Collaboration Advisor

As a Partnership Advisor at SVDJ, you will contribute to SVDJ’s partnerships and network. You will regularly engage with stakeholders, partners, alumni, and other interested parties, identify their needs, and follow up on these with colleagues. You will maintain existing contacts,communities, and networks. You will actively seek out new partners, organizations, or stakeholders relevant to the organization. You will also develop a broader networking strategy for SVDJ as a whole and help colleagues implement it.

Job Description

As a Collaboration Advisor, you will be part of the Data Collection & Processing team. In addition to you, this team consists of the Research Coordinator and two Strategic Advisors. You will serve as the link between the journalism sector and your colleagues at SVDJ. You know better than anyone how to network, maintain contacts, and identify the sector’s needs. In doing so, you pay close attention to reciprocity: in addition to gathering shared knowledge needs, you actively contribute ideas on what SVDJ can offer stakeholders in return. Sometimes you’ll do this yourself, other times you’ll support colleagues or management in this effort. You’ll also have sufficient strategic insight to balance the interests of different types of stakeholders.

The work includes, among other things:

• Maintaining and strengthening existing networks andcommunitieswithin SVDJ;
• Identify new partners or stakeholders relevant to SVDJ and bring them to the attention of relevant colleagues;
• Initiating, facilitating, and supporting dialogue between stakeholders and SVDJ employees;
• Structuring networks;
• Developing a network strategy;
• Manage network information in a CRM system (to be determined) and ensure that the overview is kept up to date;
• Collaborate with the Knowledge Sharing team in organizing meetings and other forms of knowledge sharing with and for our networks;
• Collaboration with the Research Coordinator in organizing activities related to data collection;
• Promoting cooperation between the partners, stakeholders, and other interested parties and SVDJ;

Profile

We are looking for someone with experience in public relations and journalism who meets the following job requirements:

• You have experience in relationship management, advocacy, and/or community management;
• You have excellent networking skills;
• You have knowledge of CRM systems and are highly proficient in using them;
• You have a college-level and/or university-level work and thinking ability;
• You have excellent communication skills in Dutch and English;
• You are good at planning your work and are used to working with deadlines;
• You have strong analytical skills;
• You have an eye for detail;

Preference will be given to candidates who:

• At least five years of relevant work experience;
• Experience with project-based work;
• A relevant network within and outside the journalism sector (both nationally and internationally);
• You are familiar with the journalism industry in the Netherlands;
• You have a connection with media organizations abroad;

We offer

The position of Collaboration Advisor is a one-year appointment for 32–36 hours per week, with a one-month probationary period. The position may be extended based on satisfactory performance. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the CAO RIJK.

The position is classified in pay grades 10 through 12. Depending on your education and experience, the salary ranges from a minimum of €3,404.39 to a maximum of €6,907.67 gross per month for full-time employment (36 hours). In addition to your salary, you will receive an IKB (Individual Choice Budget). The IKB consists of money and time, allowing you to customize part of your employment conditions yourself.

We offer you a varied role with plenty of room for initiative and creativity. You’ll be working in a young and enthusiastic team and will report directly to management. You’ll be based at our office in The Hague, but working from home or a hybrid arrangement is also possible.

Apply

If this profile sounds like you, please email your cover letter (in any format you choose) and resume to vacature@svdj.nl with the subject line: “Collaboration Advisor Job Opening” by March 17. Interviews will be held during the weeks of March 24 and March 31.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Peter Smet (Managing Director) at vacature@svdj.nl or 070-3617111.

About SVDJ

As the Journalism Stimulus Fund, we help strengthen the journalistic infrastructure in the Netherlands. We focus on organizational development, innovation, and deepening the capabilities of organizations. In addition, we are constantly seeking new areas in which to strengthen the journalistic infrastructure in a meaningful way. Our activities involve a combination of knowledge sharing, guidance, and grants.

This includes organizing knowledge-sharing events, establishing grant programs to support the development of investigative journalism or innovation, and conducting research or commissioning it. In addition, we share news about developments in the journalism sector via our website, svdj.nl.

In recent years, our organization has evolved from a more traditional grant provider into a strategic partner and a hub for knowledge sharing and innovation. As an independent administrative body (ZBO), the Stimuleringsfonds receives an annual contribution from the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, which funds all of its activities in accordance with the Media Act.

Recruitment efforts related to this job posting are not appreciated.