Communications Advisor, Citizenship Resource Center

To strengthen our organization, we are looking for a:

Communications Advisor, Citizenship Resource Center (0.8 FTE)

Are you a creative, well-rounded, hands-on communications consultant? As a communications consultant, do you enjoy advocating for socially relevant issues and want to contribute to effective citizenship education? If so, this position is the challenge you’re looking for.

Who are we?

School & Safety is the leading center of expertise for social safety in schools. As a national platform, we provide schools with information and support to promote a socially safe school environment. The Citizenship Expertise Center assists schools in fulfilling their legal mandate for citizenship education. School & Safety carries out this work in collaboration with the MBO Council, SLO, and ProDemos, with support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. We offer our expertise to schools in primary education (PO), special education (GO), secondary education (VO), and vocational education (MBO) by, among other things, providing information and advice and facilitating knowledge exchange. We focus primarily on school boards, school leaders, coordinators, and teachers.

What will you be doing?

You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team. Your role will focus on providing primary, special education, and secondary schools with the best possible information about the legal mandate for citizenship education and inspiring them to effectively design their citizenship education programs.

To achieve this goal, the Citizenship Resource Center utilizes various resources, such as conferences, webinars, podcasts, and our website. The website is the go-to source for answers to all questions schools may have about citizenship education. We also provide access to teaching materials, publications, and professional development opportunities from other organizations in the field of citizenship.

Together with two other communications advisors, you will be responsible for day-to-day tasks, such as keeping the website up to date, producing the monthly newsletter, and managing our social media channels. In addition, you will be responsible for specific projects, such as producing (or commissioning) videos in which schools discuss their citizenship education programs, setting up a conference website, and producing (or commissioning) the annual magazine Citizenship in Schools. For these projects, you will work closely with the content specialists at the Citizenship Expertise Center, as well as with partner organizations and contractors.

How do you go about this?

• Together with your colleagues, you will be responsible for our communications regarding citizenship education and the Citizenship Expertise Center. Your responsibilities will also include communications about specific activities such as webinars, podcasts, and conferences.
• You will provide hands-on guidance for activities and ensure that communication activities are carried out in accordance with the project plan.
• You’ll create content plans and coordinate them internally, keep the website’s information up to date, and write SEO-optimized copy and articles for the website. You’ll also create inspiring content for social media channels and monitor how your posts perform.
• You will oversee the development of products and tools from start to finish.

What do you bring to the table?

You’re an enthusiastic team player with a good sense of humor. You’re flexible and enjoy working in a team. Drawing on your expertise in communications, you know how to persuade others. You thrive both independently and as part of a team. You enjoy developing content and have a way with words. You are creative and have inspiring ideas that you love to share with your colleagues. You are results-oriented and have an eye for detail. You enjoy coordinating projects. Planning and organizing come naturally to you.

In addition, you have:

• a vocational or higher vocational education program, preferably in the field of communication
• knowledge of PR and (social) media
• excellent communication and writing skills
• strong networking skills
• Knowledge of DTP software (such as Adobe Creative Cloud and Canva) is a plus
• an interest in (civics) education

Our offerings

School & Safety is a nationwide organization with approximately 40 employees across various departments: Operations, Advisory Services, Communications, and Knowledge & Partnerships. You will be joining the multidisciplinary program team at the Citizenship Expertise Center. This team consists of nine employees and is led by a program manager.

In addition to an informal, supportive, and collaborative work environment, we offer you a position with plenty of room for initiative and personal growth. We offer a one-year contract, competitive pay, and excellent benefits. The salary range is €3,246.16 – €4,868.02 based on full-time employment.

Your application

Does this sound like a role that would be a good fit for you? We’d love to hear from you! Please send your cover letter and resume toinfo@schoolenveiligheid.nl by January 12, 2026. In the subject line, please write “Application for Communications Advisor at the Citizenship Expertise Center.” If you have any questions, please contact Jan Faber (manager) at 06 – 50 27 26 66.

We are committed to diversity within our organization. School & Safety strives to be an organization where everyone can feel at home. We believe that as a diverse organization, we are better equipped to support schools in addressing issues related to citizenship. We take this into account during the selection process. We therefore warmly invite you to mention in your cover letter how your background and experiences contribute to your ambition to work toward quality citizenship education for all students.

More about the School & Safety Foundation

School & Safety is the leading center of expertise in the field of social safety in and around schools. Our vision is that students’ time at school should be dedicated to growing, discovering, and learning together. They learn best in an environment where students and education professionals interact positively and where everyone respects one another or learns to do so. Based on this vision, School & Safety has been supporting schools in primary and secondary education, vocational education, and special education for over 10 years.

Our mission is to help teachers, school leaders, and administrators empower students to reach their full potential and become their best selves. To this end, School & Safety provides information and expert advice on topics such as social safety policies, discrimination, polarization and tensions, citizenship, bullying, emergencies, gender and sexual diversity, sexual misconduct, and dealing with sexuality. We carry out our work with support from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.