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Expert Governance and Regional Cooperation

South HollandHybrid32 hours/week>12months

What you will do.

  • Receive and execute separate results-based assignments within the expertise area
  • Deliver concrete, measurable results in line with the objectives of the assignment
  • Each results-based assignment is executed, delivered, and assessed separately
  • Results may include: a governance analysis or administrative exploration; a governance variant or implementation scenario; advice on client management, ownership, roles and responsibilities; an analysis of different organizational or cooperation models; advice on the setup of regional cooperation or a social development company; an implementation or transition advice; an administrative note, guideline, or position paper; a governance framework, assessment framework, or decision document; a presentation, workshop, or administrative explanation of the outcomes
  • Results are expected to align with the agreed objective, be practically applicable, administratively useful and clearly substantiated, independently transferable, and contribute to the further development of a future-proof social infrastructure
  • Invoicing takes place based on the accepted results of the separate results-based assignment and not based on hours spent

Profile

  • Independently execute results-oriented assignments for issues concerning governance, regional cooperation, client management, ownership, roles and responsibilities, administrative decision-making, and sustainable forms of cooperation
  • Independently determine how the intended results are achieved within the framework of the assignment
  • Work from an independent position and contribute to sustainable solutions for public organizations, social development companies
  • Focus on achieving sustainable, administrative, and organizational solutions, not merely providing temporary capacity
  • Make demonstrable contributions to the further development of the organizations involved and regional cooperation

What they ask

  • Completed HBO or WO education, preferably in public administration, law, business administration, organizational science, political science, change management, or a comparable field
  • Minimum of 7 years of demonstrable experience with complex governance, organizational, or cooperation issues within or for public organizations
  • Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable knowledge of governance issues within the social infrastructure, including client management, ownership, regional cooperation, joint schemes, administrative decision-making, roles and responsibilities, and other relevant organizational and cooperation forms
  • Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable experience with independently executing strategic advisory assignments in the fields of governance, regional cooperation, organizational development, or transition issues
  • Experience substantiated by at least two reference projects, in which the candidate was responsible for the analysis, advice, and/or elaboration of concrete governance variants, administrative scenarios, cooperation models, or implementation advice

Preferences.

  • Demonstrable experience with developing transferable governance products, instruments, and methodologies (e.g., governance frameworks, decision documents, cooperation models)
  • Demonstrable experience with guiding administrative decision-making and achieving supported governance or cooperation agreements (e.g., guiding colleges, directorates, boards)
  • Demonstrable experience with preparing and facilitating administrative discussions or workshops on the setup of governance or regional cooperation, with representatives from at least two independent organizations

Competencies.

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Politically/administratively sensitive
  • Strong conceptual skills
  • Results- and quality-oriented
  • Excellent written advisory skills
  • Communicative
  • Connecting
  • Independent and professional
  • Ability to translate complex governance and cooperation issues comprehensibly
  • Ability to connect administrative interests into a common course of action
  • Organizationally sensitive
  • Ability to bring calm and clarity to complex administrative issues

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