An association of Public Centres for Social Welfare (OCMWs) in the Antwerp district is looking for a social economy staff member. As an expert, you will contribute to enabling social economy, inclusion, integration, and participation in the region. You will foster collaboration between partners, actively share knowledge, and create employment opportunities for people with a greater distance to the labor market.
You will proactively support local authorities in their social economy activities and respond to new developments and needs. You will help build upon existing and new projects, such as neighborhood work initiatives, children's bicycle lending services, and food distribution platforms.
What you do
- Develop a shared policy vision regarding the local social economy within the region.
- Collect information and conduct scientific analyses in the field of local employment and social economy.
- Draft policy and action plans related to the social economy and develop corresponding actions.
- Support the organization, its local authorities, and social economy enterprises in the development, implementation, and optimization of their social economy initiatives.
- Monitor regulations, relevant policy developments, and local needs in the social economy and translate them for users.
- Prepare, chair, and report on consultation platforms and working groups stemming from the social economy steering role.
- Promote the principles of socially responsible entrepreneurship among local authorities and in the broader professional field.
What they ask
- You hold a Master's degree (level A).
- You have thorough knowledge of the social economy field.
- You have thorough knowledge of existing social economy regulations and employment measures.
- You have knowledge of social scientific research methods.
- You have knowledge of how a local government operates.
- You possess a B driving license and your own transportation.
- You are a strong communicator and can negotiate, moderate, and motivate positively.
- You have strong editorial and analytical skills and can work problem-solving.
- You are familiar with the use of social research methods.
- You can diagnose a situation, a local context, or a service by analyzing economic, demographic, social data.
- You can apply government decisions taking into account local context and interests.
- You are able to define projects to be carried out, monitor actions performed, and provide recommendations.
- You are creative, flexible, discreet, diplomatic, loyal, and collegial.
- You strive for quality and results-orientation and have a strong sense of responsibility.
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