Campus Attraction & Events Coordinator

The key to Optiver’s success as a leading market maker is our people. We place a strong focus on education and internal growth, making the Campus Recruitment team pivotal to the development of our Amsterdam and London operations. As a Campus Attraction & Events Coordinator, you will be responsible for supporting in the execution of our EU university events strategy that helps us to hire top talent for our Intern and Graduate programmes. This is a varied and challenging role, with scope for growth and development - we believe in autonomy, ownership and providing a platform for everyone to make an impact. We know our best work is done together, so you’ll collaborate with the team across both Amsterdam and London.

What You’ll Do

This role partners closely with our EU Campus Recruiters to deliver a top tier, seamless schedule of events to attract top talent to our Intern and Graduate programmes. Responsibilities include:

• EU university and attraction events: supporting with the end to end organisation, logistics and execution of a comprehensive and dynamic events schedule, as well as post event follow up and retrospective analysis
• External partners and university societies: building and maintaining strong relationships with our external logistics company, key university careers service contacts and student run societies to support our participation and attendance at events
• Internal partners: liaising with the EU Campus Recruitment and EU events team on needs, best practice and knowledge sharing
• Ad hoc support: supporting the wider UK and EU Campus Recruitment team as required

What You’ll Get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool 
• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries 
• 25 paid vacation days in your first year, increasing to 30 from your second year onwards
• Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first-class commuting expenses 
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, world-class barista coffee, in-house physio and chair massages, organised sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks

Who You Are

• Educated to a university level
• 1-2 years experience in an administrative role, ideally with a focus on events
• Highly organised with an eye for detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Comfort with using data and analytical thinking to make informed decisions
• Excited to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

Who We Are

At Optiver, our mission is to continuously improve the market. By providing liquidity and accurate pricing in various financial instruments, to multiple exchanges across the world, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets.

How to Apply

Apply directly via the form below, if you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.

Please note:

• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
• We cannot accept applications via email

Diversity Statement

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.