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Project Director | NCG

Hybrid in Groningen·Added 2 days ago (last checked 26 Oct)

Berenschot

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Our summary

Work mode
Hybrid, Groningen
Contract
Temporary
Languages
Dutch
Experience
15+ years

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • You possess an academic level of work and thinking.

  • You have at least 15 years of demonstrable experience in administrative advising and leading strategic issues within the public domain.

  • You have held ultimate responsibility for at least one large-scale recovery operation within the government.

  • You have demonstrable experience with stakeholder management, project control, administrative decision-making, and complex change or implementation tasks.

Nice to have

  • You have extensive experience with politically-administratively sensitive implementation, change, or transition tasks within or for the government.

  • You have experience with publicly sensitive recovery operations.

  • You have at least 10 years of experience as a project director, program director, or a comparable role with ultimate responsibility.

  • You have at least 5 years of experience with crisis management, administrative advising, and politically-socially sensitive dossiers.

  • You have experience with governance, decision-making, risk management, and program management.

  • You have at least 10 years of experience with stakeholder management within an intergovernmental field involving central government, region, executive organizations, and social partners.

  • You have previously worked on resident-oriented or citizen-oriented recovery, safety, or trust issues.

  • Experience within or for the Central Government is a plus

The role

For the National Coordinator Groningen (NCG), we are looking for an experienced Project Director for the Building Trust program. This program was established following the recommendations of the Groningen Safety Advisory Committee (ACVG) and focuses on restoring trust in safety assessments, improving processes, and strengthening cooperation with residents, municipalities, and other involved parties.

As Project Director, you will lead this organization-wide change task. You hold ultimate responsibility for the strategic management of the program and ensure coherence between technical improvement measures, administrative decision-making, resident communication, and organizational implementation. In doing so, you operate in an environment with great social impact, high administrative sensitivity, and many different stakeholders.

What you'll do

You lead the integrated project approach of the Building Trust program.

You are responsible for the strategic management, administrative alignment, and realization of program objectives.

You ensure a feasible plan of approach including governance, planning, risk management, and reporting.

You set up an effective project organization with clear roles, responsibilities, and decision-making structures.

You drive coherence between resident-oriented service delivery, technical improvement measures, communication, and internal implementation.

You maintain contacts with administrators, governments, executive organizations, regulators, and other stakeholders.

You identify risks, manage progress, and ensure administrative support within a complex public environment.

Competencies

  • Strategic leadership

  • Administrative sensitivity

  • Connecting ability

  • Decisiveness

  • Organizational sensitivity

  • Environmental awareness

  • Result-oriented

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

Information

Start: as soon as possible

Number of hours: 28 to 32 hours per week

Contract length: 12 months

Location: Groningen and hybrid

Form: Secondment (not suitable for freelancers/ZZP)

Interested?

We would like to receive your CV before Friday, October 30, 3:00 PM, including contact details and availability. We will provide you with a substantive response regarding your interest in this interim assignment in the short term.

Contact

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

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