Within a government organization, there is a temporary need for additional urban economics capacity. To ensure continuity within ongoing area developments, municipal land exploitations, and the Planning & Control cycle, an experienced urban economist is sought who can be deployed quickly and independently. These activities are part of the regular organizational structure. The assignment will be filled on a secondment basis.
What you will do. As an Urban Economist, you are responsible for the financial-economic advice and control of various municipal housing and area developments. You make an important contribution to strategic decision-making on development projects and advise and report on the financial feasibility, risks, opportunities, and consequences of spatial developments. An important part of the activities concerns the Planning & Control cycle.
The assignment is successfully completed when:
- the assigned land exploitations are up-to-date, reliable
- the MPG (Multi-Year Land Exploitation Forecast) is updated in a timely and qualitative manner
- the necessary urban economic input for the budget, annual accounts, and audit is available in a timely manner
- area developments are provided with reliable financial-economic analyses and advice
- cost recovery is ensured in accordance with applicable laws and regulations
- project leaders, program management, management, and the board have been advised in a timely and diligent manner
- the continuity of urban economic activities is guaranteed during the assignment period
Activities:
- Preparing, updating, analyzing, and monitoring municipal land exploitations
- Providing financial-economic advice within area developments
- Advising project leaders, management, and the board
- Advising on and monitoring the municipal land portfolio
- Conducting feasibility studies and scenario analyses
- Assessing acquisition opportunities for new locations and land transactions
- Advising on cost recovery in accordance with the Environmental Act
- Contributing to negotiations with developers, housing corporations, landowners, and private individuals
- Providing substantive contributions to policy documents, including the Environmental Vision, Land Policy Note, and strategic visions
- Advising on fiscal aspects of land exploitations, including corporate income tax and VAT
- Advising on financial risks, opportunities, and consequences within area developments
- Actively contributing to the update of the Multi-Year Land Exploitation Forecast (MPG)
- Providing urban economic input for the budget and annual accounts
- Monitoring financial developments, risks, and deviations within land exploitations
- Advising in collaboration with Finance during the audit
- Ensuring reliable financial forecasts and justifications for decision-making
Profile
As an experienced urban economist, you can be deployed quickly and independently. You are a strong sparring partner for project leaders, management, and the board, and you work closely with colleagues in project management, spatial planning, land affairs, housing, and finance. You work side-by-side with project teams and provide input to program management, management, and the board.
What they ask
- Demonstrably completed economic, civil engineering real estate, or area development-related education at a minimum HBO bachelor level
- Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the role of urban economist within a government organization
- Demonstrable work experience with preparing, updating, and monitoring municipal land exploitations
- Demonstrable knowledge of the Budget and Accountability Decree (BBV) in relation to municipal land exploitation
- Demonstrable knowledge of cost recovery and area development under the Environmental Act
- Agreement with the stated secondment condition
Preferences:
- Demonstrable work experience with municipal area developments
- Demonstrable work experience with MPG (Multi-Year Land Exploitation Forecast) and Planning & Control
- Demonstrable work experience with strategic and administrative advice
- Demonstrable work experience in the role of urban economist within a government organization
Competencies:
- Strategically and analytically strong
- Financial-economic insight
- Administratively sensitive
- Advisory skills
- Persuasiveness
- Negotiation skills
- Environmentally aware
- Collaboration-oriented
- Entrepreneurial
- Results-oriented
- Organizationally sensitive
- Strong communication skills
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