Management Assistant

Do you get your energy from providing support to executives such as directors, managers or team leaders? Do you enjoy contributing to organisation-wide activities? And are you an expert at planning and organising? Do you also have a flexible, collegial and curious attitude and are you committed to working for an organisation with social significance? Then read on.

Where you will work

SURF is the ICT cooperative for Dutch educational and research institutions. Together with them, we work on digital services and complex innovation challenges to enhance the quality of education and research.

The team you will join

From January 2026, the Office Management team will be part of the Business Operations unit. This team provides secretarial, administrative, substantive and/or organisational support. We do this for SURF's units, various committees, services and internal processes. We provide high-level support and we are the team that gets things done! Office Management consists of 18 internal colleagues. We work closely together in various sub-teams, so that we can take over each other's work or help out when needed.

As a team, we value mutual cooperation, a uniform way of working and knowledge sharing. Together, we are open to improvement and the development of our services.

Working at SURF means working for a unique and open organisation. This is evident in everything: the structure of the organisation, the set-up of the project teams, the culture in our offices and the atmosphere among colleagues. SURF offers excellent terms of employment and is flexible when it comes to work/life balance. Employees enjoy working independently. In addition, everyone is given the space and freedom to use and develop their talents as effectively and broadly as possible.

What you will do

Within the Business Operations unit, you will work with and provide support to a manager and team leaders. You will also provide support for a number of SURF-wide activities. Your range of tasks will be broad and diverse. Some examples of your tasks include:

• Managing diaries and scheduling (complex) appointments;
• Preparing and organising meetings, events, training courses, etc.;
• You take minutes and draw up action and decision lists;
• You book travel and conferences;
• You place orders for joy and sorrow.

Your skills and experience

• You are flexible, collegial, helpful, proactive and used to working in a team.
• You have higher professional education (HBO) working and thinking level;
• You have at least 2 years of relevant work experience;
• You speak and write Dutch and English flawlessly;
• You have an affinity with ICT;
• You are accurate and results-oriented.

SURF takes pleasure in doing its recruitment itself; acquisition is therefore not appreciated.