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Department
Faculty of Law
Organisation
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, University of Groningen, V24.0265
Job description
Do you want to inform, advise and support international students when it comes to study choices, study planning, study progress and study (im)possibilities? Will you be an important link in the development, the well-being and the satisfaction of our future legal professionals? Then please continue reading, we are looking for you!
Due to the departure of one of our colleagues, we are looking for a Study adviser for the English-taught programmes (0.7 FTE).
This is what you will do
As study adviser, you are thé point of contact for students during their programme. You support and advise them. You proactively take care of activities that contribute to student well-being and satisfaction. In addition, you will process several applications for these students, e.g., exam facilities, admission requests and exemptions. You improve the study life of our students and make it more enjoyable, so they can develop into legal professionals in a pleasant and easy way.
In addition, you will, amongst others, be responsible for the following tasks
- you are available to give students advice on all topics they can come across during their studies
- you answer questions and provide advice on all topics students can come across during their studies by email and in office hours (both onsite and online)
- you coordinate and execute all tasks related to Binding Study Advice for the first-year bachelor students
- you provide information to prospective students.
Your new team
The Office for Student Affairs (OSA) of the Faculty of Law is responsible for supporting students, but also to organise our education and to prepare policy for our education. OSA has about 45 colleagues, of which 10 study advisers, who ensure that all education is properly planned and scheduled and the exam results and degree certificates are processed properly. We also ensure that our (prospective) students, both national and international, are informed and supported properly and that our quality assurance is properly organised.
Organisation
The Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen is a modern, internationally oriented institution, which builds on a longstanding tradition of almost four centuries. The Faculty continues to innovate its education constantly to be able to train broadly oriented and skilled legal professionals. Its research is for a large part transcending areas of law and multidisciplinary. The Faculty has the ambition to measure itself with the best law universities in Europe. It offers several (inter)national bachelor and master programmes and with more than 4,000 students and over 450 staff members, the Faculty forms a vibrant community.
Requirements
This is you
In addition to the basic competencies of empathy, verbal communication, integrity and result orientation, we ask:
- a fully completed master’s degree/research university degree, preferably a law degree
- extensive work experience in a similar position
- excellent intercultural awareness, preferably demonstrable through previous employment
- flexible availability
- demonstrable knowledge of both English and Dutch at CEFR C1 level
- ability to work both independently as well as part of a team
- experience in working with databases and programmes such as Progress, Excel.
Conditions of employment
Contract length: 12 months.
We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:
- a minimum salary of € 3,377 depending on your education and work experience, and a maximum salary of € 4,640 (salary scale 9) gross per month in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities
- a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8.3%
- a temporary contract for the duration of 1 year.
This position is opened up in the framework of the Projectenbank, one of the projects of the Talent Travel Program. This means that all internal candidates can apply. Candidates with a permanent employment will be able to return to their current position.
Job Application
Will you be our new colleague? You may apply for this position until 9 June 11:59 PM / before 10 June 2024 Dutch Local Time (CEST) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website). Your cover letter and CV should be in English. Interviews will be conducted in both Dutch and English. The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/diversity-and-inclusion/ Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code We provide career services for partners of new faculty members moving to Groningen. Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.
Additional information
For additional information, please contact:
Kirsten Wolkotte, Coordinator International Office Law
+31 50 3635243
k.c.wolkotte@rug.nl
In your application, please always include the job opening ID V24.0265
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