Housing & Facilities Operations Quartermaster | RIVM

We are looking for an experienced Housing & Facilities Operations Quartermaster for the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The RIVM is in an important phase of moving from its location in Bilthoven to the new building at the Utrecht Science Park. In the context of this transition, work is being done towards the operational phase of a long-term DBFMO agreement.

As a quartermaster, you play a key role in the preparation and operationalization of the operations organization. You move at a strategic, tactical, and operational level between the RIVM and the contract partner and ensure that the management organization is optimally set up for the transfer to the future operations manager.

You work in an administratively and operationally complex environment in which changing circumstances, stakeholder management, and contract management are central. The ultimate goal is a management organization that can manage the contract independently and with confidence, in which internal and external parties work together according to the principle of one shared mission.

• You provide daily leadership to the management team and ensure the further development of the team, the processes, and the governance.

• You manage the implementation and operationalization of the contract agreements within the operational phase of the DBFMO contract.

• You provide direction to the further development of contract management, supplier management, and management oversight.

• You ensure the safeguarding of contract principles within the management organization and among contract managers.

• You contribute to the design of invoicing, accountability, and control processes.

• You further design the communication and escalation structure and ensure effective cooperation between internal and external stakeholders.

• You manage compliance with contract agreements and take the lead in complex files and escalations.

• You work closely with program managers and other involved disciplines within the program surrounding the RIVM relocation.

• You ensure a smooth transfer of activities to the future operations manager of the management organization.

• You are diplomatic and organizationally sensitive.

• You possess administrative and political insight.

• You are service-oriented and connecting.

• You act decisively and result-oriented.

• You have strong organizational skills.

• You are a natural knowledge carrier and sparring partner.

• You combine entrepreneurship with cost-conscious action.

Start: As soon as possible, but no later than November 22, 2026

Hours: 36 hours per week

Contract length: 6 months with option to extend

Location: Utrecht

Form: ZZP (Freelance)