October 7, 2025

Vacancy: Business Analyst (32 hours)

Do you enjoy using your expertise and talent to make a social impact? And do you want to work within a dynamic and active team for the Youth Fund for Sports & Culture, bridging the gap between business processes and (IT) solutions? Then you might be our new Business Analyst!

The Dutch Youth Fund for Sport & Culture is looking for an enthusiastic, all-around Business Analyst (32 hours) to join our team. The Youth Fund helps children and young people from low-income families play football, dance, kickbox, and make music by paying their membership fees and tuition. Are you an enthusiastic professional with a heart in the right place? Then read on! 

Your challenge

Within the IT team, you'll work closely with a Business Analyst colleague, the IT Service Desk, Functional Application Managers, and colleagues from 24 provincial and city youth funds. Due to the significant role of IT and the desire to work more data-driven, your input is essential to continue making progress within the Youth Fund for Sports & Culture. This could include digitizing the Youth Fund voucher for purchasing equipment or integrating the use of local city passes into the Youth Fund application process. You'll collaborate closely with our suppliers. Within the Youth Fund, we're currently using AFAS and Microsoft 365 tools like Power BI and experimenting with Copilot. By optimizing and innovating processes, you'll ensure the Youth Fund for Sports & Culture is future-proof. You'll also be involved in the following tasks:

• overseeing, analyzing, coordinating and prioritising requirements/wishes from the business and IT;
• project manager tasks;
• be able to follow and lead technical and business discussions;
• come up with initiatives, innovations or ideas from IT to the business;
• contributing to and thinking along with data-driven work;
• create and/or support the preparation of functional documentation; and
• sparring partner for the management team regarding IT issues.

We ask

You're energized by innovation and optimizing business processes. By thoroughly analyzing your colleagues' needs, you understand the impact. You collaborate closely with our suppliers. You're always able to bridge the gap between business and IT. You enjoy taking responsibility and initiative to complete improvements and projects on time and within budget. You're adept at determining what's required. Furthermore, you recognize yourself in the following profile:

• HBO/WO work and thinking level;
• at least five years of work experience in a similar role;
• experience in managing and collaborating with external suppliers;
• good knowledge of and experience in requirements engineering;
• analytically strong and performs well in a complex IT landscape;
• experience with Agile working and project management activities;
• able to bring IT and business together during discussions, such as communicating clearly and transparently about the (im)possibilities of solutions.

Finally, you recognize yourself in the following competencies: overseeing business processes, problem analysis, planning and organizing, flexibility and verbal communication.

This is what we offer

• a challenging job at a committed and informal non-profit organization where quick decisions are made;
• nice colleagues who will welcome you with open arms;
• a salary in accordance with the collective labor agreement for sports on a full-time basis between €3,799 and €5,571 gross per month (scale 10, 38 hours is full-time);
• one-year contract based on 32 hours per week, which will be extended if performance is good.
• hybrid working where you work in the office at least half of the time;
• Free lunch at the office every day, good coffee and fun (team) outings.

Excited?

We would like to receive via sollicitatie.nederland@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl Please include your application with a recent CV and a motivation letter explaining why you would like to become our new colleague.

We make a selection and invite candidates for an initial interview. Ideally, you will start with us at short notice.

Want to know more? Sjoerd Gallmann is happy to tell you more about this position. He can be reached at 0612064425 or via sjoerd.gallmann@jeugdfondssportencultuur.nl.

We believe a diverse and inclusive organization is important. Working in diverse teams makes us more effective, innovative, and enjoyable. Everyone who wants to use their talents to achieve our goals is given the opportunity to do so, regardless of gender, age, background, or orientation.

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