The assignment takes place in a municipal context where the resident is central and where, if possible, an informal solution is preferred over direct legal escalation. The lawyer works closely with like-minded colleagues within the organization and with employees from other teams, such as taxes, permitting, and enforcement. Visibility within the organization is important so that colleagues know where to find the lawyer for complex or politically sensitive cases.
The lawyer adapts communication and approach to the interlocutor, whether it is a resident at the kitchen table, an administrative colleague, or an administrator.
What you will do.
- Handling objections and appeals across various legal areas
- Conducting legal proceedings and appearances before courts and other judicial bodies
- Providing strategic and substantive legal advice to administrators, management
- Preparing for and attending hearings
- Collaborating with internal specialists such as appraisers and policy officers
- Contributing to the quality improvement of legal procedures and decision-making within the organization
- Independently drafting notices of objection, statements of defense, and procedural documents
- Litigating before judicial bodies when necessary
- Embracing the organization's working method: pragmatic, solution-oriented, and with an eye for administrative sensitivities
- Delivering carefully substantiated advice
- Delivering timely and legally sound decisions on objections
- Delivering adequately conducted procedural documents
- Making a demonstrable contribution to improved legal processes within the organization
Profile
As an experienced objection and appeal lawyer, you handle objections and represent the organization in legal proceedings. You have an eye for the resident and, where possible, opt for an informal, solution-oriented approach. You work pragmatically and solution-oriented, within legal frameworks. You are aware of administrative sensitivities and know how to adapt your communication to residents, colleagues, and administrators.
You are visible and accessible to colleagues, even in complex or politically sensitive cases. You are given space to take initiative and propose creative solutions.
What they ask
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 10 years as an Objection and Appeal Lawyer or general legal advisor within a public sector organization
- A demonstrably completed education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level
- Demonstrable knowledge and/or work experience with administrative law, gained through education or courses
- Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 10 years as an Objection and Appeal Lawyer or legal advisor with activities focused on WOZ matters or taxes
- Agreement with the stated secondment conditions
Preferences.
- A demonstrably completed legal education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 10 years as a lawyer or legal advisor within a public sector organization
- Demonstrable flexible deployability for the assignment
Competencies.
- Analytical ability
- Communication
- Political-administrative sensitivity
- Judgment
- Collaboration-oriented
- Customer focus
- Results-oriented
- Accuracy
- Stress resistance
- Integrity
Practical
- Bring your own device applies. No IT resources will be provided for the execution of the assignment (laptop, phone, and accessories).
- Working from home is possible in consultation, with availability for fixed team meetings and presence when administrative coordination requires it.
- Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
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