Information System Application Chair

The application chair plays a central role in the substantive, organizational, technical, and financial development of a national information system. This system is used by public organizations and various chain partners. The function forms the connecting link between the management organization and the users and clients of the system. The role is aimed at representing user needs, determining desired functionalities, and realizing a future-proof setup of the system.

The goal is to strengthen and future-proof the client role, governance, substantive and technical development, and financing of the system. The application chair translates developments in policy, legislation, and user practice into a clear vision, priorities, and an executable development agenda. In addition, the application chair works on a broadly supported governance and financing model, so that the system can function sustainably and continue to develop as a national information product.

What you will do.

• Determine what information, functionalities, and improvements are needed and desired within the information system.
• Develop, update, and disseminate a vision for the desired development of the system.
• Translate policy, legal, and user-oriented developments into functional needs and priorities.
• Provide substantive input for the roadmap and monitor its progress and realization.
• Coordinate wishes, requirements, and priorities with the product owner, functional manager, and management organization.
• Promote the user-friendliness, quality, and added value of the system.
• Act as a connecting link between the management organization, public organizations, and other users and stakeholders of the system.
• Organize, facilitate, and chair user groups and additional sounding board groups.
• Inventory, weigh, and translate user needs into concrete improvement and development proposals.
• Maintain contacts with public organizations, water authorities, municipalities, environmental services, ministries, and other national stakeholders.
• Inform stakeholders about relevant developments, changes, and any incidents concerning the system.
• Represent public organizations in relevant domain guidance groups of a national basic registration.
• Coordinate with the basic registration coordinator on legal obligations, bottlenecks, and strategic and tactical developments.
• Monitor the system's alignment with the requirements from the basic registration and an environmental activity decree.
• Identify and help resolve bottlenecks in the information chain between digital systems, permit systems, the information system, and the basic registration.
• Coordinate with relevant chain partners and ministries on substantive and process-related issues.
• Draw up or coordinate an implementation plan for catching up on backlogs in the delivery of historical data to the basic registration.
• Initiate and support measures to improve data quality.
• Identify and prioritize functional adjustments needed to comply with legal obligations.
• Translate user wishes and policy developments into functional requirements for the further development of the application.
• Promote the user-friendliness, accessibility, and practical applicability of the application.
• Coordinate development wishes and technical issues with the product owner, functional manager, and management organization.
• Monitor the coherence between substantive ambitions, technical possibilities, and available resources.
• Draw up a proposal for future-proof governance of the system, in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
• Elaborate roles, responsibilities, decision-making processes, and consultation structures.
• Ensure a governance proposal aligns with existing public governance and does justice to the various interests within the stakeholder field.
• Strengthen the structural client role and the involvement of organizations other than public organizations.
• Work on a sustainable setup of the chairmanship, including its organizational embedding and continuity.
• Develop proposals for structural and future-proof financing of the system.
• Increase financial support and the involvement of other user and stakeholder organizations.
• Explore and elaborate possibilities for financial participation by water authorities and environmental services.
• Coordinate with involved organizations on the principles, responsibilities, and possibilities for structural financing.
• Promote a broadly supported model for the financing and client role of the system.
• Develop and communicate the added value of the system for users, policymakers, and chain partners.
• Contribute to communication about the importance of reliable data for societal challenges.
• Promote awareness of the system and its significance for permit processes and legal obligations.
• Encourage the use of the system as a national facility and preferred delivery route for data.
• Ensure timely and consistent communication about relevant developments and improvements.
• Report to the client on progress, risks, bottlenecks, and results.
• Monitor the coherence between the roadmap, the medium-term vision, and the available financial and organizational resources.
• Timely signal deviations and formulate proposals for adjustment.
• Promote transparent decision-making and a clear division of responsibilities.

What they ask

• Minimum of 3 years demonstrable work experience chairing complex administrative and/or functional user groups, working groups, or similar consultation structures within a government organization.
• Demonstrable recent work experience with a basic registration, an environmental activity decree, the environmental law, and water authority regulations.
• Minimum of 3 years demonstrable work experience with complex information chains and data exchange within the government, including experience with digital systems and permit systems.
• Minimum of 5 years demonstrable work experience with public organizations in the field of data quality through a national information system and a basic registration.
• Minimum of 3 years demonstrable work experience with public organizations in the field of data quality and data structures in relation to a national information system and/or a basic registration.

Preferences.

• Completed education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level in the direction of business informatics, technical business administration, public administration, or similar.
• Minimum of 5 years demonstrable work experience chairing complex administrative and/or functional user groups, working groups, or similar consultation structures within a government organization.
• Minimum of 3 years demonstrable work experience with a basic registration, an environmental activity decree, the environmental law, and water authority regulations in relation to information management and permit systems.
• Minimum of 3 years demonstrable work experience with planning in the field of information provision.