Kaja van Essen

Kaja van Essen currently serves as an HRM services medewerker at Gemeente Leiden since January 2024. Prior experience includes positions as an HR-medewerker and HR-afstudeerstagiaire at Dille & Kamille, alongside roles as a horeca freelancer at Temper and an HR-consultant at HR consultancy Peperclip XL. Kaja gained further experience as an HR-stagiaire at Gemeente Amsterdam and Holland Casino, the latter being cut short due to COVID-19. Early career roles include horeca medewerker at Hospitality Heroes and winkelmedewerker at Action. Kaja holds a degree from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, completed in 2021, and completed secondary education at Jan van Egmond lyceum, graduating in 2017.