Event Staff Member

As an event coordinator, you will be responsible for preparing, coordinating, and overseeing meetings and events that are part of Waag’s research projects. These may include: co-creation sessions on making the neighborhood more sustainable, workshops with fashion professionals experimenting with new materials, or exhibitions by participating artists. You will also work with the program coordinator to shape Waag’s monthly public program and coordinate venue rentals. You will establish clear agreements with internal and external clients and ensure that everything runs smoothly while respecting people and nature.

As an event staff member, you are responsible for:

• organizing some of the public programs
• Planning and execution of a wide range of events: from small-scale workshops, co-creation sessions, and lectures to Museum Night, conferences, and festival programs
• coordinating external venue rentals;
• maintaining work budgets;
• close contact and clear coordination with program creators/producers, communications staff, and internal clients.
• close contact and clear coordination with our facility manager and external parties such as suppliers, hosts, and technical staff.
  
  

About the public program

The public program consists of workshops, exhibitions, lectures, debates, and festivals, and is aimed at a very diverse audience, ranging from students, artists, and local residents to tech developers, experts, and policymakers.

In its public programming, Waag focuses on the social impact of technological developments. In addition, the programs aim to connect people who are committed to creating a sustainable and inclusive world, to foster engagement with social issues, and to expand opportunities for action.

As part of Waag Open, we open our doors every first Thursday evening of the month. We highlight current topics, organize a variety of workshops, and showcase collaborations between scientists, designers, and artists. These are accessible programs that anyone can join.

Visitwaag.org/eventsto see our current public events.

About Waag

For more than 25 years, Waag Futurelab has been researching how technology can be used to drive social innovation. Well-known Waag projects include Fairphone, the world’s most sustainable smartphone, and De Digitale Stad, one of the very first social media platforms in the Netherlands. Or consider Operation Sigismund, one of the first educational games in the Netherlands that lets students experience how exciting an archive can be and is still played weekly at the Drents Archief.

Waag works with a team of designers, artists, and scientists who apply public research methods to technology and society. In doing so, Waag empowers as many people as possible to help shape an open, fair, and inclusive future.

We do this by collaboratively exploring emerging technologies, questioning underlying cultural assumptions, and designing alternatives based on public values. In this way, we strive to contribute to an open, fair, and inclusive future. Visit waag.org for more information about Waag and the projects we’re working on.

Your future colleague Ouarda talks about working at Waag: “The freedom the organization gives me to shape my own projects really suits me. My colleagues appreciate me, I can be myself, and that makes it a great place to work.”

What are you bringing?

• experience organizing programs and events;
• You have the ability to switch gears quickly and have no problem working on multiple projects at the same time;
• You are comfortable working with audiovisual equipment (streaming);
• You enjoy contributing ideas to creative processes and know how to put them into practice;
• You are independent and proactive
• flexible availability (regularly on Thursday evenings and sometimes on weekends);
• You’re a go-getter who doesn’t mind physical work: think of hauling tables and chairs, lifting beer crates, and other tasks involved in setting up and taking down an event;
• An interest in current issues related to technology and society is a plus.
• Excellent language and communication skills in Dutch.
• Basic English Communication 

What do we offer?

• Waag is an organization that offers plenty of room for initiative and creativity
• Opportunities for your professional development in the form of an annual training budget
• Waag offers a casual work environment and a good pension plan
• The work locations are Huis De Pinto and De Waag, in the center of Amsterdam
• The salary range for this position is $2,402 to $2,748 per month, pay grade 4 (based on a 40-hour workweek), depending on knowledge and experience

Would you like more information? Call Tanja van Zoest at 06 21 68 48 53, or send an email to tanja@waag.org.

The application deadline for this position is March 6, 2023.

You can apply via this link. 

Diversity is crucial to making technology and society more open, fair, and inclusive. That is why we encourage candidates from diverse cultural backgrounds to apply. Even if you feel you don’t meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. Some qualities can’t be captured in bullet points.

Recruitment agencies are asked to refrain from contacting us regarding this job opening.