Teaching assistant

Team: International language transition pathways
LocationHorn
Salary scale: 5 (€ 2,466 to a maximum of € 3,431 based on a full-time appointment)
Type of vacancyregular
With effect fromOctober 2026
Responding for: 23 September 2026

Talland College is looking for an enthusiastic teaching assistant. Do you have knowledge of or an interest in education for non-native speakers? Then we are looking for you! 

The function
Do you have an affinity with international students and are you able to be both a teacher and a pedagogue at the same time? Then we would love to meet you!

About the team
The department International language transition pathways provides initial reception education for newcomers aged 16 and over (ISK) for Talland College. Newcomers are students who are not proficient in the Dutch language and have been in the Netherlands for less than two years. The initial reception education team consists of around 60 staff members catering for 400 students across three locations. The teams at each location operate independently while sharing knowledge with one another. We are looking for a teaching assistant for the Hoorn location.

Job requirements

Your profile

• You have completed a Level 4 Teaching Assistant qualification or an equivalent qualification;

• you are fluent in Dutch and also in Arabic, Tigrinya or Ukrainian, so that you can easily communicate with students who have only recently been in the Netherlands;

• you offer calmness and structure, create a safe learning environment, and are clear and consistent in your actions;

• you have a coaching approach and know how to encourage students in a positive way;

• you work well with colleagues and can deal flexibly with changing circumstances;

• you are creative, enterprising and eager to take the initiative;

• experience with culture- and trauma-sensitive working is an advantage.

Our offer
The field of work and your profession are constantly changing. We stand and go for lifelong learning. For your professional and personal development, we have our own Talland Academy and the online platform Good Habitz. In addition, you can count on excellent terms of employment, including:

• we are offering you a role for 0.4 – 0.8 FTE as a teaching assistant; 

• you will initially receive a one-year contract with a possible view to extension;

• a salary in grade 5, €2,466 up to a maximum of €3,431 gross per month for a full-time appointment. The grading depends on your relevant (work) experience and education;

• holiday allowance of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.33%;

• group insurance;

• attractive vitality and lifestyle schemes.

Who are we?
Talland College believes in the power of working together. Only together can we do what we need to do: train professionals who matter to society. We achieve this with our 1,800 staff members, each with their own talents, ambitions and qualities. At our campuses in Alkmaar, Heerhugowaard, Hoorn, Purmerend and Zaanstad, we provide over 200 vocational training programmes. In doing so, we work closely with social institutions and businesses in our regions.
With us, you get the space to design your own work. Because we believe that you know what lives and what is needed for it. That demands something of you. Initiative, a critical eye and daring to call each other to account. Apart from thinking, above all doing. We are there for each other, in education and support services. So that, together with your colleagues, you can do your work with pleasure.

Details
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

Talland gives internal colleagues priority in the application procedure, which is why this vacancy has been posted internally and currently only Talland colleagues can apply for this vacancy.

Information
For more information about the role, you can contact Saira Mohammad-Kumar, training manager, on tel. 06 40 12 50 48. If you are interested, you can apply until 22 September 2026 at the latest.