Coach

WHO ARE WE?

Refugee Company supports people with refugee backgrounds in becoming socially and economically independent. We do this through a personalized approach centered on trust, talent development, and community. Together with our social enterprise, A Beautiful Mess, we offer work-study programs and work experience in environments where connection and growth come naturally.

Our locations are more than just places to eat and drink: they are places to network, develop skills, and build a future. Strengthening social networks plays a major role in this, because a network is often the key to new opportunities, employment, and participation in society.

In our cafés and restaurants, people with refugee backgrounds work alongside people who have lived in the Netherlands for some time. In this way, we build inclusive teams and communities where everyone feels seen and welcome and has the opportunity to grow.

With locations in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Arnhem, we have already helped more than a thousand people find work, pursue education, or take the next steps toward their future.

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruits and welcomes new participants
• Provides group-based soft skills training.
• Conducts monthly one-on-one coaching sessions to discuss personal matters, such as family, well-being, degree evaluation, and career orientation.
• Identifies requests for assistance and provides targeted referrals (social services directory).
• Actively contributes to the participants’ growing self-reliance.
• Ensures that every participant has a complete resume and is ready for the next step (training and/or paid work).
• You will build a network of employers in and around Arnhem and maintain contact with employers and participants.
• You ensure that objectives are achieved.
• You will support participants in onboarding with employers.
• At the community café:
  You’ll lead workshops that help asylum seekers and participants in our programs further their personal development.
• You’ll help with community building.
• You provide a listening ear and engage in conversations to gain a clear understanding of participants’ strengths, needs, and skills. You work closely with the program managers, your fellow coaches, the community café manager,
  , and other partners.
• You proactively approach people to strike up a conversation with them, tell them what we do, and encourage them to participate in workshops. You also recruit people to lead workshops themselves.
• You look for ways to support people, provide and seek out necessary information and/or advice. This includes topics such as the Dutch education system and the job market, networking, and volunteer and paid work.
• You keep up with the latest developments and identify the needs of asylum seekers and participants in our programs.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• You have a positive attitude, good intuition, and a good understanding of people.

• You have proven experience coaching and mentoring people with a refugee background;

• You have strong interpersonal skills and are a good listener. Ideally, you have experience in social work.

• You have knowledge of and/or experience with Arnhem’s social services, the education system, and the job market in the Netherlands.

• You are the link between the employer and the participant—you have a good sense of what one is looking for and what the other has to offer and wants.

• You can see how important good record-keeping is, so that we can measure our impact.

• You are fluent in spoken and written Dutch and English, and preferably another language as well.

• You have a hands-on approach and a solution-oriented mindset.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• A unique and international work environment where you’ll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Flexibility and freedom to do your job.
• You’ll be working at a dynamic, innovative, and creative company.
• Terms of employment in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement for Social Work, Welfare, and Social-
  Services (8% vacation pay, 8.3% IKB, 20 vacation days (full-time),
  pension accrual, a laptop, and travel allowance if you >live within 10 km of your workplace.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Please send a cover letter and your resume to hr@refugeecompany.com by September 17, 2026.

For more information, visit Refugeecompany.com and abeautifulmess.nl

Apply now!

Really, it’s that simple. See you soon!