Senior Practice Assistant International Public Policy and Leadership (IPPL)

“Training the change makers of tomorrow, that is what we do at IPPL.”  

Are you a graduate in Public Administration and looking for a challenging starter position? Do you have a passion for organising and do you want to contribute to higher education? We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Practice Assistant Public Administration/Government Management to strengthen our team! 

Working at THUAS has it! 

In brief:
Department / work environment: BRV/ IPPL 
Location: Main location 
Level of education: Ba 
Working hours per week: 32 per week 
Salary indication: Schale 10 for a full working week 
Duration: 25 August 2025 - 25 July 2026  

What does the job as a Senior Practice Assistan at THUAS look like?
Here is a short introduction about your role and contribution to THUAS. You support our year coordinators and senior lecturers with administrative and practical support, including:  

• Supporting administratively through setting up and maintaining Brightspace pages, assisting with scheduling, and communicating with students;  
• Participating in our internal evaluation cycle, for example, arranging town halls, information sessions, and feedback sessions;  
• Assisting the Year 3-4 Coordinator with the graduation; both the administration and the event itself; 
• Promoting our programme through organising introductory/ marketing activities;  
• Teaching courses, under the supervision of a senior lecturer, including running workshops;  
• Grading, under supervision of a lecturer, student assignments.  

 What does your workplace look like? 
The lecturing team of International Public Policy and Leadership (IPPL) is a small but very dedicated team. We are a diverse group of lecturers coming from all over the world. Together with our Dutch sister programme we are (slowly) growing in student numbers and together consist of an ambitious team of approximately 25 lecturers. We offer applied education in the field of (International) Public Administration based on 5 professional tasks (Advising, Evaluating, Advocacy, Project-Based Working and Organising and Managing) that recur in every year of our programme. Our goal is to make the world a little better by education future public management experts with an understanding of (international) social issues and the tools by which to help solve them. Working for IPPL is working in an inspiring environment where you can share your passion! 

What do we expect from you?
We believe the most important thing is that you connect with the culture at our university of applied sciences and that you agree with our values, our way of working and our worldview. 

In addition, we also find the following important to be a successful senior practice assistant:  

• You are in possession of a diploma bachelor level in Public Administration or a related field; 
• You are digitally savvy including affinity with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; 
• You are accurate and like diving into the administrative side of work; 
• You have a demonstrated affinity with higher education and the field of international public administration and public policy; 
• You have experience with or an interest in (applied) research;  
• You have strong intercultural, communication skills so that you can easily interact with a diversity of people and roles; 
• You have excellent English communication skills, Dutch at a B2 level is a bonus. 

This is what you can expect from us
We really want you to be successful as a senior practice assistant and that you enjoy yourself at THUAS. That is why we offer you:  

• An employment contract for one year based on 32 hours per week; 
• A salary between € 3.609,94 - € 5.377,13 based on a fulltime work week of 40 hours (scale 10);
• 8% vacation allowance;
• Guaranteed end-of-year pay of 8,3%;
• An extensive leave arrangement;
• The choice between an NS Business card (2nd class) for your commutes or a kilometer based compensation.

> Read more about our attractive working conditions on terms of employment

A safe and professional working environment is imperative to The Hague University of Applied Sciences, both internally and externally. Therefore, for employees joining our organization, it is a standard requirement to provide a Certificate of Conduct (VOG). A VOG is a certificate, that can be requested by anyone residing in the Netherlands with a Citizen Service Number (BSN), confirming that there is no evidence of past behavior by the employee that might present obstacles to fulfilling their new role at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. 

Working at THUAS
If you work at THUAS, you work at one of the most dynamic and open organisation in the City of Peace and Justice. Together with 2,500 colleagues, you help 26,000 students from over 120 countries to prepare for a promising future in a world that changes every day. We do this by growing and evolving along with the world and the wishes of our students. We work together intensively with colleagues, with students and in the professional field. Furthermore, we look ahead, we are critical, and we stand in the middle of society.

Diversity, inclusiveness and equality are at the heart of everything we do. We strive for the composition of the student and staff population to reflect the society in which we work, and we want to offer everyone equal opportunities. We realise that this requires constant attention. We invest in this ourselves, and we would like you to help us with this.

> Read more about our story and our core values here: Our story
> THUAS as an inclusive campus The Hague University inclusive

Apply for a job at THUAS

• We look forward to receiving your application. You can apply up to and including July 2, 2025.
• You can only apply via the application button below.
• Internal candidates will be given priority over external candidates. 
• Giving a trial lesson will be part of the further procedure. 
• Internal candidates will be given priority over external candidates. 
• Substantive information about the vacancy can be obtained by contacting Jikke Verheij J.K.Verheij@hhs.nl. 
• General information on the application process can be obtained by contacting Rash Mokiem A.Mokiem@hhs.nl. 

You can apply via the application button; no applications will be accepted at these email addresses.  
Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.