Project Coordinator - GRID (ERC Project)

University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 46,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance (8%)

End-of-year bonus (8.3%)

Pension ABP

Hybrid working

Job summary

The GRID project at the University of Amsterdam seeks a part-time project coordinator (0.2 fte) to keep an international team on track. The role focuses on milestone tracking, meetings, logistics, onboarding, reporting, and ensuring the project site remains current.

Hours concentrate on one day per week, with flexibility during onboarding or reporting deadlines. The ideal candidate is exceptionally organised and communicates clearly across cultures and time zones.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating projects or administration in a research or academic setting.
• Excellent organisational skills and fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Keep the project's milestone tracker and reporting log up to date, and help prepare the periodic reports.
• Organise team meetings — agendas, notes, and follow-up on action items.
• Coordinate logistics for the team and its fieldwork (travel, purchasing, scheduling) and liaise with the grants office.
• Support the onboarding of new team members and keep shared documents and the project website current.
• Be the organisational point of contact that keeps a dispersed team connected.

Skills

Organisational skills

Fluent English

Job description

Are you an organised, proactive coordinator who likes making a complex project run smoothly? Would you enjoy being the hub that keeps an international research team on track - in one focused day a week? A new ERC-funded project on government responses to displacement at the University of Amsterdam is looking for a part-time project coordinator to help it run well from the start

Working at the UvA

Keep an international research project running - one day a week. The GRID project (Government Responses to Internal Displacement), led by Dr. Abbey Steele and funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant (2026-2031), brings together PhD candidates, a postdoctoral researcher, research assistants across several countries, and international partners. As project coordinator (0.2 fte), you keep the machine running: tracking milestones and deliverables, organising meetings, coordinating logistics for the team and its fieldwork, and supporting reporting and dissemination. Your hours are concentrated into roughly one day a week, with some flexibility to do more during busy periods such as team onboarding or reporting deadlines. It is a role for someone exceptionally organised, who communicates clearly and works well independently.

All About This Vacancy

• A good salary Your salary will be determined on the basis of your experience and seniority, in accordance with the Labour agreement. Your grading and therefore the amounts mentioned are based on full employment of 38 hours per week.
• 232 vacation hours We also offer parental leave, partner leave and social engagement leave. Through the Employment Conditions Menu Card, there are opportunities for even more vacation hours.
• Financial arrangements On top of your salary, you receive holiday allowance (8%) and a year-end bonus (8.3%). You build up a good pension with ABP. And in addition, we offer many other allowances and schemes.
• Career development and room for growth The UvA encourages you to continue to professionalise through training courses and open UvA lectures.
• Family matters Relocating to the Netherlands with your family? Find out about daycare, schooling, health insurance or employment options and support for your partner or spouse. Including the IDCN-network which provides support for your spouse through various training sessions, social activities, and networking events.

What are you going to do

• Keep the project's milestone tracker and reporting log up to date, and help prepare the periodic reports.
• Organise team meetings — agendas, notes, and following up on action items.
• Coordinate logistics for the team and its fieldwork (travel, purchasing, scheduling) and liaise with the grants office.
• Support the onboarding of new team members and keep shared documents and the project website current.
• Be the organisational point of contact that keeps a dispersed team connected.

What Do You Have To Offer

Two essential requirements (checked via the selection questions):

• Experience coordinating projects or administration, ideally in a research or academic setting.
• Excellent organisational skills and fluent English.

We are also looking for someone who:

• Is proactive and keeps track of many moving parts without dropping any.
• Communicates clearly and warmly with people across cultures and time zones.
• Works independently and manages their time well within limited hours.
• Is comfortable with everyday digital tools (calendars, spreadsheets, task/project tools)

Dutch is helpful but not required. Spanish is helpful (for coordinating the Colombia-based team) but also not required.

What Else Do We Offer You

• A part-time (0.2 fte) role in a well-resourced, international ERC project.
• The contract is initially for one year with the possibility to extend for an additional 2.
• Salary and conditions in line with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. The gross monthly salary, based on a 38-huor working week and depending on relevant work experience, ranges from €3,202 to €4,159 (scale 7). This excludes the 8% holiday allowance and the 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Flexible, hybrid working, a friendly international team, and the vibrant Amsterdam research community.

Your place at the UvA

The GRID project is based in the Political Institutions and Identities group in the Political Science department, and the Amsterdam Center for Conflict Studies, within the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). You will work closely with the Principal Investigator and the whole team — PhD candidates, the postdoctoral researcher, and research assistants in the Netherlands and abroad — and help keep an international, dispersed project connected.

You will work here

The GRID project is based in the Political Institutions and Identities group in the Political Science department, and the Amsterdam Center for Conflict Studies, within the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). You will work closely with the Principal Investigator and the whole team — PhD candidates, the postdoctoral researcher, and research assistants in the Netherlands and abroad — and help keep an international, dispersed project connected.

About The Faculty Of Social And Behavioural Sciences

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the field of social and behavioural sciences in Europe. Here, we explore societal and human-centred issues, driven by scientific curiosity but also with an eye for current themes. For example, the impact of media and communication on individuals and society, healthcare challenges, global urbanisation, human development, the role of political institutions, understanding the human mind, growing inequality, diversity issues, and changing social relationships. In Europe and beyond, the FMG holds a leading position, thanks in part to its more than 1,300 staff members who contribute to education and research. Will you be one of them?

Your application & contact

The closing date is 31 August 2026. For questions, contact Abbey Steele ([e-mail]). In case of equal qualifications, internal candidates are given preference over external candidates.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As an employer, the UvA maintains an equal opportunities policy. We value diversity and are fully committed to being a place where everyone feels at home. We nurture inquisitive minds and perseverance and allow room for persistent questioning. With us, curiosity and creativity are the prevailing culture.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented groups only apply for jobs if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Do you meet the educational requirements but not yet all of the requested experience? The UvA encourages you to apply anyway.