“Creating positive societal impact: the Erasmian way” is central in the strategy of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).

Do you dare to ignite progress towards a positive, human-centred future driven by data and AI? Are you keen to help make data a vehicle for necessary sustainable societal changes? Read on.

The Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA) is the flagship centre and central hub at Erasmus University Rotterdam that incorporates data, digitisation, artificial intelligence and immersive tech. We’re looking for a project and event manager to start from November 2024.

As our new project and event manager, you work with the ECDA team as well as internal and external colleagues and academics. You’re responsible for the optimal organisation, performance and quality of several ECDA events, projects and educational programmes.

A glance at your role within ECDA
ECDA’s main goal is to prepare society for a data-driven future that is hands-on and human-centred. To guide society towards a sustainable world, AI and algorithms are increasingly used in various areas of our daily lives and therefore have vast potential to create social impact.

In your role, you bring together academic experts, organisation leaders, public and private partners, and students. The goal is to help them to engage in world-class education and research and to circulate meaningful know-how, data analytics, sharing and visualisation tools, and to help them to build a relevant network of society and business partners.

As part of ECDA, you help us to integrate diverse stakeholders via the Erasmus Data Collaboratory, a physical space where we can stimulate people to meet, further collaborate, experiment and innovate. Through ECDA programmes and events, you do your part to increase data and AI literacy and readiness in public, business and academic domains and in society as a whole.

ECDA in a nutshell

• Facilitates hands-on education and training to executives, academics and students
• Organises exclusive events, challenges, workshops, seminars and summits
• Offers an energetic and diverse learning community that includes stakeholders from public and private organisations, academia and students
• Facilitates multi-disciplinary research and innovation based on over 25 expert practices (all part of ECDA) on data analytics, digitalisation and AI
• Offers infrastructure for data, analytics, AI and immersive tech in collaboration with technology partners
• Offers one physical hub – the Erasmus Data Collaboratory, including the Immersive Xperience lab – where the community can come together.

Your main tasks include the following:

• Organise ECDA events and programmes – e.g., Leadership challenges with data analytics and Leadership challenges with data analytics in higher education – for diverse internal (EUR) and external target groups.
• Coordinate smooth collaborations with partners for events and projects in EUR, the Convergence of universities, and external parties.
• Advise on the event portfolio and formats in consideration of the diverse target groups: professionals, academics and students.
• Coordinate diverse ECDA innovation projects and assist in securing deliverables.
• Ensure that events and projects reach their goals and adhere to the budget by monitoring the activities.
• Attend meetings and provide updates about the ongoing events and projects.
• Supervise event student assistants, in consultation with colleagues.
• Participate in the projects and working groups in ECDA.
• As needed, support events and projects by using data-driven dashboards.
• Periodically evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of ECDA activities based on evidence and management information and optimise your evaluations with colleagues.
• Develop processes that contribute to the quality of ECDA services and deliverables.

We require you to have the following qualifications:

• Successful completion of education to at least at an HBO, master or bachelor level, and professional and intellectual abilities that are equal to or greater than the level of study
• A minimum of two years of relevant work experience in an educational setting
• Excellent organisational abilities and a methodical approach to work
• A high level of proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Native fluency in Dutch and fluent spoken and written English skills (minimum C1.1 level)

Do you have solid knowledge of education-related systems such as Canvas? Then you’re at an advantage with regards to this role.

Your competencies should include the following:

• Affiliation with or expertise in data, analytics, artificial intelligence and/or immersive technology is a prerequisite
• Collaborative, strong team player and good communicator
• Meticulous in carrying out work activities and an affinity for administrative processes
• Self-starter; you have a can-do and start-up mentality
• Can deal easily and with multiple simultaneous tasks and deadlines
• Focused on customer service and on being solution-oriented
• Flexible with time and while performing the tasks at hand to ensure the smooth running of ECDA services
• A sense of responsibility to the team and to the university’s mission
• Able to work independently and proactively
• Strong numerical skills and analytical abilities

We’re pleased that you are willing to take trainings within the organisation and elsewhere to strengthen your skills and knowledge.

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).

The start date of this position is 01-NOV-2024 and you will be based at the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics, hosted by the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). This position is for 1.0 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3,345 to a maximum of € 5,278 gross per month Scale 10 on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is entered into for the duration of 12 months and may be converted into a permanent contract if performance is good and the organisational circumstances remain unchanged.

We also offer you the following:

• Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 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).

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 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.

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.

The Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA) is the flagship centre and central hub around data, digitisation, artificial intelligence and immersive tech at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

The main goal of this expert centre is to prepare society for a data-driven future and a hands-on and human-centred approach towards a sustainable world. AI and algorithms are increasingly used in various areas in our daily lives and therefore have enormous potential to create social impact.