adviser-D, scale 12). The AHK offers attractive employment conditions in accordance with the collective labor agreement for higher professional education (CAO-HBO), such as an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, an ABP pension plan, a generous vacation policy, a generous travel allowance, and opportunities for study and professional development.

Inquiries and Applications Applications, including a cover letter and resume, should be submitted by email no later than Monday, October 31, to Bryan Marshall, Acting Head of the IT Team, at vacature-sb@ahk.nl. Further information about this position can be obtained from Bryan Marshall via bryan.marshall@ahk.nl or vacature-sb@ahk.nl. If you are selected as our new colleague, we will require a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) upon your start date.