Policy Advisor - Youth

Project overview

You understand the complexity of the youth domain and can deal with diverse interests, financial challenges, and dependencies with, among others, healthcare, adult care, and education. You have an eye for local and regional structures and collaborations.

Within the frameworks of municipal decision-making procedures and milestones, you independently determine how you carry out the assignment. You will join the 'Kansengelijkheid' (Equality of Opportunity) department meeting. Your presence on location in Eindhoven is expected at important moments, such as team meetings or administrative meetings. Outside of these, you determine where and when you work.

For execution, you will use your own phone and a laptop provided by the municipality.

The municipality of Eindhoven is looking for a Senior Policy Advisor for Youth.

The Youth policy domain has high administrative priority, partly due to the financial challenges involved. Developments in various youth dossiers follow each other rapidly, and there are many different interests. The municipality of Eindhoven is rolling out task-oriented working (the 'Kansrijk Opgroeien'

Progress will be reported to the Head of 'Kansengelijkheid' on an interim basis.

What is the assignment about?

The existing staff are working on the (primarily legal) regular tasks in the area of youth and youth care. Given the phase the department is currently in, a re-evaluation of the role and task of the senior (Youth) is desired. Advice must be drawn up regarding this. This is different from the regular coordination and substantive tasks of the senior policy advisor.

The senior policy advisor is not a formal manager. In addition to recommendations and advice on task-oriented working and advancing the transformation, there is some overlap with regular youth work. This involves coordinating and monitoring the integrity and quality of these activities. The essential core activities in the area of youth are carried out by the existing permanent policy advisors in the team.

You will join the 'Kansengelijkheid' department meeting, not company outings, staff activities, or performance reviews.

• Demonstrable municipal experience.
• Demonstrable experience as a senior policy advisor for Youth.
• Organizational sensitivity.
• Specialist knowledge of the Youth policy area.
• Knowledge of task-oriented working and change management.
• A solid substantive and strategic thinking level.
• The candidate has municipal experience
• The candidate has demonstrable experience as a Senior Policy Advisor for Youth
• The candidate possesses organizational sensitivity
• The candidate possesses specialist expertise in the Youth policy area
• The candidate has knowledge of task-oriented working and change management
• It is not permitted to hire a candidate who has previously been employed by the Municipality of Eindhoven within a two-year period
• The candidate may only start after the pre-employment screening has been completed
• The candidate possesses a valid passport or identity card at the intake and on the start date of the contract and can present it for verification
• Prosperous Upbringing
• task). This means that in addition to monitoring coherence, integrity, and quality, intertwining the various youth themes within the task is also important. The municipality is investigating the desired role, position, and tasks of a senior policy advisor within the organization in response to task-oriented working.

Project details

• Start: Zo snel mogelijk
• Location: Eindhoven, NL
• Rate: 112-112 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch