Schrijftutor Bij Het Scriptorium

**Tilburg University | University Services**
is looking for a

**Writing Tutor at the Scriptorium**

Department and Division: University Services, Language Center
Location: Tilburg
Contract size: 0.1 FTE (4 hours per week)
Gross salary: Minimum of € 2,715. and a maximum of € 2,951. gross per month for a fulltime position. Salary depends on the number of credits earned.
Contract duration: 12 months
Desired starting date: October 1, 2024

Are you a motivated student at Tilburg University with a passion for writing? Would you like to support other students in improving their writing skills? Then this vacancy is perfect for you

**Your position**
As a writing tutor at the Scriptorium, you will assist Tilburg University students with their writing assignments and theses. You offer customized support, act as a sounding board, ask critical questions, and point out structural areas of improvement to students and provide them with strategies to address these. You do this by appointment during one-on-one meetings with students. You do not correct texts but help students gain insight into their own writing process, so they can work on making their text better themselves. The job is ideal for combining with your studies because you have a lot of flexibility about where and when you work.

**Your profile**
- You study at Tilburg University.
- You are fluent in English.
- You have affinity and extensive experience with writing academic texts (e.g. reports, papers or a bachelor thesis) and are eager to share this knowledge and experience with other students.
- You have good communication and social skills.
- You are available until at least September 30, 2025 (and preferably longer), for at least one half-day per week.

**What do we offer?**
Tilburg University offers excellent benefits in a pleasant working environment:

- A position based on 0.1 FTE (4 hours per week).
- A salary of minimum € 2,715. and maximum € 2,951. gross per month for a fulltime position, based on UFO profile Student Assistant. Salary depends on the number of credits earned.
- This is a vacancy for a student assistant who supports non-structural and operational tasks, in accordance with Article 2.3, paragraph 6 sub f of the CLA for Dutch Universities. Conditions for employment as a student assistant are that you are registered as a student at Tilburg University and that you have obtained at least 60 ECTS credits. You will be given a temporary employment contract for the duration of 12 months.
- A work culture in which we embrace differences, everyone is welcome and given equal opportunities.

For more information, see our website and the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.
- an example of an academic text written by you

Letter selection is scheduled on September 18; you will receive notification from us shortly thereafter. The selection interviews will take place on **September 25 and 27**.

The selection committee consists of:

- Tjits Roselaar, director of the Language Center
- Eric van Luijt, coordinator of the Scriptorium.
- Senna Edinger, writing tutor
- Jad Arabi, writing tutor

You will ideally start working for Tilburg University on October 1, 2024.

**About the Scriptorium**
As Tilburg University's academic writing center, the Scriptorium (part of the Language Center) empowers students across all disciplines to excel in academic writing. It supports students at any phase of their writing assignments, including papers, reports, and theses. The Scriptorium offers free one-on-one tutoring sessions in both Dutch and English, as well as guidance on searching for relevant literature and source referencing. It is currently developing new initiatives targeting students writing their thesis.

**Application code**

Tilburg University applies the recruitment code of the Dutch Association for Personnel Management & Organization Development (NVP).

**Disclaimer**

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