City Management Manager (interim)

Project overview

As a temporary second Head of City Management, you will contribute to administrative quality and relieve the current department head.

Profile of the suited interim professional:

• Act as an administrative point of contact on behalf of (part of) City Management towards the alderman, director, and other administrative bodies
• Advise on politically sensitive dossiers, such as tree policy
• Improve the quality, predictability, and timeliness of administrative documents such as memos, college and council proposals, notes, and progress reports
• Manage one or two teams within City Management, including the strategic policy and programming team
• Guide and manage team and asset managers
• Take the lead in further professionalizing asset management within the department
• Take over part of the daily management and administrative representation to relieve the current department head
• Act as a sparring partner in structuring, prioritizing, and preparing decisions
• Diploma at least HBO bachelor level
• At least 5 years of work experience within the last 10 years as a manager or leader in a government organization, managing at least one team
• Demonstrable experience with politically sensitive dossiers and direct advice to aldermen, directors, college, and/or municipal council
• Availability of at least 36 hours per week, with at least half of that on location
• CV in Dutch of maximum 5 pages, with at least two references (name, position, and organization)

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 9 months
• Location: Zoetermeer, North-Holland, South-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch