Within a government organization, you will work on societal issues that are visible daily in society. You will have the opportunity to genuinely influence the future of residents and newcomers. You will be part of a program team focused on the reception, housing, participation, and integration of newcomers. You will collaborate closely with policy advisors, project leaders, and external partners to create solutions that contribute to an inclusive and future-proof organization.
What you will do.
- Monitor national, regional, and local developments and translate them into policy proposals and concrete actions.
- Develop policies on themes for which no or limited policy frameworks exist.
- Advise management, the executive board, and the municipal council on policy issues, scenarios, and decision-making.
- Identify societal developments and analyze their effects on residents, partners, and the organizational structure.
- Direct policy programs and safeguard the coherence between the social and spatial domains.
- Ensure the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of established policy.
- Develop and maintain a strong network of social partners, housing corporations, regional cooperation partners, and other involved organizations.
- Contribute to solutions for complex issues, such as housing, participation, welfare, work, and income for newcomers.
- Fulfill a connecting role between policy, implementation, governance, and external stakeholders.
Profile
You are an experienced policy advisor who feels at home in an administratively complex environment. You effortlessly switch between strategy, policy, and implementation, and you know how to connect people and organizations.
- HBO/WO (higher professional education/university) working and thinking level.
- Extensive experience with policy development within an administrative environment, preferably with a municipality, having gained experience with integrated work across different policy domains.
- Knowledge of the field of newcomers, migration, reception, housing, or related social issues.
- Excellent advisory and writing skills.
- Strongly developed political-administrative and social awareness.
- Strategic insight and the ability to translate long-term developments into concrete policy choices.
- Flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to new developments.
- Networker and the ability to build sustainable collaborative relationships.
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