As Official Secretary, you are the organizer, process monitor, and advisor to the Works Council. You ensure that the administrative and organizational foundation is solid. Meetings are well-prepared, the right documents are available on time, and decisions are carefully recorded. Together with the daily board of the Works Council, you draw up agendas and prepare consultations with the executive. In addition to this organizational talent, you bring a strong advisory component.
Based on your experience with employee participation and knowledge of the Works Councils Act (WOR), you proactively identify when action is needed. You advise the Works Council, both solicited and unsolicited, on procedures, deadlines, and consultation or approval processes.
What you will do.
- Plan and streamline Works Council meetings and consultations with the executive.
- Guide consultation and approval processes and monitor legal deadlines.
- Collect, prepare, and distribute Works Council documents and manage the digital Works Council archive.
- Ensure clear reports and monitor action points and decisions.
- Apply the WOR and advise, both solicited and unsolicited, on employee participation issues.
- Support communication between the Works Council, the executive, management, and employees.
Profile
As Official Secretary, you are in a unique and strategic position. Organizationally, you are part of an HR&O team, but in practice, you support and advise the Works Council from a professionally independent position. You dare to ask critical questions and address stakeholders directly when procedures or the position of employee participation require it. You work closely with the dedicated members of the Works Council. These colleagues represent the interests of employees in important organizational developments.
You maintain close contact with the executive, MT members, HR&O, and the executive secretariat. You quickly grasp what is happening within the organization and are involved early in matters where employee participation plays a role. Within the organization, there is an open, collegial atmosphere where hard work is done, but also plenty of room for humor and personal initiative.
What they ask
- Minimum HBO or MBO-4 working and thinking level.
- Demonstrable experience in supporting a Works Council.
- Ready knowledge of the Works Councils Act (WOR) and experience with consultation and approval processes.
- Strong oral and written communication skills and excellent advisory skills.
- An independent, meticulous, and integral work attitude with a highly developed organizational sensitivity.
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