HRM and financial support officer – Computer Science Department

Do you have strong administrative skills? Can you manage the contracts for our scientific department? Are you motivated to play an important role in further improvement of our administrative financial and HRM processes? Do you like to contribute to the personal and professional development of our students? Then we would like to get to know you!

Location: AMSTERDAM
FTE: 0.8-1

Job description

As the HRM and financial support officer you manage and arrange contracts for the Computer Science department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. This includes contracts with Teaching Assistants (TA’s) and external partners.

You keep an overview of all these contracts and are responsible for the necessary actions from the beginning to the successful end. You have close contact with all the stake holders and keep them informed about the processing of their contracts. You are the first point of contact for HRM- and related financial questions. For some contracts you also take care of the financial matters. You provide instructors, TA’s, and the HRM Servicedesk with useful information about the contracts, and when necessary, you stay in touch with the HR Advisor and Department Manager. Towards the future your role may develop further, which will result in more complex HRM tasks and responsibilities. The VU will provide additional training and courses if necessary.

Your duties

• Keeping an overview of contracts of the department. This includes starting and extending the contracts, communicating with the International Office regarding work permits, and sending invoices for corresponding contracts.
• Being the first point of contact for instructors regarding Teaching Assistant contracts. You provide deadlines and instructions for hiring Teaching Assistants for their courses.
• Sending Teaching Assistants instructions regarding their contracts and answering questions.
• Keeping the TA Canvas page up to date with relevant information and posting TA vacancies.
• Taking care of the correct allocation of staff.
• Being the first point of contact for the HRM Servicedesk regarding contracts.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree.
• Strong administrative skills. Experience with similar administrative tasks is an advantage.
• Good knowledge and experience with MS Office (explicitly Excel).
• Excellent spoken and written command of English and Dutch.
• You have good problem solving skills. You find accuracy in your work very important.
• You can work with people from different cultural backgrounds.
• You have a service-oriented attitude.
• You can work independently.

What are we offering?

A challenging position in a socially involved organization. On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of €  2,402 (scale 6) and a maximum € 3,026 (scale 6), depending on your education and experience. The job profile: Administratief medewerker 1 is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for at least 0.8 FTE.

The initial contract will be for the period of one year. After a positive evaluation of functioning a permanent contract will be offered.

Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

• a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment,
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus,
• solid pension scheme (ABP),
• contribution to commuting expenses,
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

About Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The ambition of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is clear: to contribute to a better world through outstanding education and ground-breaking research. We strive to be a university where personal development and commitment to society play a leading role. A university where people from different disciplines and backgrounds collaborate to achieve innovations and to generate new knowledge. Our teaching and research encompass the entire spectrum of academic endeavor – from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences through to the life sciences and the medical sciences.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is home to more than 30,000 students. We employ over 5,500 individuals. The VU campus is easily accessible and located in the heart of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a truly inspiring environment for teaching and research.

Diversity
We are an inclusive university community. Diversity is one of our most important values. We believe that engaging in international activities and welcoming students and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds enhances the quality of our education and research. We are always looking for people who can enrich our world with their own unique perspectives and experiences.

The Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science inspires researchers and students to find sustainable solutions for complex societal issues. From forest fires to big data, from obesity to medicines and from molecules to the moon: our teaching and research programmes cover the full spectrum of the natural sciences. We share knowledge and experience with leading research institutes and industries, both here in the Netherlands and abroad.

Working at the Faculty of Science means working with students, PhD candidates and researchers, all with a clear focus on their field and a broad view of the world. We employ more than 1,250 staff members, and we are home to more than 11,000 students.

For more information about the department, please visit: Informatica – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (vu.nl)

Application

Are you interested in this position? Please apply via the application button and upload your curriculum vitae and cover letter until

15/09/2022

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Applications received by e-mail will not be processed.

Vacancy questions
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, you may contact:

Name: Peter Boven
Position: Department Manager
E-mail: p.f.boven@vu.nl
Telephone: +31 20 59 89892

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