Cluster Head International Relations

• Functional management and coordination of the International Coordination and Cooperation (ICS) cluster.
• Ensuring coherence between European and international dossiers and close cooperation with the Vehicle Regulation Development (OVR) cluster.
• Structuring work organization, achieving clear prioritization, and steering towards ownership and concrete results.
• Strengthening cooperation between ICS and OVR.
• Coordinating complex strategic dossiers and the relationship with European umbrella organizations.
• As a member of the MT, contributing to the strategic agenda of the department.
• Providing input on organization-wide processes and contributing to the positioning of the department within the organization.
• Identifying and addressing relevant national and international developments and ensuring follow-up within the organization.
• Steering towards coherence between various European themes and preventing fragmentation within the organization.
• Being part of the MT and providing input on the strategic agenda of the department, on organization-wide processes, and contributing to the positioning of the department.
• Together with the team, identifying and addressing relevant national and international developments and organizing their placement within the organization.
• Steering towards coherence between various European themes and preventing fragmentation of topics within the organization.
• Addressing complex strategic dossiers and coordinating the relationship with the European umbrella organization Ereg/EUCARIS.

What they ask

• Minimum of 4 years demonstrable work experience as a cluster head or coordinating policy officer at a government organization.
• Demonstrable work experience as a coordinator in the field of safety, sustainability, and mobility, and experience with European legislative processes.
• Agreement with the stated secondment conditions.

Preferences.

• A demonstrable completed education at a minimum of university level in International Relations or Public Administration.
• Minimum of 5 years demonstrable work experience as a coordinating policy officer at a government organization.
• Minimum of 3 years demonstrable work experience with strategic dossiers within an environment where various administrative, policy, and implementation interests converge.
• Demonstrable work experience with European processes and policy influencing.

Competencies.

• Strategic ability: translating international and European developments into coherent and actionable strategies, overseeing connections between different policy areas, striving for integrality.
• Results-oriented: actively steering towards concrete output, quality, progress, setting clear priorities, achieving agreed goals.
• Organizational sensitivity: effectively navigating within an administrative and complex organizational context, recognizing power dynamics, acting tactfully and purposefully.
• Leadership: providing direction, creating structure, bringing focus to complex environments, steering towards results, ownership, professional development of teams.
• Connecting ability: strong in establishing connections between policy, the department, and the organization, bringing interests together, and strengthening cooperation.

• The International Relations department has approximately 20 colleagues, 6 of whom work in the ICS cluster.
• You, along with the head of the department and the team manager of another cluster, form the department's management team.
• The activities are an integral part of regular operations and are performed within the existing organizational structure.
• The employee is part of the team, participates in internal meetings, and works under the daily guidance of the responsible manager.
• Priorities, activities, and desired results are determined by the organization.
• Due to the importance of continuity, knowledge retention, and close cooperation with internal stakeholders, this is a structural role within the team that requires full integration into the organization.