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Design Academy Eindhoven is looking for an AFAS Expert (32 hours/week)

About DAE

Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is one of the world's leading design schools, recognized internationally for its forward-thinking and renowned professors and alumni. For over 70 years it has trained aspiring designers to make their mark on the future by thinking freely and openly about what design can achieve, consistently exploring design as an instrument of material, social, environmental, and critical innovation. Today it is home to a community of many nationalities and cultures, offering an environment where personal perspectives on the world can be translated into meaningful and daring propositions. They are guided in this by a team of professional designers, architects, researchers, writers, and curators, all active within the academy as well as in the professional field.

DAE is a University of the , offering both BA and MA degrees, specializing in training students in different design perspectives in order to produce critical and socially engaged designers. In conjunction with the educational programs, DAE has international research Professorships focused on collaborative research projects. The commonality at DAE is the shared political values of an inclusive society that embraces diversity in every aspect. In addition, the hybrid, conceptual, contextual, and international approach to design makes DAE's programs distinctive.

About working at DAE

The Academy's community is its heart. From Studio Leaders to tutors, coordinators to workshop instructors, caretakers to the catering team, students, and staff, each individual plays an important part in shaping DAE.

With this in mind, the Academy aims to create a progressive environment for all of its employees, offering opportunities for both personal and professional development within a stimulating and safe working environment. The school's personnel policy also places a strong emphasis on identifying and supporting talent and creating a healthy and engaging social atmosphere.

As we build our excellence on the diversity of our staff and student community, we pay continual attention to diversity and inclusion and provide a safe learning and working environment in a broader sense. We foster equality and inclusion and promote respect and a sense of belonging for all. We, therefore, encourage proposals from all sections of society.

About the department

Within Design Academy Eindhoven, the ICT department is developing rapidly. The department currently consists of three employees who each have their own expertise. We manage all the ICT facilities we make available to our organization. In the coming years, we will increasingly focus on the end user. This will be an important and challenging phase for the entire organization, both for our current colleagues and for newcomers.

What will you be doing

The successful candidate will take care of the optimal functioning of our AFAS system. They'll manage and maintain the system and achieve a set-up that fits in with the users' working methods. The successful candidate will thoroughly understand the language of the user, and support them enthusiastically in their application.

We are looking for a born problem-solver, always looking ahead and around, easily adapting to new developments, whether it is changed in the law, organizational demands or system updates. The successful candidate will be used to analyzing and prioritizing their vision on functional management, and will proactively ensure a proper translation of changing demands into the system, sometimes together with your colleagues, and sometimes independently, depending on the intended result. The successful candidate will prioritise and quickly deal with reports and malfunctions so that the user can get on with their job.

Tasks will include:

• Full management (including authorisations) and (further) set-up of AFAS Insite and Profit, and good understanding of the Business Processes
• Inventory, prioritise, implement and evaluate (new) functionalities in consultation with those responsible
• Coordinating and supervising new updates and signalling new and changed functionalities and communicating these to key-users and end users
• Configuring scenarios in relevant AFAS modules
• Drawing up test plans and supervising the execution of tests
• Training, coaching and supporting key-users and users
• Managing and compiling of (user-)documentation
• Monitoring the progress of outstanding reports with internal and external suppliers and ensuring adequate handling
• Setting up and maintaining reports, analyses and other management information
• Implementing and participating in AFAS change projects, including preparation and execution of test scripts
• We are offering you a challenging position in an international and dynamic working environment.

What you will bring to the team

In addition to having a forward-thinking and flexible attitude for implementing best practices on AFAS, the successful candidate will:

• Have a bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline;
• Have 2-5 years of experience with AFAS Insite and Profit and as a functional application administrator/manager;
• Be proficient in both spoken and written Dutch and English;
• Manage routine AFAS system checks and controls to ensure compliance;
• Have an analytical mind and be able to communicate with ICT and process knowledge in a comprehensible way;
• Have excellent communication skills and can work well both independently and in a team;
• Take responsibility for the optimal operation and integration of the applications with our business processes;
• Be curious about developments in your field of knowledge and be keen to share them.

Our offer

We are offering you a challenging position in an international and dynamic working environment. This concerns a part-time position for 32 hours a week. Salary indication: within the bandwidth of a minimum of € 2.650,- and a maximum of € 3.549,- gross a month for full-time employment (scale 8). The employment terms are in accordance with the collective labor agreement CAO-HBO, including a holiday allowance of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3%. We offer you a temporary contract for the duration of one year with the possibility of an extension.

Information and application

When accepting a job at Design Academy Eindhoven, providing a statement of good conduct is a requirement. Please be aware that Design Academy Eindhoven prioritizes internal candidates and adapts to the NVP Code of Conduct on Recruitment and Selection.

For more information about the position, please contact , , via telephone number .

Please send in your application via the job postings section at our website (https://welcome.designacademy.nl/vacaturebeschrijvingen/vacatures-outsite) include a CV and a cover letter, outlining what you can bring to the role, your previous experience, and why you would like to work at DAE.