HR Policy Officer / Recognition and Appreciation

The position

Through the following responsibilities, you will help shape UNL into a modern, responsive umbrella organization and a modern employers’ association: You will be part of a small HR team responsible for maintaining and updating the sector-wide collective bargaining agreement, maintaining contact with partners and implementing bodies, and supporting the universities’ joint HR consultations from the UNL office. In addition, you will contribute to the multi-year “Recognize & Value” program coordinated by the UNL office.

The Recognition & Appreciation program was launched in 2020 to achieve the goals outlined in the position paper “Room for Everyone’s Talent.” Our aim is to modernize the system of recognition and appreciation in academia across the areas of education, research, impact, leadership, and patient care (at UMCs). The various Recognition and Appreciation committees are enthusiastically working to drive the intended cultural change at the institutional level. Experimenting, inspiring, co-creating, sharing best practices, and learning from one another are central to the joint program.

As an HR Policy Officer, you will be responsible for a number of policy-related issues concerning employment conditions that are important to UNL. These include the following policy areas:

• policy development and maintenance of social security and labor conditions policies;
• managing regulations and contributing to the collective bargaining process on these topics;
• overseeing the annual maintenance of the university's job classification system (UFO);
• contract management and negotiations with external service providers such as VISMA and UWV;
• answering questions from members and those covered by the collective bargaining agreement regarding the agreement and social security regulations;

Through the Recognize & Appreciate program, you will contribute to the following topics:

• Preparing academic agreements on alternative ways of recognizing and valuing researchers;
• Compiling a list of profiles developed by universities or faculties.General qualities
• You find collaboration second nature because you’re inspiring and naturally engage others;
• The vision outlined in the E&W position paper “Room for Everyone’s Talent” resonates with you, and you’d like to be part of this cultural shift;
• You are able to summarize, evaluate, and interpret information and use it to write a coherent narrative.

Work Style and Development
As a Policy Officer, you actively and purposefully work on your professional development and are open to feedback (both giving and receiving it). You are transparent in your approach and focused on improving your style, demeanor, and content. You are skilled at prioritizing tasks, take a project-based approach to your work, and are able to function effectively on your own.

General profile requirements

• Academic level of work and thinking;
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience;
• Policy experience;
• Well-developed legal judgment;
• The ability to explain complex matters clearly;
• An easygoing and active networker;
• An understanding of (political) administrative dynamics and one’s own role within them.

We offer
A versatile role in a dynamic organization that invests in its employees.

A one-year contract for 38 hours per week (part-time hours negotiable). Subject to satisfactory performance, this will be converted to a permanent position. The Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities applies. The salary falls under pay scale 11 or 12 (depending on experience) of the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities.

The office is located in the center of The Hague. We operate using a modern and flexible office concept.

Procedure

For more information about the position, please contact Jaap Verheij, HR Manager, at 06-27014739 or by email at verheij@unl.nl. You can find more information about UNL at www.universiteitenvannederland.nl. Interviews will be held at our office in The Hague.

Please send your cover letter and resume by email (vacature@unl.nl) to Lotte Ophey, HR Advisor, no later than June 1, 2022.

At UNL, we believe that inclusive employment practices are essential to achieving the goals we strive for. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel at home with us, so that diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and insights are reflected in our work. We prefer to work with a diverse range of talents and preferred styles, where your origin, age, or who you love doesn’t matter to us. We believe it’s important that you enthusiastically contribute to an inclusive UNL culture.