Project Advisor Environmental Affairs (Experienced Policy Officer Spatial Planning)

Project overview

You will independently develop and execute a subject-matter knowledge and development program for two junior employees. The goal is that they will demonstrably be able to independently handle complex spatial procedures, including Bopa procedures and Omgevingsplan amendments, afterwards.

You will carry out the assignment independently and according to your own professional insight. The municipality will determine the desired results and constraints, but will not provide management or supervision on how you carry out the assignment.

You will work independently within the Spatial Development Team and collaborate extensively with colleagues from the Permits, Supervision, and Enforcement (VTH) Team.

What will you do?

You will use concrete issues and files from daily practice to analyze and improve existing working methods, work processes, and knowledge transfer. You will translate practical experience into improvement proposals, working methods, and knowledge transfer. In doing so, you will focus on improving the onboarding and development process for new employees and on optimizing process connections within the spatial domain.

You will independently determine how to achieve the results based on your subject-matter expertise, within the applicable legal, policy, and organizational frameworks.

The Spatial Development Team consists of 12 employees. They are involved in spatial planning, housing, housing projects, sustainability, economy, tourism, and nature. The team is part of the Space department, where approximately 25 employees with diverse roles and functions work. The physical living environment is their common denominator. The Spatial Development Team is in full motion and development.

The municipality of Waterland is a (relatively) small municipality. Typical of the organization is the 'everyone knows everyone' feeling and short, informal lines. The only constant is change, and that also applies to the municipality of Waterland.

• You will transfer subject-matter knowledge to the two employees.
• You will guide a pre-agreed number of complex practical files, from the submission of an initiative proposal to the final and unappealable environmental permit.
• You will transfer knowledge of Bopa's and Opa's, assessing ETFAL justifications, Omgevingsplan amendments, and handling objections and appeals.
• You will develop practical work instructions, templates, and/or knowledge documents.
• You will periodically assess the subject-matter progress of the program.
• You will document the results, transferred knowledge, and any remaining development points in a final report.
• Demonstrable completed education at a minimum HBO bachelor level, in the field of administrative law or spatial planning
• Demonstrable work experience in spatial planning within a municipality and in guiding/training young, junior colleagues
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 5 years as a spatial planning policy officer within a municipal organization
• You have demonstrable work experience in handling environmental permits with an extensive procedure
• You have demonstrable work experience in guiding and training junior colleagues
• Demonstrable knowledge of laws and regulations in the broad field of spatial planning
• You have demonstrable work experience in assessing temporary Omgevingsplannen and handling environmental permits with out-of-plan deviations (Bopa)
• Available from January 1, 2027, and willing to be present at the office at least 3 days per week
• Demonstrable knowledge of the municipality of Waterland and the Zaanstad/Waterland region

Project details

• Start: Zo snel mogelijk
• Duration: Verlenging: Onbekend
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Monnickendam, NL
• Rate: 78-78 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch