A government organization is looking for an experienced and independently operating secretary for the independent appeals committee. The secretary supports the committee in handling appeals and ensures a legally correct, independent, and efficient processing of appeal procedures.
What you will do.
- Prepare hearings of the appeals committee
- Assess files for completeness and legal quality
- Maintain contact with appellants, authorized representatives, specialized departments, and other stakeholders
- Draft concept advice and committee advice
- Monitor legal deadlines and procedural requirements
- Advise on procedural and legal aspects of the appeal procedure
- Contribute to a diligent and independent handling of appeals
- Collaborate closely with the legal advisors and internal secretaries of the organization
Result.
- Timely preparation and handling of appeal cases
- Legally high-quality advice to the appeals committee
- Compliance with statutory decision-making periods
- Meticulous file building and reporting
Profile
The professional carries out the assignment independently and is responsible for the preparation, progress monitoring, and legal support of the appeal procedures. Within the framework of laws and regulations, the procedures of the appeals committee, and cooperation with involved parties, the professional independently determines how the result is achieved.
Competencies.
- Administrative sensitivity
- Independent judgment
- Analytical ability
- Accuracy
- Organizational sensitivity
- Communication skills
- Persuasiveness
- Stress resistance
What they ask
- Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 8 years as a secretary of an appeals committee or in a comparable legal support function within a government organization
- Demonstrable work experience with the handling of appeals in accordance with the General Administrative Law Act (Awb)
- Demonstrable work experience with preparing and guiding hearings and drafting advice within appeal procedures
- Demonstrable work experience with assessing legal files for completeness and legal quality
- Demonstrable work experience within a municipal organization in a legal-administrative or legal advisory role
- 'Bring your own device' applies
Wishes.
- Demonstrable work experience with stakeholder management within appeal procedures, including maintaining contacts with appellants, authorized representatives, specialized departments, lawyers, and members of an appeals committee
- Demonstrable completed education at a minimum HBO bachelor level in the direction of Law, Legal Services
- Demonstrable work experience with independently drafting concept advice and definitive advice in appeal procedures, where the candidate was responsible for the legal quality of the advice
- Demonstrable work experience with appeal cases in municipal policy areas, such as spatial planning, permits, and/or traffic
- Minimum 2 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 5 years with monitoring legal deadlines, litigation, and procedural requirements within appeal procedures
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