Multimedia Specialist

The International Institute of Social Studies is a leading academic centre for international development studies. The Marketing & Communication Team is looking for a creative Multimedia Specialist who will work in a highly diverse and very international community of scholars and students.

Job description
Our new colleague has strong interpersonal skills and is a dynamic storyteller, a well-versed content specialist and skilled in producing texts, audio and video for various channels and audiences.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and produce multimedia content, including texts, interviews, videos, animations, graphics, images and audio
• Coordinate, manage and monitor ISS’ social media channels
• Draft and send the monthly external ISS newsletter
• Design and manage the new ISS Multimedia Studio
• Be responsible for the ISS house style
• Assist with multimedia-related tasks during events

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 as soon as possible. The successful candidate will be based at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague and will be offered a temporary contract (0,6 – 0,8 FTE) with Erasmus University Rotterdam. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.537,- to a maximum of € 4.860,- gross per month. Scale 9 on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU.

The temporary contract is for the duration of one year and can be converted into a permanent contract if performance is good and the financial and/or organizational circumstances remain unchanged.

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, 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).
• Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the 30%-ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax agency), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.

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
The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) is a leading academic centre for international development studies in The Hague that is part of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). It is a post-graduate institute of policy-oriented critical social science, founded in 1952. The Institute offers a PhD in Development Studies, a Masters (MA) in Development studies and an MA in Public Policy.

ISS is a highly diverse international community of scholars and students from both the global South and the North. It brings together people (on average from over 50 different countries), ideas and insights in a multidisciplinary setting which nurtures and promotes critical thinking.

Department
The Marketing & Communication Team of ISS works in close cooperation with staff, students and alumni to raise the Institute’s profile. The team (of five) seeks to engage a cross-section of audiences in the sectors in which we operate, from prospective students to the global academic community, from alumni to funding agencies and policymakers. We are also actively disseminating relevant news and engaging the media, policy makers, civil society organizations and the general public. Research communication is included in the wide range of activities. We reach out to our stakeholders through various channels including website, social media, events, blogs, podcasts, webinars, newsletters, academic publications, policy briefs and magazines.

Persons of all gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, religions, ethnicities, ages, neurodiversities, functional impairments, citizenships, or any other aspect are welcome to apply and join the EUR community.

Please submit your application, consisting of a motivation letter and CV, before the vacancy closing date. Interviews are expected to be held in week 19 and/or 20.

You can find more information about the EUR on our website www.eur.nl. For more information about this vacancy, please contact Sandra Nijhof via nijhof@iss.nl.

We look forward to receiving your application!