Within a regional cooperation organization, municipalities collaborate to provide a suitable and high-quality offer in the field of Adult Education and Integration. The goal is to enable residents to develop their basic skills and participate fully in society. To support this regional task, an independent professional is sought with expertise in procurement, contract management, and service development within Adult Education and Integration.
The assignment focuses on optimizing existing contracts, preparing future procurement processes, and making the quality and results of the contracted offer transparent.
What you do
- Make visible the compliance with contractual conditions, including indexation agreements, accountability requirements, and quality criteria.
- Deliver concrete recommendations for improving the execution, control, and quality of existing contracts.
- Prepare procurement documentation and substantive proposals for the further development of the regional offer.
- Advise on the alignment between contractual agreements, policy objectives, and the needs of municipalities and residents.
- Make visible the performance of contracted providers based on relevant contractual agreements and quality criteria.
- Conduct substantive discussions with municipalities, providers, and policy officers about contractual agreements, bottlenecks, and possible improvements.
- Develop proposals to improve collaboration between municipalities and providers and the alignment of the offer with regional needs.
Profile
You feel completely at home in the social domain. You can think both analytically and practically, and you enjoy collaborating to achieve the best results. Furthermore, you possess:
- Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations or the ability to quickly acquire it.
- A structured way of working, you take initiative and are not afraid to propose improvements.
- Strong communication skills and know how to connect with humor and sensitivity.
- Analytical ability, financial insight, and accuracy.
- Administrative sensitivity and results-orientation.
What they ask
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience within a municipality or GR (Gemeenschappelijke Regeling).
- Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience as a Project Leader within the social domain.
- Demonstrable work experience with policy advice, process improvement, and collaboration agreements.
- Demonstrable completed education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level.
- Demonstrable work experience with MS Teams, Sharepoint, Office 365, MS Excel.
- BYOD (bring your own device): the candidate must use their own mobile phone. The client provides a laptop.
Preferences.
- Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the field of adult education and/or integration within a municipality or GR.
- Minimum 1 year of demonstrable work experience in the field of advice and quality development.
- Demonstrable completed education, training, and/or course in change management focused on the team and processes or contract management in the social domain.
- Demonstrable work experience within a municipality or GR.
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