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Staff Member Student Affairs at Team Student Life

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March 10, 2025
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Wageningen
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Mon 17 March 2025
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At Wageningen University & Research (WUR), we prioritize creating a welcoming environment for our students. Our team Student Life, Wellbeing & Inclusion is dedicated to fostering a strong sense of belonging and supporting student wellbeing.

We are currently seeking a positive and organised individual to join our team, as one of our colleagues will be retiring. If you enjoy planning, creating structure and administrating, and have an interest in student wellbeing, we would love to hear from you!

About our team

Team Student Life, Wellbeing & Inclusion organises training sessions, masterclasses, and activities to improve mental wellbeing and inclusion. The team manages the Annual Introduction Days and a welcome program for international students. The team also works on policies related to student life and social safety, and collaborates with student organisations, WUR departments, and external partners like the Municipality of Wageningen and Idealis.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Serve as a point of contact for coaches, trainers, and students
• Create and maintain an overview/dashboard of deadlines, activities, outcomes
• Scheduling training and other sessions, ensuring smooth execution
• Overview of registrations and cancelations. Book training rooms and locations
• Keeping records of other team activities, such as expenses
• Carrying out management-supporting, control-related, and administrative tasks

Your qualities

• Organisational, administration and planning skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• A proactive communicator with a flexible mindset
• Very good command of the Dutch and English language
• MBO+ work and think level (or starter position Higher Education)

We offer you

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• Sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave
• Working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance
• There is a strong focus on vitality, and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee
• A fixed December bonus of 8.3%
• Excellent pension scheme

Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a unique position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere. You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a fair salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive gross salary of between € 3218, - and € 4298, - for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the

(scale 8). We offer a contract for
28 hours
a week. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible, within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.

Coming from abroad

WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “

orientation year
” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “
knowledge migrant
”.
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.

Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our

Welcome Center
. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job.
Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's
International Community
page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.

Do you want more information?

For more information about this position, please contact Team Lead Student Life, Wellbeing & Inclusion, Laura Witlox,
laura.witlox@wur.nl
or T. 06-34027861.

Do you want to apply?

You can apply directly using the apply button on this vacancy page on our website which will allow us to process your personal information with your approval. This vacancy will be listed first internally and after that also externally to - and including - March 24, 2025. We aim to schedule the first job interviews also for the week of Monday, March 24, 2025.

Welcome, safe, and valued

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) highly values diversity and inclusion because we believe that different insights lead to innovative solutions. We create a work environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and appreciated, regardless of background, identity, or experience. Together, we are building a culture where everyone's unique contribution adds to the success of our organization.

We are

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,700 employees (7,000 fte), 2,500 PhD and EngD candidates, 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Lifelong Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the
5 reasons
why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR.
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves and do not appreciate unasked for services from recruitment agencies. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.

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Dutch vacancy page
.

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