Advisor administrative affairs
A governmental organization is looking for an experienced and strongly positioned advisor to support the board, and specifically the mayor, in concluding the current administrative period. The contractor acts as a strategic sparring partner, communication professional, and director of administrative tasks. With a keen sense of administrative, political, and social relations, the advisor ensures connection between the administration, organization, and external stakeholders.
Developments are anticipated in a timely manner, opportunities and risks are identified, and administrative ambitions are translated into visible results. The advisor operates independently in a complex administrative environment and effortlessly switches between strategic advice, communication issues, and project-based execution. Direction and overview are provided, and sustainable connections are established both within and outside the organization.
What you do
- Support the board and specifically the mayor in the preparation, execution, and conclusion of administrative tasks.
- Identify developments and risks and translate them into concrete action perspectives.
- Contribute to administrative positioning and address priorities systematically and result-oriented.
- Advise on administrative communication issues and support the preparation of public appearances, messages, and communication expressions.
- Maintain contacts with internal and external stakeholders and act as a spokesperson or connecting link.
- Guide the administrative and communicative preparation for the departure of the current mayor and the arrival of the new mayor.
- Manage a suitable, well-organized, and memorable transition.
- Support the preparation and start of the new mayor.
- Support the preparation and execution of a large annual congress.
- Advise on the administrative and communicative input of the organization within the joint congress and its alignment with the overarching communication strategy.
- Ensure that the organization's input is recognizably and consistently translated into clear messages and communication expressions, fitting within the joint narrative of the organizing entities.
- Support and relieve the mayor during public appearances, receptions, media contacts, and other relevant moments during the congress.
Profile
- You support the board and specifically the mayor in administrative tasks.
- As a strategic sparring partner, communication professional, and director, you connect administration, organization, and external stakeholders.
- You identify developments, opportunities, and risks and translate administrative ambitions into visible results.
- You work independently in a complex administrative environment and switch between strategic advice, communication, and project-based execution.
- You provide direction and overview and build sustainable connections both within and outside the organization.
- You bring sharpness to issues and keep an eye on administrative relations, timing, and support.
- You coordinate closely with the communication team and ensure consistent and careful communication, fitting the administrative context and societal sensitivities.
- You combine strategic advice with the independent and careful execution of practical tasks related to administrative relations, receptions, and protocol.
What they ask
- Extensive experience working in an administrative environment.
- HBO/WO educated.
- CV of maximum 5 A4 pages, using the provided template.
Preferences.
- A completed HBO/WO education with corresponding intellectual capacity.
- Extensive experience in organizing large events and changes in high municipal positions.
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