Facility Coordinator

The European School The Hague is a unique school. We were established in 2012 to educate the children of employees of European Union institutions. We provide a multilingual and multicultural education to Early Years, Primary and Secondary school children, culminating in the European Baccalaureate. We are an officially Accredited European School, administered and partly financed by the Dutch national education system, and accredited by the Board of Governors of the European Schools since December 2012. We are part of the Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation.

From 1 January 2023, our Primary school is looking for a:

Facility Coordinator

(0.8-1.0 FTE)

Job description

As a facility coordinator, you support the facility manager in ensuring the best possible working conditions for staff and a safe learning environment for our students. For example, you advise on maintenance and adjustments to school buildings, grounds and installations. You make working agreements with your direct colleagues about safety, health and working conditions so that our school’s procedures are guaranteed and complied with. You also conduct research to improve existing processes and advice the facility manager. You consult with external parties about quotations and the execution of work and you manage the facility team at a functional level (this includes the janitors). In short, you like to share your expertise to help build the future of our school. You know exactly who is working on what, what still needs to be done and where you need to make adjustments. As a facility coordinator, you help ensure that our students, parents and colleagues can count on the best service within the school, in which there is an international (European) dynamic. This makes it an interesting, dynamic and complex environment. A great responsibility, which you take up easily and with a good dose of humor. Hospitality and quality are paramount, but hard work and laughter are just as important.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Facility Management or Business Administration
• Demonstrable theoretical and practical knowledge of the technical aspects of buildings and sites
• Demonstrable knowledge of safety and inspection guidelines and environmental and safety working conditions
• Skilled in advising management on a professional level
• Two to three years of relevant experience in a service-orientated organisation
• Affinity with education and pupils/students
• Good command of the Dutch and English language (in word and writing)
• Good knowledge in using MS Office
• Knowledge of an FMIS is an advantage

For this position it’s also important that:

• You are available to work 5 days in a 40 hour work week, or 4 days in a 32 hour work week
• You find it no problem to work regularly during the school holidays
• You are able to verify what could enhance the school’s development at management level, after all you support the facility manager
• You feel at home working in a dynamic environment where no day is the same
• You are good in planning and organising without losing sight of priorities
• Due to your analytical skills you are able to turn problems into solutions
• You are both social and communicative as you will be in contact with colleagues and external stakeholders on a regular basis

We offer you

• A temporary contract of one year with the prospect to a permanent one
• An appointment based on the Dutch collective labour agreement for secondary education for non teaching staff (CLA VO OOP), scale 8 with a maximum of €3.686,- gross, based on a fulltime position (the specific step in the scale is depending on relevant background and experience)
• An attractive multicultural work environment
• Ongoing Professional Development

Besides a meaningful job, we offer attractive terms and conditions of employment determined by the primary and secondary education collective labour agreements, as well as Rijnlands foundation specific benefits. This includes (but is not limited to): 

• 8% holiday allowance of the gross annual salary
• End-of-year allowance of 8,33% of the gross annual salary
• Extra end-of-year allowance of € 1.200 gross for scale 1-8 (based on a fulltime position)
• Monthly contribution towards travel expenses (if applicable)
• Collective/group occupational disability insurance
• ABP pension scheme
• Numbers of options for tax benefits regarding e.g. trade union dues, the costs of sports (for instance fitness) membership fees and the purchase of a bicycle (for commuting purposes) 
• Discount on various insurances (health care, home content, legal aid, liability insurance policies and more). 

Procedure

Applicants who meet the requirements are invited to upload a CV accompanied by a motivation letter and a completed application form (incomplete applications will not be considered). Please address your application for the attention of Ms. Anna Mariek Meijers a.i Facility manager.

Deadline for applications: 16 October 2022

Shortlisted applicants will receive an invitation via email. Job interviews will take place from the week of 3 November 2022. Please note: suitable candidates may be invited for an interview sooner than the above-mentioned closing date. Applicants are eligible for the reimbursement of travel expenses. Information about expense claims will be provided upon invitation.Besides the job interview, an assignment is part of the recruitment process, as well as obtaining two supervisory references.

Our recruitment procedure is subject to the Recruitment Code of Foundation Rijnlands Lyceum. The purpose of the code is to provide a standard for a transparent and fair recruitment and selection procedure. ESH requests all applicants to carefully read the code before applying.

Information about the European School The Hague can be found on www.europeanschoolthehague.nl and on www.rijnlandslyceum.nl. The website of the European Schools www.eursc.eu explains the European Schools’ system and regulations.