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Policy Advisor Primary Education

North BrabantHybrid34 hours/week<3months

As a Policy Advisor Primary Education, you are the link between education, childcare, welfare, care, and a governmental organization. You work on current societal issues and contribute to a city where every child has the opportunity to develop optimally. You move easily between strategy, policy, and implementation, bringing together interests, guiding collaboration, and achieving visible results.

What you will do.

  • Maintain and strengthen collaboration with school boards, childcare organizations, social partners, and other stakeholders.
  • Be account manager for primary education within the region.
  • Contribute to the implementation of the organization's educational vision.
  • Strengthen equal opportunities for children and young people.
  • Work on the further development of local educational initiatives.
  • Stimulate talent development through relevant programs.
  • Strengthen collaboration within the youth network.
  • Provide policy guidance to initiatives for reading promotion, language development, and media literacy.
  • Connect educational challenges with other societal issues.
  • Strengthen the continuous development line from pre-school education and childcare to primary and secondary education.
  • Collaborate closely with fellow policy advisors in childcare, early childhood education, and secondary education.
  • Draft subsidy schemes and ensure their proper handling.
  • Advise administrators, management, and colleagues on developments within primary education.
  • Translate national and societal developments into local policy and concrete actions.
  • Bring parties together and ensure results-oriented collaboration.

Profile

  • Strategic thinker who easily switches between policy, implementation, and governance.
  • Organizationally sensitive, sees opportunities for collaboration, and can discuss various interests.
  • Always keeps the common goal in mind.
  • Strong networking skills and a connecting way of working.
  • Eye for different interests.
  • A true connector who smoothly interacts with various partners and administrators.
  • Identifies what is needed, sets priorities, and maintains an overview in a dynamic environment.
  • Does not shy away from tough conversations and knows how to create movement and connection within them.

What they ask

  • Minimum a completed HBO (higher professional education) degree.
  • Experience as a policy advisor, preferably within the education or youth field.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of developments within primary education.
  • Understanding of administrative and political relations.
  • Ability to translate complex issues into clear advice.

Practical

  • Good work-life balance with flexible working hours.
  • Good pension scheme where the employer pays a significant portion of the premium.
  • Encouragement of sustainable travel with full reimbursement for public transport or bicycle.
  • Mileage allowance for car use within a certain distance limit.

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