Management Assistant

About Nearfield Instruments

Nearfield Instruments (NFI) is a fast-growing scale-up high-tech company. We design, develop, integrate, market and service advanced metrology machines. Our machines enables our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

Founded in 2016, we bring together the most creative minds (approx. 240 employees) in science and technology and develop a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary high throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy system.

Where you will be working?

You will be part of the Facility & Office Management team. You will work closely together with the other Management Assistant, as well as your Facility and Reception colleagues. 

What will you be doing?

Our Management Assistant is responsible for the secretarial- and administrative support to our Leadership Team (LT). Your priority is to support and facilitate our LT, enabling them to focus on their core business.

This position is a composition of all the skills and qualities of a well-organized and dedicated Management Assistant, with additional administrative expertise and a customer experience mindset. You will significantly improve team results by unburdening our LT in their daily tasks. This directly contributes to accelerate the growth of Nearfield Instruments.

Your core responsibilities consist of;

• Providing secretarial and administrative support to our Leadership Team;

• Calendar management, correspondence management;

• Handling travel and expense arrangements;

Why is the position interesting for you?

• You are a real team player with strong interpersonal skills;

• You like calendar management with focus on the core priorities;

• You thrive in an environment where being pro-active and service oriented is appreciated.

What are we looking for?
Startups/scale-ups can provide phenomenal learning and development opportunities but can also be a hectic environment at times. You must fit in such a climate and do not mind to constantly implement changes and process improvements, to go the extra mile on a regular basis and feel comfortable with some uncertainty.

Furthermore, you need to recognize yourself in the profile as described below.

• At least 5 years of experience as Management Assistant or similar role, supporting Leadership Teams on executive level;

• High level of professional, intellectual and ethical capacities;

• Advanced MS Office skills;

• Excellent Dutch and English communication skills, both spoken and in writing;

• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills;

• Positive attitude, good sense of humor and strong social skills.

Our values:

lead, not follow // open and honest // empowerment and trust // passion and determination // fun and open-minded //  “to boldly go…”

What can you expect from us?

Getting on board now is a great opportunity to grow with the company from a technical, personal, and financial perspective. Nearfield's momentum is energetic and promising! We offer a young, dynamic and above all very international work environment; a lot of flexibility, independence and freedom

Our starting point is of course to pay someone a fair and competitive salary and besides this we offer you:

• We value your work-life balance;

• Time for some relaxation: 240 hours of holiday per calendar year (based on 40 hours);

• 8% of your annual salary (gross) holiday allowance;

• Commuting allowance;

• Discount on your supplementary health insurance;

• A lunch buffet every Wednesday you can participate;

• We are here to support one another, and colleagues are there to help you. TEAM is very important, Together Everyone Achieves More!

• Besides a challenging role where you can utilize the full extent of your professional knowledge.

*This function is fulltime, but we are open to discuss parttime fulfillment.

Recruitment, consultancy and/or other agency?

We appreciate the interest, but we source all our candidates directly. We understand that you as an intermediary want to present candidates to our interesting positions. This is not how we have structured our recruitment.

This means that all profiles offered to Nearfield Instruments will be treated as direct applications. Unless we have explicitly agreed otherwise.