Policy advisor

Introduction

Are you an experienced policy advisor? Then we’d like you to join us at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) to help us strengthen our efforts to be a force for positive change in the world.

As part of an organisation on the move, you help RSM to take steps forward in many areas that are aligned with our mission, such as our policies for people and culture as well as those for education and engagement.

Even though you report to Myra van Esch, director of operations at RSM, yours is a standalone role in which you closely collaborate with colleagues in multidisciplinary groups.

Job description

As a policy advisor you are the bridge between the Executive Board decisions and the organisation. You are key in transforming strategy and ideas on how we can improve into clear, concise and actionable policy.  

As policy advisor for RSM, you are the bridge between the executive board decisions and the organisation. You take strategy and ideas on how we can improve, and you transform those into clear, concise and actionable policy.  

In this role you work closely with stakeholders from service departments. You are also part of the management team operations workgroup, which is charged with embedding top-down strategy and ideas into business practices.  

Your responsibilities will include the following:  

• Create a policy roadmap with clear priorities. 
• Gather input from and align with various business stakeholders within RSM and the wider Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) community to reach a broadly supported policy. 
• Consult with relevant departments such as HR, legal and finance to ensure compliance within the policies.  
• Ensure Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility criteria are met, and embedded these into the existing and newly created policies.  
• Work with our internal communications team to ensure all employees are well informed of changes in policy through the use of multiple communication channels.  

Job requirements

You are an enthusiastic, dedicated, precise and trustworthy colleague with solid experience in a people function. You enjoy working in an international environment, and you have a strong affinity for the Erasmian values (Critical, Creative, Caring, Collaborative).   

Furthermore, you have the following competences: 

• Master degree in a relevant field of study. 
• Demonstrated experience in a similar role in a complex organisation, preferably within a university context. 
• Professional working proficiency – spoken and written – in Dutch and English. 

Competencies we believe will help you to be successful in this role include the following: 

• Simplify complex concepts 
• Integrity and reliability 
• Structured and meticulous 
• Strong communication skills; you can balance sharing your expertise with listening to input from others  
• Collaborate to get things done

Employment conditions and benefits

We offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

This is a position for 38 hours per week (full-time), with the option to apply flexible working hours according to CAO NU.   

We have a hybrid working scheme, where you can choose to work fully from the office in Rotterdam or partially work from home.

We aim for a start date between September and October 2024 and you will be based at Campus Woudestein in Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

Salary is subject to training and experience and may vary from a minimum of € 4,332 and up to a maximum of
€ 6,737 gross per month (scale 11 or 12, CAO NU), based on a full-time contract (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. 

Everything else we offer you, you can find below!

• Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 29 days of paid leave based on a 38 hour workweek and 41 days of paid leave if you use the flexible hours arrangement in the CLA and work a 40 hour week. There is 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!
• Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.
• Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.
• Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.
• Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 4.100 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Faculty / Institute / Central service

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers. www.rsm.nl

RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities and nationalities.

Additional information

Do you have further questions about this vacancy, or would you like additional information? Please contact RSM HR business partner Yverna Bosch by email at bosch@rsm.nl.

Applying

We look forward to receiving your application, including your CV and motivation letter. 

Should we have multiple equally qualified candidates after the final interview round, internal candidates will receive priority over external candidates.