Programmatic project leader vulnerable neighborhoods

• Implements projects from a local future perspective and administrative agreements.
• Leads public space projects from initiation to aftercare.
• Manages planning, budget, quality, and risks.
• Ensures public space design plans are supported by the environment.
• Ensures well-substantiated administrative decision-making.
• Ensures a proper handover to management.
• Ensures correct accountability of funds in accordance with administrative agreements.
• Translates program goals into concrete measures within projects and substantiates how these measures contribute to goals such as strengthening liveability and social cohesion, increasing traffic safety, climate adaptation, greening public spaces, improving accessibility, promoting health and movement, increasing social safety, promoting sustainability, and circularity.
• Organizes participation appropriate to the project phase and environment, applying the principle "by and for residents".
• Collaborates with residents, entrepreneurs, social organizations, and the program office.
• Ensures transparent communication and carefully weighs interests.
• Applies an interactive working method (e.g., thematic workshops, design studios).
• Works from trust: is visible and accessible in the neighborhood and close to residents and urban partners.
• Can switch between the different tracks of the future perspective (Support, Strategy & Program, and Public Space) and between central direction and concrete implementation.
• Dares to experiment with new role divisions between the organization, residents, and urban partners, and the involvement of other parties.
• Manages engineering and consulting firms and contractors, monitors contractual agreements, and manages quality during design and execution.

• Realizes projects within time, budget, quality, and risk, ensuring they demonstrably contribute to program goals.
• Connects physical interventions with societal challenges and organizes integral collaboration.
• Contributes to the implementation of projects from a local future perspective and administrative agreements.
• Organizes participation appropriate to the project phase and environment, applying the principle "by and for residents".
• Collaborates with residents, entrepreneurs, social organizations, and the program office.
• Ensures transparent communication and carefully weighs interests.
• Applies an interactive working method.
• Works from trust: is visible and accessible in the neighborhood and close to residents and urban partners.
• Can switch between the different tracks of the future perspective and between central direction and concrete implementation.
• Dares to experiment with new role divisions between the organization, residents, and urban partners.
• Understands political and administrative interests, acts accordingly, and provides administrative advice.
• Has an eye for societal developments and various interests.
• Brings disciplines, residents and partners together.
• Drives concrete results without losing sight of program goals.
• Can translate complex challenges into feasible projects.
• Knows how to connect various municipal interests.
• Can communicate clearly with administrators, residents, and professionals.
• Encourages integrated work and shared responsibility.

What they ask

• Demonstrable experience with participation and environmental management.
• Experience with projects in vulnerable neighborhoods or comparable areas.
• HBO or WO (higher professional education or university) work and thinking level.
• Education in Civil Engineering, Built Environment, Spatial Development, or similar.
• Experience with project-based work (IPM/PRINCE2 or similar).
• Knowledge of RAW/UAV and municipal project processes and working in a steering role.
• Knowledge of climate adaptation, sustainability, and public space design.

Preferences.

• Experience with administrative decision-making within a government organization is a plus.