Educational Support Assistant, Department of Animal Sciences.

at  Wageningen University Research

As an educational support assistant for the Department of Animal Sciences at Wageningen University & Research, you will support various chair groups. You will collaborate with lecturers and educational coordinators from these groups to deliver top-quality education. As an educational support assistant, you are responsible for the administrative and logistical organization of the education, so that lecturers can focus on the content.Your tasks and responsibilities as an educational support assistant are:

• Logistical support in the organization of courses and exams (including scheduling, booking rooms, educational materials, student registrations, group divisions, etc.);
• Expertise and point of contact for the digital learning environment Brightspace. You help lecturers to use this platform optimally for their teaching;
• Support in various educational software programs (e.g., LabBuddy and Osiris);
• Monitoring communication with students and lecturers (e.g., managing shared course email boxes, ensuring central information such as yearly education planning is communicated to lecturers).

WHERE YOU WILL WORK

You will be working on our green campus in Wageningen for the Department of Animal Sciences. With twelve chair groups, we study the function, biology, and behavior of animals. We provide high-quality education about animals for various bachelor’s and master’s programs, mainly Animal Sciences and Biology. Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• 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.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between €3040,- and €4149,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 8). For this role, we are looking for two candidates. One for a 21-hour contract and one for a 15-hour contract. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance.
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 multi-faceted 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 and with your work you have a clear and positive impact on society. At WUR we work on the most pressing challenges of our time, like climate change and feeding the world in a sustainable way. 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, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long 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 and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.
You are an independent, proactive, flexible, and service-oriented team player. You enjoy organizing things well, can manage your time efficiently across multiple tasks, and you work accurately. Additionally, you have well-developed IT skills and an interest in education and student affairs.

• Logistical support in the organization of courses and exams (including scheduling, booking rooms, educational materials, student registrations, group divisions, etc.);
• Expertise and point of contact for the digital learning environment Brightspace. You help lecturers to use this platform optimally for their teaching;
• Support in various educational software programs (e.g., LabBuddy and Osiris);
• Monitoring communication with students and lecturers (e.g., managing shared course email boxes, ensuring central information such as yearly education planning is communicated to lecturers)