H-manager (Hierarchical Manager)

Project overview

ZZP possible, no subcontracting.

Project details

maximum €105 per hour. Assignment description: This assignment is for the temporary filling of two H-manager vacancies within the business operations portfolio: Human Capital (MK) program and Business Operations, Policy & Advice (BBA) program. In your role as H-manager, you will work closely with the program manager who holds the content responsibility for the program. You are responsible for approximately 70 employees divided across multiple teams. These teams are managed in terms of content by the team leaders.

As H-manager, you will translate the ambitions and goals of the program through strategic personnel planning (SPP) into what this means for the teams and employees. Now and in the future. With SPP as a starting point, you will then manage the inflow, development, and outflow of employees. You will guide employees in their personal development and the discovery and utilization of their talents. Your tasks include, among others:

• Conducting development interviews with employees within your program;
• Performance reviews;
• Team development;
• Frequent consultation with the program manager and team leaders;
• Frequent consultation with your HR advisor;
• Conducting application and selection interviews;
• Case manager for absenteeism;
• Absence prevention. This is how you contribute to Brabant! We can only successfully realize our assignments if our professionals have the space, if we focus on optimal and broad employability, and if we build on their talents and passions. Then you recognize vital employees. Ultimately, every employee within the province makes a direct contribution to the societal challenges we work on as a province. Think of the energy transition, water safety, or nitrogen. As an H-manager, your task is to ensure that every employee within your program is agile and resilient, and you facilitate your employees in their personal development and the discovery and utilization of their talents to contribute optimally to Brabant's societal challenges. Who do you work with? Two-headed leadership: Within our organization, the various programs work on realizing our objectives. At the head of each program is a two-headed duo: a program manager (who is responsible for the content of the program) and an H-manager, who focuses on the people aspect. Together, they form the integral management of a program and lead the people in the program. Together with the program manager and the team leaders, you form the core team of the program. As a member of the core team, you jointly monitor the intended results (KPIs) and assess whether we are working in the right way to achieve the program's objectives. Corporate programs (including the MK and BBA programs) fulfill a supporting role for other programs and are often directly or indirectly involved in carrying out activities in other programs. The primary focus is on business operations and advising the board. Due to interdependencies and coherence, there is strong interaction and collaboration between corporate programs. The corporate programs are currently working on a joint perspective on business operations and the way of organizing. Candidate description: We are looking for an experienced manager. Someone who has extensive experience as a manager, preferably in a political-administrative environment. You have a lot of knowledge and experience with talent development, organizational and team development within large organizations. You can easily switch between strategic, tactical, and operational levels. WO (University) work and thinking level. You are people-oriented, proactive, and results-oriented; you have excellent organizational and prioritization skills and are stress-resistant. Interview planning: Interviews will be held on November 3rd from 09:00 – 11:45 for a first interview, and on November 10th from 13:00 – 14:45 for a second interview. Explanation of schedule: Number of hours per week is 32-36. Start date is December 1, 2026, at the latest, or as early as possible. Work will be done both at home and at the Provincial House. Monday, for example, is a fixed day when your presence is expected for meetings with the H-managers, among other things. And on Tuesday, your presence is expected at the Human Capital program for consultation with the core team. At the province of Noord-Brabant, we are flexible, and we expect the same in return. Performing work in the evenings or weekends (incidentally) may be part of this assignment, and the compensation for this is assumed to be included in the agreed-upon rate. Requirements
• Candidate possesses WO (University) work and thinking level. This is evident from the CV.
• Candidate has at least 3 years of management experience. This is evident from the CV. Desirables
• Candidate possesses demonstrable WO (University) work and thinking level acquired through education and experience. This is evident from the CV.
• Candidate has at least 3 years of work experience as a hierarchical manager in a large organization of at least 1000 FTE, preferably in a political-administrative environment. This is evident from the CV.
• Candidate has at least 3 years of demonstrable work experience in managing at least 40 employees in HRM tasks (inflow, development, outflow). This is evident from the CV.
• Candidate possesses at least 3 years of demonstrable work experience in organizational development, change processes, and/or team development. This is evident from the CV. Interview: For this assignment, after the initial selection round, interviews will be conducted with several parties. These will be taken into account in the final assessment. These interviews will be assessed according to the criteria indicated below. During the job interview, the last (maximum) 25 points can be awarded. These 25 points are distributed as follows: 1) View and vision on the relevant function/activities, related to own experience and provincial vision: maximum 10 points. 2) Match with the team (sufficiently complementary in knowledge and collaboration): maximum 5 points. 3) Competencies such as connecting, proactive, results-oriented, innovative, organizational skills, and stress resistance: maximum 10 points. At the province, we operate on the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) principle.
• Start: 2026-11-30T23:00:00
• Location: 's-Hertogenbosch Noord-Brabant, NL
• Languages: Dutch