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The Contesting Governance Platform within the Strategic Theme of Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) seeks to hire a student assistant who can commit to one day (0.2 fte) per week for a period of one year. The position will start on 1 September 2025.

The primary responsibility of the student assistant will be supporting the platform coordinators and core team members in organizing events and running the platform. This involves managing the platform email account, booking rooms, corresponding with platform members, attending meetings, making visually attractive posters and flyers, and providing the core team with different forms of administrative support.

We are looking for someone with excellent organizational skills, a proactive attitude, great teamwork, an interest in interdisciplinarity, and the themes that the platform works on.

Requirements:

• You are currently, and for at least the academic year of 2025-2026, enrolled as a student at any Dutch university in a degree that is relevant to one of the themes addressed by the Contesting Governance group;
• An excellent command of spoken and written English;
• A professional attitude and behaviour that includes reliability, a pro-active mindset, integrity, precision, good communication skills and collegiality;
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to operate independently;
• Enthusiasm!

Candidates with a background underrepresented in Dutch academia are encouraged to apply for this position. For information about the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy of the University see: /en/organisation/equality-diversity-inclusion.