A government organization is looking for an experienced Health Policy Advisor to further develop, elaborate, and implement policy in the field of health, care, and well-being. This is done in conjunction with regional agreements and national developments. The assignment focuses on translating important agreements and national frameworks into concrete local and regional actions, with a focus on achieving objectives towards 2027 and sustainable embedding from 2028.
What you will do.
- Develop and implement ambitions from relevant agreements at local and regional levels.
- Represent the organization in regional networks and consultations.
- Advise management and the board on strategic choices and transformation plans.
- Draft college and council proposals to support decision-making.
- Organize and coordinate regional agreements and processes.
- Monitor administrative processes and financial flows within SPUK schemes.
- Advise on necessary resources and capacity for structural policy embedding from 2028.
- Work closely with internal colleagues and external partners such as care providers, welfare organizations, general practitioners, mental health institutions, and health insurers.
Profile
- Strong developed network.
- Administrative sensitivity and the ability to connect the social domain, healthcare, the medical field, and welfare work.
- Analyze complex policy issues and translate them into administratively feasible proposals.
- Create support among internal and external stakeholders.
- Room for personal initiative and substantive input.
Competencies.
- Communication: Clearly and convincingly formulate, both in writing and orally, towards the board, colleagues, and external partners.
- Administrative sensitivity: Able to understand political and administrative relationships and align advice accordingly.
- Networking: Effectively build and maintain local and regional collaborative relationships.
- Analytical ability: Analyze complex information and data and translate it into clear policy choices and actionable steps.
- Project-based work: Result-oriented planning, organizing, and monitoring of activities, including achieving milestones, managing finances, and deliverables.
- Collaboration: Targeted collaboration within the team and with external stakeholders to achieve integrated solutions.
- Organizational capacity: Organize multiple files and processes for timely delivery of administrative documents and financial overviews.
What they ask
- Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 7 years as a policy advisor within the social domain.
- Minimum 2 years of demonstrable work experience within the health theme, with demonstrable involvement in policy development or implementation in the field of prevention, primary care, mental health, and/or elderly care.
Preferences.
- Demonstrable completed education at a minimum of HBO bachelor level.
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience at a government institution in the role of policy advisor within the social domain.
- Demonstrable work experience in the past 5 years with (sub-)regional collaborations in the field of IZA, GALA, or comparable regional health trajectories.
- Demonstrable work experience with policy development within the public domain, including experience with drafting administrative documents, college and council proposals, and financial justifications.
- Demonstrable work experience with the elaboration and implementation of the Supplementary Care and Welfare Agreement (AZWA) and/or the Regional Integrated Health Agreement (RIGA), including translation into local implementation agendas.
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