Sabine worked for years in the travel industry, in travel agencies and airports. When she decided to make a switch, she first ended up in an office. ‘But I missed the dynamics,’ she says. ‘In my work as a management assistant at THUAS, I found that dynamism again. As soon as you walk into the building, you feel: it’s alive.’
Sabine started at THUAS as a management assistant at the Faculty of Health, Nutrition and Sport. ‘There is always something going on there. There are lots of practical classrooms for the sports and care degree programmes, and also, for example, a large kitchen for the dietetics students. It regularly happened that students came by with dishes we had to taste, super fun. I now work at another location, and the liveliness is just as great. Students walk through the corridors everywhere and the workstations are right between the classrooms. And I’m totally lucky, because our flex areas overlook the atrium. Sometimes it feels like sitting on a terrace!’
The move to the other location was obviously due to a transfer to another faculty. The work is also slightly different. Sabine: ‘As a management assistant, you always actively think along with the person you are assisting, and respond well to what is coming. But at the Faculty of Management and Organisation, I got the chance to assist at a different level. First I worked for a degree programme manager and now for the faculty director. That brings greater responsibility and a bit more time pressure. I like that! And if I do need some support, the other management assistants are always ready. There is a nice team of six of us and everyone helps each other.’
A little extra help is nice in this initial period, Sabine says: ‘Even though I still work for THUAS, a new faculty like this is a completely different world. After all, the culture per faculty reflects the degree programmes. Here at M&O, for instance, the atmosphere is a bit more businesslike than at the Sports Campus, but that doesn’t make it any less pleasant. A lot is organised, so also fun team outings,’ she laughs. ‘What I have noticed everywhere so far is that there is a lot of room for what you can contribute. And that is really picked up on. I also like it when colleagues come up with new ideas. It’s great to work together to make things even better.’
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