Program Director Area Development | NCG

We are looking for a Program Director Area Development for the National Coordinator Groningen (NCG). The NCG works towards a safe, livable, and future-proof Groningen region. Within a complex administrative and social context, collaboration takes place with municipalities, residents, social organizations, housing corporations, and the State on the reinforcement task and the development of villages and neighborhoods.

As Program Director Area Development, you will lead a large-scale area-oriented task. You are responsible for connecting spatial, social, and administrative interests and you steer towards an integrated approach that contributes to livability, safety, sustainability, and perspective for residents. In doing so, you ensure effective cooperation between involved partners and provide direction to the further development and execution of the area approach within the Groningen earthquake zone.

• You provide direction to the village approach and organize shared ownership among involved parties.

• You activate, connect, and steer network partners toward common goals and results.

• You establish an effective governance and management structure for the planning and realization process.

• You monitor progress, coherence, results, and the social effects of the approach.

• You identify bottlenecks, organize decision-making, and achieve breakthroughs where necessary.

• You stimulate integrated solutions in the fields of housing, safety, work, education, and livability.

• You organize short-cycle learning and improvement within the execution.

• You advise administrators, professionals, and collaboration partners as a strategic and tactical sparring partner.

• You contribute to sustainable collaborative relationships and structural improvements for residents.

• You are administratively sensitive and environmentally aware and move effectively within complex stakeholder fields.

• You demonstrate connecting leadership and know how to bring diverse interests together into a common course.

• You possess strategic insight and translate social and administrative developments into concrete results.

• You are decisive, result-oriented, and realize progress in a complex environment.

• You possess excellent communication skills and are a strong interlocutor for administrators and collaboration partners.

• You have a learning and reflective attitude and contribute to continuous improvement within the organization and the network.

Start: As soon as possible

Hours: 36 hours per week

Contract length: 12 months with option to extend

Location: Groningen

Form: Freelance (ZZP) or secondment

Scale: 16

For more information about this assignment, please contact Edgar Groenendijk, Managing Consultant Interim Management, 06 12 61 24 04, e.groenendijk@berenschot.nl