As a Public Order & Safety Lawyer/Bibob Coordinator, you are the legal linchpin within the Safety cluster of a government organization. You work with a team of professionals on addressing legal issues within the safety domain and tackling subversion. You play an important role in advising the mayor and the college of aldermen on legal issues and administrative law measures, with the aim of ensuring a safe and livable community.
In addition, you are a mentor and sparring partner for the junior public order and safety lawyer.
What you do
- Advising on administrative law measures concerning public order and safety, such as legal issues related to drug houses, demonstrations, violent incidents
- Preparing legal advice and decisions, for example, on a closure, area ban, or temporary camera surveillance
- Assessing administrative reports from the police and translating them into legally appropriate follow-up steps
- Supporting objection and appeal procedures
- Handling privacy and data issues within the safety domain
- Handling Woo (Government Transparency Act) requests related to public order and safety
- Coordinating the application of the Bibob Act within the organization
- Advising on integrity issues and guiding complex Bibob investigations
- Maintaining contacts with safety partners, including a regional information and expertise center and the National Bibob Office
- Further developing the Bibob working method within the organization
- Guiding and coaching the junior public order and safety lawyer
Profile
The assignment requires an experienced lawyer who combines legal quality with administrative sensitivity, persuasiveness, and a practical approach. You operate independently, maintain an overview in complex dossiers, and know how to translate legal issues into clear advice and workable solutions. You collaborate with colleagues, safety partners, and chain organizations, such as the police, the Public Prosecution Service, and a regional information and expertise center.
You are a substantive sparring partner, know how to carefully weigh administrative, legal, and social interests, and make an important contribution to tackling subversion, applying the Bibob Act, and maintaining public order and safety within the organization.
What they ask
- Demonstrably completed legal education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level
- Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 5 years as a lawyer, legal advisor, or legal assistant in the field of Public Order and Safety within a municipal organization
- Demonstrable work experience with administrative law measures within the OOV domain, such as closures based on the Opium Act, area bans, camera surveillance, demonstrations, or similar public order issues
Wishes.
- Demonstrably completed legal education at a minimum of WO master level
- Demonstrable work experience with and knowledge of the General Administrative Law Act, Municipal Act, Bibob Act, Opium Act, and privacy legislation within the safety domain
- Minimum of 2 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 5 years with independently drafting legal advice and administrative law decisions within the Public Order and Safety domain, including experience with objection and appeal procedures
- Demonstrable work experience with Bibob issues, including advising on integrity risks, guiding Bibob investigations, or fulfilling the role of Bibob coordinator. This must be evident from work experience and concretely explained
- Demonstrable work experience with legally, administratively, or socially complex dossiers in the field of public order and safety, such as subversion, drug houses, demonstrations, violent incidents, or area-specific safety issues. This must be illustrated with examples in the work experience
- Demonstrable work experience with collaboration within a safety chain, such as the police, Public Prosecution Service, a regional information and expertise center, or similar partners
Competencies.
- Proactive
- Strong analytical skills
- Decisive
- Results-oriented
- Customer-focused
- Administratively sensitive
- Works carefully
- Can quickly distinguish main and side issues
- Dares to take a clear legal stance in a complex context
- Possesses coaching skills
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