Two Student Assistant Positions, 8 hours a week for NWO project ”Re/presenting Europe: Popular representations of diversity and belonging in the Netherlands”
Are you a socially engaged student with an interest in popular culture, representation and belonging? Join our team and help coordinate this multifaceted project.
We have two student assistantship opportunities at Re/Presenting Europe: A communications student assistant and an administrative student assistant.
These positions are part of a broad research project in the Dutch Research Agenda: ‘Re/Presenting Europe: Popular Representations of Diversity and Belonging.’ We focus on positive examples of diversity and belonging in society. We examine how they contribute to a sense of belonging across various ‘othered’ (minority/of migration background) communities in Europe. This means we engage with popular sports like football and baseball, and arts and culture with a focus on hip-hop. In the project, we collaborate with several universities and societal and grassroots organisations in the Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The goal of the project is to come to a more inclusive understanding of Europe.
Communication student assistant responsibilities:
- Post weekly on and manage our social media channels (Instagram & LinkedIn)
- Collect and edit textual and audiovisual contributions for the website and social media.
- Co-write news pieces about the project on the website.
- Brainstorm marketing plan for events.
- Co-author the monthly Newsletter.
About you:
- You have an affinity with the project and the project research aims; thinking in terms of belonging, inclusion and diversity is important to you
- You are a highly organized individual who can take on many tasks at once
- You have a good working knowledge of various social media channels, and you have worked with WordPress before
- You speak fluent English. Fluency in Dutch is a big advantage
- You are a second- or third-year bachelor’s student at a Dutch university and will be enrolled during the 2026–2027 academic year. You are able to travel to Utrecht one day per week.
Administrative student assistant responsibilities
- Assist the project manager and project leader with the daily tasks of the project; this includes managing the mailbox, taking minutes of work meetings, archiving documents, and scheduling meetings.
- Maintaining project timelines and task lists through Asana
- Assisting with internal communications, including: following up with our various community partners & stakeholders, drafting emails, and sending out minutes
- Think along and coordinate events happening throughout the project, including our yearly project wide meeting.
About you:
- You have an affinity with the project and the project research aims; thinking in terms of belonging, inclusion and diversity is important to you.
- You are highly organized individual who can take on many tasks at once
- You are an excellent minute taker
- You speak fluent Dutch & English
- You are a second- or third-year bachelor’s student at a Dutch university and will be enrolled during the 2026–2027 academic year. You are able to travel to Utrecht one day per week.
What we offer:
- We offer an employment of 0.2 fte for the duration of 6 months (with possibility of extension).
- The salary is € 2,618.(scale SA CAO Dutch Universities) gross per month, for full-time employment (1.0 fte).
- You will also receive 8% vacation allowance and a year-end bonus of 8.3%.
- Utrecht University also offers an attractive package of employment conditions, including a good work-life balance (including a good leave scheme), development opportunities and an excellent pension scheme. Look here for more information about working at Utrecht University
How to apply:
Please send your CV + motivation letter (1 page) to i.w.a.hallallen@uu.nl by August 23rd. Interviews will be held in the first week of September.
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