A government organization is looking for a participation advisor to cover maternity leave. You will be responsible for strengthening, developing, and stimulating participation within the organization. You will support policy officers, project leaders, and management in designing and implementing participation processes, ensuring that residents and other stakeholders are involved in an appropriate and meaningful way.
Additionally, you will be responsible for the theme of youth inclusion, encouraging and ensuring that the voices of children and young people are included in municipal issues, policy development, and decision-making. You will fulfill a connecting role between the board, the organization, residents, young people, and social partners. You will contribute to a participatory, inclusive, and future-oriented working method.
You will also own the participation platform, being responsible for its direction and continuous development, monitoring its alignment with participation policy, and stimulating its use.
What you will do.
- Be a point of contact for shaping citizen participation in challenges
- Be a strong advisor and discussion partner for the board, management, and the organization as a whole
- Identify developments in the field of citizen participation and contribute to framework setting and policy development
- Contribute to the positioning of participation within the organization by maintaining close contacts with relevant internal stakeholders
- Organize participation training for colleagues, develop new participation instruments, and ensure their awareness
- Own the theme of youth inclusion and collaborate with colleagues to further develop and strengthen opportunities to actively involve children and young people in municipal issues, policies
What they ask
- Demonstrable completed education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level
- Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable work experience as a participation advisor
- Demonstrable work experience with setting up and guiding participation processes
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant laws and regulations, including the Environmental Act (Omgevingswet)
- Demonstrable work experience within a government organization
Wishes.
- Demonstrable work experience with change processes
- Demonstrable work experience with complex social and political-administrative issues
- Demonstrable work experience with participation within area development, social domain, or living environment
- Demonstrable knowledge of participation instruments and digital participation platforms
- Demonstrable work experience with training and coaching employees in the field of participation
Profile
- Connecting ability
- Environmental and organizational sensitivity
- Communication skills
- Advisory skills
- Collaboration-oriented and proactive
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