HR Manager (1,0 FTE)

Erasmus University Rotterdam; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 75,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 8%

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

Vacation days

Job summary

Erasmus University Rotterdam's Rotterdam School of Management (RSM EUR) seeks an HR Manager to co-develop and implement HR policy for faculty and staff, enabling strategic objectives within EUR.

In a complex international setting you will lead culture change, provide advisory support, and collaborate with the central HR department to deliver value and sustained growth.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant area with high level analytical skills.
• Minimum of 5 years of line management experience in a complex organisation.
• Excellent command of English (C1) and Dutch (C1), both verbally and in written communication.

Responsibilities

• Co-develop and implement HR policy for RSM EUR faculty and staff.
• Help define and implement the desired culture within a complex international environment.
• Strengthen and innovate HR policies, services, and products to meet changing needs.
• Work closely with the central HR department to align HR strategy with EUR framework.
• Be an accomplished people manager and provide advisory support to stakeholders.

Skills

People management

Change management

Organisational development

HR analytics

Leadership

Cultural sensitivity

Communication

Strategic thinking

English (C1)

Dutch (C1)

Education

Master’s degree in a relevant area

Job description

The HR Manager will be responsible for co-development and implementation of the HR policy for RSM EUR faculty and support staff, with an aim to achieve optimal staffing to support the execution of theSchool’sstrategic objectives and the overarching EUR strategy

The HR Manager will be instrumental in helping to define and implement the desired culture. RSM continues to develop in terms of size, quality, reputation,sensitivity and diversity. In thiscomplex international environment, the role of our HR department needs to shift to one of human capital development rather than human resource management. RSM,likeany faculty, is a knowledge intensive organization where employees areautonomous professionals. RSM operates in a highly competitive international context, with a large number of international employees (currently around 40 % of faculty), whereby recruiting and retaining talent is a challenge, especially in the uncertain political landscape.

This sits alongside our continued investment in the fundamentals our staff rely on: career mobility, fair reward, open communication, and a psychologically safe environment where people can grow, be recognized, and thrive, together supporting EUR's ambition to be 'one connected EUR.

The HR department is an enabler, supporting individuals, managers, and the Board to achieve targets and objectives. The context and culture of our organization is one of service orientation and customer friendliness: the HR department aims to provideexemplaryexperiencetoemployees in all HR related matters. The new HR Manager will build on new developments and strengthen and innovate HR policies, services and products to meet the changing needs of our organization.The HR Manager works closely with the central HR department.

RSM consists of a public (RSM EUR) and private part (RSM BV). The public part is the faculty of business administration of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), offering its pre-experienceprogrammes. The private part is RSM BV, offering post-experience degree and executiveprogrammes. Both entities are governed by a single Executive Board and act as ‘One School’. Both entities have their own HRdepartment, butare increasingly working together to create harmonized HR policies and instruments within the wider EUR framework.

The HR Manager will:

• Be anaccomplished people manager, who leads by example, has a hands-on mentality and possesses an elaborate toolbox of management skills aimed at stimulating collaboration and cohesion;
• Be able to successfully function ina complex organisationand navigate political sensitivities and conflicts of interest;
• Have proven project management experience in the field of cultural change;
• Be ateam playerand have an open, professional attitude, able to both receive and give professional feedback;
• Also act as a hands-on (senior) HRBP with focus on projects in your portfolio: culture, faculty and EUR-related;
• Beproactiveand take initiatives to continuously improvepolicy and processes;
• Show ownership, take responsibility and get things done,by being persuasive and/or decisive, depending on what the situation calls for;
• Possessexcellent advisory skillsto counsel various stakeholders on a diversity of issues at various levels in theorganisation;
• Have aclear visionon HR and be able to translate this vision into concrete actions, projects and deliverables for theorganisationand the HR department,taking into accountin- and external developments.
• Master’s degreein a relevant area with accompanying high level analytical skills;
• Broad experiencein the field of HR,as well as experience with change management andorganisationaldevelopment;
• Broad experience in the field of cultural change;
• Knowledge of and experience in the field ofHR analytics;
• Minimum of 5 yearsline management experiencein a complexorganisation;
• Languages: excellent command of both English (C1) and Dutch (C1), both verbally and in written communication is required.

Fixed-termcontract: Temporary 1 Year, with possibility of extension.

Employment conditions

The conditions of employment correspond with the collectivelabouragreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU). We offer afulltimecontract, initially for 1 year.

Salary is subject to training and experience and may vary from a minimum of €6, 764gross per month and up to a maximum of €8,199 gross per month (scale 13 CAO NU) based on afull-timecontract of 38 hours.

Erasmus University has attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8.0%, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and a considerate amount of vacation days. More information is available at www.eur.nl/english/staff/hr_service/ .

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked
business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence
in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital
nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders
with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their
innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA,
PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and
collaborative thinkers and doers.

RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates
of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.