Association Services Staff Member

The position:

The Club Services Coordinator is responsible for supporting and advising clubs in various areas. Your expertise and energy will primarily be focused on topics such as adapted handball, promoting a safe handball environment, and implementing the club engagement program leading up to the Women’s Handball World Championship, which will take place in the Netherlands in November and December 2025.

In this role, you will work closely with seven other colleagues on the Association Services & Product Development team, as well as with many volunteers across the country. You will report to the Association Services & Product Development Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting organizations that want to start or are already working on establishing handball for people with disabilities and wheelchair handball;
• Coordination of the national wheelchair handball team’s program;
• Helping to implement the World Cup ’25 Club Engagement Program;
• Proactively and reactively organizing activities centered on the theme of a “positive and safe sports environment”;

We ask:

• HBO-level academic and intellectual ability;
• A true team player who enjoys collaborating with colleagues, local volunteers, and other organizations to promote the sport of handball;
• Experience working with (club) volunteers;
• Experience working independently;
• An interest in adaptive sports;
• Flexible availability (regular evening or weekend work);
• A degree in sports management (e.g., sports science) is preferred;
• A background and/or network in handball is an advantage;

In addition, you possess the following qualities and skills:

• Energetic and enthusiastic;
• Proactive and self-motivated (entrepreneurial);
• Independent;
• Customer-focused;
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written;
• Being able to provide good advice (e.g., identifying the real issue behind the question);

We offer:

• A fun, varied role in a dynamic, small team of professionals and volunteers;
• A one-year temporary employment contract for approximately 24 hours per week, with the option to extend and possibly increase the number of hours;
• A competitive salary and benefits package (CAO Sport).

About the NHV

The Dutch Handball Association (NHV) is the national umbrella organization for all 336 handball clubs and approximately 50,000 members. The NHV office is located at the Papendal Sports Center (Arnhem, Gelderland) and consists of a team of 35 staff members, 4–6 interns, and many volunteers, all of whom are dedicated to efficiently and effectively supporting handball clubs in becoming better, stronger, and larger. In our daily work, theHandball Agenda 2032serves as our most important guiding principle.

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, possess the required qualifications, and believe you meet the profile, please send your cover letter and resume tod.de.ruiter@handbal.nl by June 14 at the latest. Feel free to get creative with your application!

For more information about the position, please contact Danny de Ruiter, Manager of Association Services & Product Development;d.de.ruiter@handbal.nlor 06-51295029.

The NHV values diversity and inclusion within the sport of handball and our organization, so we invite everyone to apply! As part of our Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) policy in sports, we require a “Certificate of Good Conduct” (VOG) from all individuals who hold a role or position within the NHV. Receiving a VOG is an explicit condition for entering into an employment contract. If a VOG is not provided, unfortunately, collaboration is not possible.

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