Reading Promotion Advisor (Vocational Education)

Scope of work:

Your primary objective is to actively and expertly support teachers across the various academic departments of the Albeda and Zadkine school networks in enriching their lessons with programs that foster a love of reading among their students.

As a reading promotion advisor for vocational education (MBO), you are dedicated to helping young people and are determined to convey to them the importance of reading. You are familiar with the issues facing urban communities and are aware of the challenges they present. You are a natural networker. In this role, you take on various responsibilities, ranging from a results-oriented approach toward program managers and administrators to a hands-on and supportive role with teachers. To convince all levels within these complex school systems, you will deliver presentations, training sessions, and coaching. You will also support and assist Dutch and civics teachers in implementing reading promotion activities, for example by taking over lessons or student guidance.

You have a genuine interest in everything related to reading motivation and literacy education covered in the media, and you know how to apply this knowledge to position Passionate Bulkboek and its programs. You identify opportunities and know how to turn them into concrete actions.

In this role, you will be on the road regularly. At the office, you will work on both back-office and CRM tasks, as well as translating real-world school experiences into the implementation and/or further development of our program and training offerings.

You are the right candidate for us if you:

• Have experience in (preparatory) secondary vocational education or in working with young people;
• are creative in bringing our mission, “Creating readers together,” to life
• are confident and a natural networker;
• is able to work independently and in an organized manner;
• I also enjoy reading;
• has a good command of the Dutch language;

We offer:

• Work within a close-knit team of 12 employees and, from time to time, interns, in an informal work environment;
• a large collection of children's and adult literature;
• a dynamic work environment that encourages your own ideas and initiative;
• Depending on work experience, the position is classified in pay grade 10 (minimum €2,891 and maximum €4,669 gross for a 38-hour workweek) in accordance with the guidelines of the Collective Labor Agreement for Youth and Education Advisory Organizations, with good benefits, including vacation pay (8%), a year-end bonus (8%), compensation for overtime, and a flexible approach to working from home;
• In line with Passionate Bulkboek’s social policy, we always offer employment with the prospect of a permanent position. At the candidate’s request, a freelance assignment is also negotiable.

Apply by:

Please send an email with your resume and cover letter to Renée den Breems at renee@passionatebulkboek.nl by December 7, 2023. Interviews will be held on Wednesday, December 13.

Inclusivity and diversity are top priorities when building our team. We foster an open culture in which everyone is supported in reaching their full potential. We view the inclusion of talent as the foundation of our success, and the diversity of perspectives and individuals as an extremely valuable outcome of this. We therefore highly value input from people of different backgrounds, gender identities, and age groups.