Ikrame Faris currently serves as Programmasecretaris en adviseur Ontwikkelkracht at the Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap since March 2023 and holds the position of Onafhankelijk secretaris at NVAO since November 2020. Previous experience includes advising on business operations at the Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst from June 2021 to February 2023, and working as a Beleidsmedewerker Onderwijsadvies en Kwaliteitszorg at Universiteit Leiden's Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen from January 2019 to May 2021. Additionally, Ikrame Faris served as a Beleidsmedewerker at SPIOR from May 2016 to December 2018 and was a Medewerker Studentzaken at the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management from September 2012 to August 2015. Ikrame Faris holds a Master in International Public Management and Policy and a Bachelor in Geschiedenis, Internationale betrekkingen from Erasmus University Rotterdam.