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Participation Officer

On-site in Amsterdam·Part-time·Added over 2 years ago (last checked 19 Oct)

B&A

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Our summary

Work mode: On-site, Amsterdam
Contract: Part-time
Languages: Dutch

Skills

Social Media

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Salary in accordance with CAO Social Work - scale 8;
An organization that values entrepreneurship;
Career Budget (LBB) and Individual Choice Budget (IKB);
Space for growth and development, both professionally and personally (education, training, and courses);
Travel allowance and a pension scheme;
Jointly determining workdays and times.

The role

Do you want to make a contribution to the well-being of the residents in Amsterdam? Do you get energy from discovering possibilities together with residents and helping them to further develop themselves? Are you a connector who seeks out collaboration with professionals from different organizations? And are you an energetic and positive personality who enjoys working independently?

We are looking for a Participation Officer at B&A Civic in Amsterdam Southeast immediately!

What you'll do

As a Participation Officer, the focus of your activities lies on stimulating participation and activation. Your goal is to, together with residents, uncover their drive and talents and look at where these can best be utilized. Your home base is Civic Amsterdam. In your role, you are often on the road and work from various locations in Amsterdam.

As a Participation Officer, you conduct broad intakes with people who sign up for guidance and organize various activities in the neighborhood. You assist in finding (volunteer) work and advise people when they experience barriers on their path to participation. In addition to this one-on-one guidance, you also activate and inspire others in a group setting. By organizing activities and information sessions, you know how to reach different target groups. Your strength lies in bringing people together in the neighborhood, and you put this into practice through creative solutions and initiatives. Additionally, you know what is happening in the neighborhood and you know the right channels to get things done. You can think along on various living domains and have knowledge of the social work field. In your guidance, you are motivating yet realistic, you ask follow-up questions, you assume the resident's own strength, and you stimulate self-reliance. You provide information to groups about the offerings of Civic Amsterdam and think together with your colleagues about new training sessions that fit current events and demand. You have an affinity with social media and enjoy bringing the offerings to attention online.

What are we looking for in you?

An energetic and positively minded colleague. As the face of Civic, you switch naturally between the various participants, but also with professionals and chain partners. You enjoy bringing out the best in people.

Furthermore:

you have demonstrable HBO (higher professional education) working and thinking level;
you have relevant work experience;
you are a doer with analytical skills;
you have energy and a positive mindset;
you are flexible and not afraid of innovation or change;
you can switch between different levels and with different people;
it is a plus if you have knowledge of (the social map of) Amsterdam;
you work independently and bring creativity and entrepreneurship;
preferably you are available immediately for 24-32 hours per week.

Hiring process

Apply directly via this link with your CV and a powerful and distinctive motivation letter. For substantive questions about the position, please contact Kenneth Macnack via 0621479853. For questions about the procedure, the HR department can be reached via 070-3029549 (daily between 10:00 – 12:00).

You can apply up to and including 6 February 2024.

The application procedure consists of an initial selection based on CV and motivation, two interviews, a reference check, and a VOG (certificate of good conduct) application. When we both see a match, we hope to welcome you to our team afterwards!

Note to external agencies: we appreciate your desire to help find the right candidate. However, we choose to fill the vacancy ourselves.

About B&A

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This is us!

The position of Participation Officer is at Civic Amsterdam, part of B&A. B&A carries out social work through project organizations in large and medium-sized municipalities and advises governments, non-profit and public implementation and industry organizations on the social domain. For B&A, the leading principle is: Every person is good at something. No person is good at everything. Everyone is (fully) worthy. At B&A, we work from optimism, with a healthy desire for change and in the conviction that a solution exists for every problem. It is a fast, agile, and organic organization, where no two days are the same and improvement and innovation are always pursued. The people of B&A strive to be both a safety net and a trampoline for the people they work for. Down-to-earth, solution-oriented, and result-oriented, and collaborating in the complex world of siloed interests, barriers, and service counters, the doers and thinkers of B&A commit themselves to all residents of the neighborhoods in which the organization is active.

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