Foreign Affairs Office Staff Member – Incoming Mobility (0.8 FTE)

Is optimizing our educational organization and tailoring our services or educational programs a good fit for you?

The Faculty of Technology at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is seeking a candidate for the Education Office:

(0.8 FTE) / Temporary replacement: March–November (maternity leave)

With your curiosity, you bring energy to a results-oriented collaboration in educational logistics. You help organize and optimize our educational operations. You contribute ideas, offer advice, and tailor our services to the needs of the educational sector. Articulating expectations and providing feedback come naturally to you.

Does this description sound like you? If so, we’d love for you to join our team!

What will you be doing?

Using your knowledge of educational logistics, you will focus on the process of incoming student mobility. Your responsibilities will include the following areas:

• You will handle the registration process and welcome international students;
• You will answer questions from students, partner universities, and colleagues in the faculty;
• You maintain partnerships with educational institutions abroad;
• You keep the information on the AUAS website up to date;
• You identify bottlenecks and make specific suggestions for improvement;
• And, of course, you’ll support your immediate colleague with the outbound student mobility process during busy periods.

You are available to work during the summer.

What are you bringing?

You have a college-level education and work experience in a dynamic environment. You have experience with process optimization, and working toward the intended result comes naturally to you. You have direct experience with the work of the International Office and the Erasmus scholarship program. You are fluent in both Dutch and English, both verbally and in writing, at a minimum B2 level.

You enjoy working with others, and providing feedback to keep everyone on their toes comes naturally to you. You’re open to new ideas and actively contribute them yourself. To ensure smooth collaboration among the various parties, it’s important that you listen carefully to your clients and tailor your services to the needs of the education sector. It’s okay to make mistakes, but it’s important that you learn from your experiences.

Where will you be working?

You’ll be working at the Education Office, a dynamic workplace on the Amstel Campus where people are coming and going all day long—both in person and online. With such a diverse group of people and a wide range of questions, you’ll never get bored!

What do we offer?

The duties are part of the permanent position of Foreign Affairs Office Clerk 2. The pay scale for this position is Scale 8. The salary is up to €3,691.27 gross per month for a full-time position and depends on education and experience. The employment contract is temporary, as this is a maternity leave replacement.

The AUAS offers a comprehensive package of employee benefits, including a generous vacation policy and a 13th-month bonus. In addition, we provide excellent opportunities for learning and professional development, and we believe it is important for you to continue developing your professional skills, for example through our AUAS Academy. You will be working at the Amstel Campus, in our beautiful new Jakoba Mulder House on Wibautstraat.

Where will you be working?

The Faculty of Engineering is one of the seven faculties at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). It employs approximately 600 staff members and has nearly 7,000 students. The faculty’s executive board consists of the dean, the director of education, the director of research, and the director of operations. The faculty is developing into a broad-based institution of knowledge for education and research. The faculty’s main location is the Jakoba Mulder House.

Diversity and Inclusion

The AUAS aims to be an organization where everyone feels welcome, valued, and at home. As an employer, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we can perform as a knowledge institution of and for the city. The Faculty of Technology has a student community that is diverse due to cultural, socioeconomic, and personal differences. We therefore strive to see the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives that Amsterdam has to offer reflected in our university’s workforce.

Want to know what it’s like to work at the AUAS? Hear from our employees.

For more information about the Faculty of Engineering: https://www.hva.nl/kc-techniek

Would you like to apply?

Click the link at the bottom of this job posting to apply online. Unfortunately, we cannot process applications sent directly to the contact person or by any other means.

Questions? Please contact Saskia van Bergen (s.van.bergen@hva.nl / 06 - 1022 7297).

What else you need to know

This job opening has been posted internally and externally at the same time. If candidates are equally qualified, internal candidates will be given priority over external candidates.

Would you like to learn more about our application process? Then visit our website, WerkenbijdeHvA.

In the recruitment and selection process for this position, we adhere to the AUAS Application Code. Unsolicited recruitment efforts in response to this job posting are not appreciated.