As a project manager, you will be working on two projects: Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Centre (PDPC) Rotterdam and Platform Digital Infrastructure Social Science and Humanities (PDI-SSH).

PDPC is a brand-new initiative bringing scientists together with an ambitious interdisciplinary research agenda to better prepare for future pandemics and disasters like floods or extreme heat. Such complex issues can only be tackled with a wide range of expertise, data collection methods and modeling techniques. Important stakeholders you will be dealing with include Erasmus Medical Centre (EMC), TU Delft, the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), and the national data infrastructure for the social sciences ODISSEI. For more information, see convergence.nl/pandemic-disaster-preparedness.

PDI-SSH is part of the SSH Sector Plan of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and is responsible for implementing a domain-wide digital SSH plan. The Platform allocates resources to digital infrastructures, coordinates digital infrastructures and is responsible for digital strategies within the SSH domain. Important stakeholders include ODISSEI, the humanities infrastructure CLARIAH, and Committee Sector Plan SSH. For more information, see www.pdi-ssh.nl.

As project manager your responsibilities will include:  

1. Aligning the relationships between a large variety of stakeholders;
2. Organising and participating in frequent bilateral and multilateral consultations;
3. Monitoring and helping develop SSH (infrastructure) programmes;
4. Supporting committees in evaluating programmes;
5. Co-writing of project proposals, budgets and/or grant applications;
6. Ensuring the cooperation and coordination of digital infrastructure facilities;
7. Financial administration of provided grants.

Your employer is the Data Infrastructure department of Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral sciences (ESSB), which is the (co-)host of PDPC, PDI-SSH, and ODISSEI.

As project manager, you will enjoy a high degree of independence in your work. You will report to the chair of the Data Infrastructure department (Prof. dr. Dykstra) and to the chair of the PDI-SSH foundation (Prof. dr. De Vreese).

The position offers a unique opportunity to support two exciting projects to navigate across a very wide diversity of stakeholders in the complex national data infrastructure landscape. You can develop of significant understanding of that landscape, incrementally increase your responsibilities, and grow into a senior project management function. The position offers substantial possibilities to expand your skills through participation in training (depending on your needs and preferences).

You are independent, responsible, and self-motivated. You can communicate well with stakeholders at various levels of seniority and work constructively towards shared goals. You are analytically strong, client-focused, diplomatic, and trustworthy. You are well-organised and pay attention to details. Preferably, you have project management experience.

You have completed a two-year (research) master programme and have knowledge of and experience in the academic field, preferably in the social sciences.

You have professional verbal and written command of Dutch and English (both C2 level CEFR or comparable).

An internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with good working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

You will be based at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam - Woudestein. The position is for 0,8 -1 FTE. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.821,- to a maximum of € 5.230,- gross per month on a fulltime basis, in accordance with scale 11 of the CAO-NU. We will offer you a contract for a period of 2 years, extension is possible. In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance, an end-of-year payment of 8.3%, and a very generous paid leave scheme. Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision, and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal career budget, work-life balance coaches, discounted collective health insurance, and more. As an employee, you can also use EUR facilities such as the University library and receive a discount on subscriptions for the Erasmus sports center.

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a Dual Career Programme (DCP) to assist the life partners of new academic staff (on payroll) in finding employment in The Netherlands. The programme is offered in close cooperation with the nearby universities of Delft and Leiden.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

Erasmus University Rotterdam

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 3.700 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.

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

The Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) has a wide range of scientific disciplines: public administration, pedagogical sciences, psychology, and sociology. The Erasmus University College, IHS, and two research institutes RISBO and DRIFT are also attached to the faculty. This wide variety is also reflected in our (international) bachelor's and master’s programmes and in our research. The faculty's activities always focus on people and society. Our activities are always focused on people and society. At ESSB, fundamental, internationally oriented research is of paramount importance. Social research on behalf of professionals, policy and society is also part of the research activities. The faculty offers a stimulating research climate that attracts important national and international research grants. Distinguished guest researchers from the Netherlands and abroad work for shorter or longer periods of time and ambitious PhD students are employed. Our education is small-scale and uses innovative teaching methods, such as Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Both the Dutch and English-language programmes are highly rated annually by students and alumni.

The programmes within these scientific areas currently serve almost 4000 students. ESSB also has more than 400 employees.