(32-40 hours per week)

Management assistant

We are looking for a management assistant for the executive secretariat.

The function

As management assistant your duties are multifaceted:

  • scheduling all possible appointments, including their logistical organization;
  • managing the agendas and mailbox of MT members;
  • the first point of contact for the team leaders of one of our knowledge groups;
  • preparing onboarding schedules for new colleagues in coordination with the team leaders;
  • planning meetings and meeting documents;
  • handling mail and all ancillary matters;
  • translating relevant documents.

We are looking for

KWR is looking for a management assistant with extensive experience in management support, who is quick to master new tasks. You have good social skills and a strong character. You know how to set the right priorities and thrive in a dynamic work environment. Furthermore, you are enterprising, with integrity, flexible, customer-oriented, meticulous, organizationally strong, stress-resistant, proactive and an excellent collaborator. You take pleasure in (basic)work such as filing, planning, taking minutes and agenda management and do this with the greatest care, and you enjoy being responsible for your own work package.

Your profile

  • MBO/HBO working and thinking level;
  • relevant training (e.g. secretary or management assistant);
  • proactive work attitude;
  • at least 3 years of work experience in a similar position;
  • proficiency with the MS Office package (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint);
  • Good command of Dutch and English (both spoken and written).

If you do not meet the full profile but are enthusiastic about this position? Then we also look forward to receiving your motivation and resume.

Our offer for you

We are strongly committed to personal growth and career development and offer various opportunities to do so, including a good introduction to the organization, various courses and skills training. A good work-life balance is paramount to us.

KWR has excellent primary and secondary terms of employment (salary scale H: €2,969 – €3,876), including a Flexible Working Conditions Budget of 22.11%, and is affiliated with the collective labor agreement for water companies (WWb).

In addition, you can perform your hands-on work in a sustainably built, appealing building, which is designed for collaboration and knowledge sharing between colleagues, teams and business contacts. With this position and our profile, KWR offers an exceptional working environment.

The team

The executive secretariat is a small, close-knit team of five colleagues that provides adequate support to the Executive Board, the Management Team (MT), the Supervisory Board, the Science Council (internal) and the External Scientific Advisory Council (ESAC). The executive secretariat is managed by the executive secretary and also consists of a policy assistant, an executive secretariat secretary and two management assistants. The colleagues in the team each have their own set of tasks, but work closely together in these tasks.

About KWR

Safe and clean drinking water is a great thing. KWR is an internationally-renowned research institute in the area of water quality, the water cycle and sustainable development. ‘Bridging science to practice’ is our mission. In our almost fully-sustainable building, with its state-of-the-art laboratories, our approximately 200 staff members work, within the framework of two research groups, on innovative projects in the Netherlands and, increasingly, elsewhere in Europe and beyond. Our shareholders are the ten Dutch drinking water utilities and the Belgian De Watergroep.

Our researchers work at the intersection of science, business and society. Their strength lies in the translation of scientific knowledge into applicable practical solutions for end users in the Dutch and international water sector. To support the research, KWR has specialized laboratories, a test hall and pilot plants are being built in-house. In addition, company-specific software is developed for use within projects.

Are you our new colleague management assistant?. Then send your cover letter and CV by email to , quoting the job number 231101.

More information

For more substantive information about this position, please contact Mireille Henst (executive secretary) by phone 030-6069747 or by email .

For information about the application process, please contact Eduard Post (Human Resources consultant) by phone 030-6069633 or by email .

 

Acquisition in response to this advertisement is not appreciated.

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