Zomerkracht Central Student Service Desk

Kom bij ons werken!
Bij de Central Student Servicedesk zoeken we een enthousiaste en gemotiveerde collega die ons komt versterken in onze piekperiode. De Central Student Service Desk valt binnen Studenten Services en is de frontoffice voor verschillende afdelingen, zowel binnen als buiten Studenten Services. Als medewerker van de Central Student Servicedesk houd je je bezig met het beantwoorden van vragen van studenten over studeren, inschrijven en collegegeld via verschillende kanalen.

Dit ga je doen
Als frontoffice medewerker bij de Central Student Service Desk houd jij je bezig met het behandelen van studentvragen over het inschrijfproces. Met jouw klant- en servicegerichte houding herken je vragen en problemen en weet je de studenten door te sturen naar de juiste afdeling binnen Studenten Services, bij de UvA of instellingen buiten de UvA. Je gaat vragen van studenten beantwoorden via al onze kanalen: telefoon, balie, e-mail en de livechat.

Je onderhoudt intensief contact met je collega’s van andere afdelingen en je draagt bij aan een goede samenwerking met deze partijen. Naast jouw dagelijkse werkzaamheden houd jij je ook bezig met het signaleren van problemen in de eerstelijnswerkzaamheden en het bijdragen aan de verbetering van de dienstverlening.

Je wordt onderdeel van een groot en divers team, waar dienstverlening, samenwerken en werkplezier voorop staan. In de pauze een potje tafeltennissen, een paar minuten gezamenlijk planken of stretchen, gezellig lunchen in de woonkamer of samen even koffie halen zijn belangrijke momenten van ontspanning. Er heerst een gelijkwaardige werkcultuur en onderlinge feedback wordt gewaardeerd.

Dit vragen we

• Je hebt minimaal hbo werk- en denkniveau;
• Je bent servicegericht en haalt voldoening uit het bieden van een goede dienstverlening;
• Je bent in staat het overzicht te houden en de rust te bewaren onder tijdsdruk;
• Je bent in staat om helder en zorgvuldig te communiceren;
• Je hebt affiniteit met studenten en een academische omgeving;
• Je beheerst de Nederlandse en Engelse taal in woord en geschrift;
• Je hebt ervaring met administratieve processen en beschikt over goede computervaardigheden.

Het is een pré als je kennis van en ervaring hebt met ServiceNow en SIS.

Dit bieden we jou
We bieden een tijdelijk dienstverband van 16-32 uur per week voor de periode van half april tot 1 november.

De eerste weken wordt er i.v.m. inwerken volledige aanwezigheid verwacht. Daarna is gedeeltelijk thuiswerken een optie. Rondom de inschrijfdeadline (17 augustus tot en met 11 september) is onze piekperiode en is het niet mogelijk vakantie-uren op te nemen.

Je salaris bedraagt, afhankelijk van relevante ervaring bij aanvang van het dienstverband, €2.899 tot €3.809 bruto per maand (salarisschaal 7) op basis van een volledige werkweek van 38 uur. Dit is exclusief 8% vakantie- en 8.3% eindejaarsuitkering. De Cao Nederlandse Universiteiten is van toepassing.

Naast het salaris en de gezellige en flexibele werkomgeving bieden we een gevarieerd pakket aan secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden, bijvoorbeeld:

• 232 verlofuren per jaar (bij een 38-urige werkweek);
• de flexibiliteit om werk en privé te combineren, met de mogelijkheid tot thuiswerken voor een gedeelte van je tijd;
• een breed cursusaanbod dat je kosteloos kunt volgen, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van tijdsmanagement of Engels en een online cursusplatform met meer dan 100 verschillende cursussen;
• 7 weken geboorteverlof (voor partners) met 100% salarisbehoud;
• gedeeltelijk doorbetaald ouderschapsverlof;
• een pensioen bij ABP, waar de UvA voor twee derde aan bijdraagt.

Hier ga je werken
De Central Student Servicedesk maakt deel uit van de dienst Studenten Service (StS). StS geeft invulling en uitvoering aan het studentenbeleid door dienstverlening en ondersteuning aan studiekiezers, studenten en pasafgestudeerden van de UvA. Het doel is de studieloopbaan van studenten zo goed mogelijk te laten verlopen door advisering, begeleiding en informatieverschaffing. StS richt zich op verschillende expertisegebieden en disciplines, zoals voorlichting en studiekeuze, studentbegeleiding en internationalisering.

PhD candidate in Equine Intestinal Microbiome and Resistome

This PhD project is a collaboration between the Equine Internal Medicine group (Department of Clinical Sciences, CS) and the Clinical Infectiology group (Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, BHS). It builds on previous work by Dr Aldert Zomer (BHS), Dr Mathijs Theelen (CS), Dr Rosa Houben (CS), and Prof Jaap Wagenaar (BHS).

As a PhD candidate, you will be part of the Equine Internal Medicine group and closely collaborate with Clinical Infectiology. You will explore strategies to influence the microbiome and resistome (e.g. faecal microbiota transplantation, FMT) to promote positive health effects and limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance. You will work with existing datasets and set up new studies, collecting samples from horses and performing laboratory experiments followed by data analysis. Techniques such as 16S rRNA sequencing, shotgun metagenomic sequencing, and qPCR will be used to study the microbiome and resistome.

You will conduct innovative, integrative research and have access to state-of-the-art facilities at Utrecht University Equine Hospital and within the Clinical Infectiology Research Group. You will work in an ambitious, motivated, multidisciplinary team of veterinarians, clinicians, molecular microbiologists, and bioinformaticians. In addition, you will co-supervise Master’s and Bachelor’s students during their research projects as part of your PhD. You will be enrolled in the Utrecht Graduate School of Life Sciences and receive training, supervision, and guidance for both your research and personal and professional development, providing an excellent foundation for an independent academic career.

Researcher position

Job description

Your work will be centered around two closely linked materials: the bioplastic PHA which is produced by and extracted from bacteria feeding on organic waste streams, and PHA-X, a composite obtained from PHA-rich biomass.

You will further develop, test and optimize the PHA-X material, you will, in close collaboration with two industrial partners, contribute to designing, manufacturing, testing and optimizing two prototypes from PHA-X, with a special focus on biodegradability and prolonging life-expectancy by applying biobased coatings.

You will further develop, test and optimize a sustainability analysis methodology. You will, in close collaboration with two knowledge institutes and with the help of the other consortium members, apply this methodology throughout the project on both PHA-based and PHA-X based applications.

Your tasks will include :

• Developing, testing and optimizing the PHA-X material
• Designing, manufacturing, testing and optimising of two prototypes from PHA-X
• Developing, testing and optimising a sustainability analysis methods

As this project combines both fundamental scientific knowledge on material development, applies research on designing of prototypes and a methodological sustainability approach, the candidate will be fully employed at the Industrial Design Engineering faculaty of TU Delft, but will spend roughly 1 day / week at an industrial partner in Delft, and roughly 1 day/week at AMS Institute in Amsterdam.

Job requirements

• You have a master’s degree in industrial design engineering, material science, mechanical engineering or related field (or will have by the time of your appointment).
• You have a hands-on mindset and enjoy conducting experimental work.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Industrial Design Engineering
Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.

IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.

In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

PhD Airline Operations for Mixed Fleets of Novel Aircraft: From Network Development to Scheduling

Job description

The goals for future aviation are ambitious; on a global scale, air traffic is expected to continue growing in the foreseeable future. At the same time, we urgently have to reduce the climate impact of the aviation industry. To achieve this, aircraft concepts are studied with novel energy carriers such as batteries and hydrogen. These novel powertrains lead to different flight performance, payload and range capabilities, and airport needs.

Airlines will soon have to make the strategic decisions about their future networks and fleet composition to make their operations more sustainable: which aircraft to operate, when to introduce them, where to fly to, and how frequently. At the same time, these novel aircraft concepts may lead to different tactical decisions about the schedule, such as where to charge or which speed to fly at. All these decisions are taken with an eye on reducing climate impact, while the economic and operational penalties have to be kept to a minimum

Your unique challenge as a PhD candidate at TU Delft is to address the following question: how can we support future airline decision making to introduce mixed fleets of more sustainable aircraft technologies? We want to support airlines, OEMs, and other stakeholders to make effective choices for introducing novel aircraft through advanced methods and making the results interpretable.

You will develop mathematical models and computational tools to look decades ahead and perform strategic airline planning, while considering the impact novel aircraft may have at tactical and operational levels, and vice versa. In addition, your models will be coupled to other tools to capture all aspects of the changing aviation ecosystem. Therefore, an efficient computational setup is key. You will build upon existing research and collaborate with colleagues in our section studying future operations of sustainable energies.

During the PhD project, you will be involved in the Dutch DASAL project, together with other PhD candidates at the faculty. Your main activity in this project will be modelling of airline operations for aircraft with novel energy carriers. You will work closely together with other experts involved in this project, at TU Delft and the Dutch Royal Aerospace Institute NLR, to receive inputs on aircraft design and flight performance, and you will provide fleet and flight schedule outputs to other disciplines.

You will, of course, be writing papers and attending conferences. In addition, you will supervise labs and coach master students during their graduation research under the flag of the Operations and Environment section. Who are your fellow team members? We are an interdisciplinary and internationally diverse group of some 30 driven assistant and associate professors, lecturers, project managers, PhD candidates, and postdocs. We share the ambition to develop models and tools in which we accumulate our expertise to enable future adaptive and sustainable air transport operations. Fostering an open, friendly, and collaborative atmosphere in which people are approachable, we share knowledge, help each other, and meet socially. And you will get all the support and training you need to evolve and grow as a researcher.

Learn more about the Operations and Environment section here.

Job requirements
Contributing to the introduction and operations the future of sustainable aircraft technologies. That’s the drive you share with us. You put your analytical skills to good use, creating mathematical models and translating them into optimisation algorithms and programs. You work well both independently and in collaboration with academic researchers and industrial stakeholders, for which you harness your communication skills. And you enjoy coaching master students, while developing your own skills and competencies.

You also have:

• An MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Transportation Engineering, or another relevant subject.
• Very good analytical, modelling, optimisation, and Python programming skills.
• Knowledge of aircraft technology and performance models is a plus.
• A good command of spoken and written English, as you’ll be working in an internationally diverse community, participating in English-taught Doctoral Education courses, and writing scientific articles and a PhD thesis. For more details, please check the Graduate Schools Admission Requirements.

TU Delft
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Aerospace Engineering
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology is a leading international community where innovation in aerospace meets global challenges. Our support and scientific staff, including PhD candidates, postdocs, and students, largely work together on three main themes: the energy transition, sustainable aerospace, and safety and security, with the aim of tackling climate change and contributing to the independence and security of Europe.

When you join us, you become part of a diverse, collaborative, and forward-thinking environment where your ideas and perspectives are valued. Our work extends beyond the lab—into field labs, innovation hubs, and partnerships with other faculties, research institutes, governments, and industry, both locally and globally.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace, assisted by an active Diversity & Inclusion team. This includes tangible support such as funding for extra personnel for family and caregiving responsibilities, mentoring programmes, and initiatives that promote cultural exchange and integration.

You don’t just join our faculty — you join a community where you can thrive, grow, and help shape the future of aerospace.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

Assistant Professor: International Relations

Teaching and research in international relations at the Department of Political Science reflect the diversity of International Relations as a subdiscipline of Political Science. Our research is characterised by a theory-driven approach, which also informs how we educate our students as researchers. You share this approach and want to contribute to our teaching and research based on your own expertise.

Teaching in International Relations is embedded in Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in political science, which are praised for their coherence and quality. As an Assistant Professor, you will teach courses within these Bachelor's and Master's programmes. Research in International Relations is part of the research programme of the Department of Political Science, which focuses on two themes: ‘Sustainable Democracy’ and ‘Conflict and Cooperation in a Changing World’.

As a researcher, you will also participate in faculty and interfaculty interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research groups. Moreover, you will take on administrative and management tasks related to the organisation of education and research within the Department of Political Science.