Senior Support Officer – International Business

Do you thrive in a dynamic international environment and love keeping things running smoothly? Join us as Senior Support Officer for International Business and become the backbone of our programme’s organisation.

What are you going to do?

The Administration Office provides administrative, organisational, and logistic support. Within this office, enthusiastic employees deliver day-to-day services to students and teaching staff, including planning educational activities, scheduling, and managing information flows. The office consists of a back office with a team of coordinators and a front office that serves as the first point of contact for students and visitors. The Senior Support Officer works within this structure, combining front-office responsibilities and coordination to ensure smooth operations for the International Business programme.

Position

This position combines secretarial support, logistic coordination, and project management responsibilities for the International Business programme. You will work in a dynamic, international environment where flexibility is key: the focus of your work will primarily be on secretarial support.

Tasks

• Secretarial support for the management team: agenda management, meeting preparation, and minute-taking; handling correspondence and maintaining accurate records.
• Coordinating meetings and events; receiving guests and ensuring a professional and welcoming environment.
• Project coordination: supporting projects, monitoring progress, and reporting; identifying bottlenecks and proposing improvements to processes.
• Acting as a central point of contact for internal and external stakeholders and ensuring staff are provided with necessary office supplies.
• Handling procurement and maintaining contact with suppliers.
• Working confidently with various digital systems and tools to support administration and coordination.

Coordinator of education:

• Preparations and administration for the curriculum; collecting course module information and data processing in Osiris.
• Teacher planning administration (PTD).
• Preparations for the class- and test schedule.
• Class division.
• Frequent meetings with the course director and coordinator Student Affairs.

Rotterdam Business School

Rotterdam Business School (RBS) brings together all commercial, business, finance, and international business programmes. The business school teaches approximately 13,000 students and employs approximately 750 employees. RBS distinguishes itself in its activities through four key themes: the purpose economy, the digital economy, circularity, and leadership. Especially these four emphases connect RBS to the Rotterdam region.

RBS is a community of professionals who, together with our students, form a knowledge institution for the economic field. RBS offers education that is accessible to everyone in the dynamic context of practice. Together with the Research Centre Business Innovation, RBS develops new knowledge for its own programmes and for the profession through high-quality, practice-based research.

Are you the one we’re looking for?

• Education at HBO level or equivalent experience;
• Strong organisational and communication skills;
• Experience in secretarial work and project coordination;
• Excellent command of Dutch and English, both orally and in writing;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with planning tools (experience with Osiris is a plus);
• Flexible: able to switch between tasks and priorities depending on workload;
• Proactive and independent attitude;
• Service-oriented and solution-focused, with attention to detail.

What do we offer?

• A one-year contract upon starting employment (D4 CAO HBO).
• 8% holiday allowance + 8,3% year-end bonus.
• Up to 9 weeks of vacation (based on full-time).
• 45 sustainable employability hours (for your personal development and work-life balance).
• Possibility of paid parental leave and hybrid working.
• Excellent pension scheme (ABP).
• Bicycle scheme with tax benefits.
• Compensation for internet, commuting, and working from home.
• Laptop, phone, and home office facilities.
• Extensive training and development opportunities.

Our organisation

Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) is a dynamic educational institution with more than 40,000 students and 4,000 employees. Throughout the city, we offer more than 90 study programmes in the fields of Art, Education, Behaviour and Society, Health Care, Economics, Technology and Media & IT.

Information?

For more information about this position, please contact Richard van Huigenbos, Course Director of International Business, via email: r.van.huigenbos@hr.nl or phone: +31651158388.