Job opening: Student Representative Institute Board CADS
Starting 1 September, Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) is looking for a new student member for the Institute Board/Board of Education for an average of 6 hours a week.
Would you like to be involved in the governance of the institute and would you like to advise the Scientific Director, the Director of Research and the Director of Education about the Bachelor and Master programs? Would you like to represent the student perspective during board meetings? Can you easily act as a link between the institute and fellow students from all study years? And are you willing, together with other active students at the faculty level, to think about how the faculty can be improved?
Apply now!
Tasks
• Attending meetings with the Institute Board (once every 2 weeks);
• Attending meetings with the Institute Council (three times a year);
• Organizing and implementing the Programme Committee (PC) student elections;
• Maintaining contact with the student members of the (PC) Itiwana and WDO, in order to stay abreast of developments and share these during the institute board meetings;
• Participating in the hiring committees for new lecturers; and
• Joining faculty-wide meetings with other student members of the boards of other institutes (in Dutch: Studenten Opleidingsbesturen Overleg: SOBO)
Interested?
How to apply? Please send your motivation letter and CV no later than 23.59 CET on Wednesday 28 May 2025 to Sarah Smith (s.e.c.smith@fsw.leidenuniv.nl). Please include ‘Vacancy student board member’ in the subject of your message.
Note for international students
Most policy documents that need to be discussed during board meetings are written in Dutch, if you don’t yet speak Dutch, be prepared to make frequent use an online translator.
Please note, the student member will be paid through Job motion for which a Dutch Health Insurance is necessary. Please read this document carefully before applying.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the content of the job please contact our current student member, Pablo p.pandocchi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.