Project Manager Integrated Water Management Peat Meadow Area

Project overview

Assignment Description

For Wetterskip Fryslân, we are urgently looking for an experienced Project Manager for Integrated Water Management in the peat meadow area who can take over an ongoing project at short notice.

Within the peat meadow area, diverse interests play a role in water management, agriculture, nature, and area development. The project manager is responsible for connecting these interests and achieving the agreed project objectives. An important part of this assignment is maintaining and strengthening the collaboration with farmers and other involved stakeholders. It is essential that the project manager possesses administrative and environmental sensitivity, can create support, and bring different interests together.

Furthermore, the design of water level management areas plays an important role. The client is looking for a project manager who takes an integrated approach to the water system, considers the desired coherence of water level management areas, and can constructively coordinate this with involved parties.

Because this is a replacement, we are explicitly looking for someone who can start quickly, operates independently, and can achieve progress immediately.

Activities

• Taking over and continuing an ongoing project within integrated water management in the peat meadow area.
• Monitoring and achieving the agreed project objectives, planning, and progress.
• Maintaining and strengthening relationships with farmers, landowners, and other stakeholders.
• Creating support for proposed measures and choices within water management.
• Coordinating the design of water level management areas and ensuring a coherent, integrated approach.
• Identifying bottlenecks, conflicting interests, and risks and translating them into workable solutions.
• Coordinating with the program manager, internal specialists, and other involved parties.
• Ensuring clear communication, concrete agreements, and timely feedback on progress.

Requirements

Wishes

Profile Sought

We are looking for a strong, communicative, and results-oriented project manager with a sense for administrative and social relations. The ideal candidate is someone who easily connects with farmers, builds trust, and remains constructive in collaboration even with diverse interests. Furthermore, we expect a proactive attitude, ownership, and the ability to effectively translate agreements into concrete results.

Additional Information

This concerns an urgent replacement for an ongoing assignment. Candidates who are available at short notice are preferred.

Please mention upon application:

• Demonstrable experience as a project manager within water management, area development, or a comparable environment.
• Demonstrable experience with stakeholder management and connecting diverse interests.
• Experience collaborating with farmers, landowners, and/or other stakeholders in rural areas.
• Knowledge of water management, water level management, and the interests involved in rural areas.
• Available for 24 hours per week and deployable at very short notice.
• Experience with projects within peat meadow areas.
• Experience at a water board or comparable public organization.
• Knowledge of water level management areas, water level decisions, and integrated water system management.
• A relevant network within the agricultural field.
• Experience with complex environmental issues where agriculture, nature, and water management converge.
• Experience taking over ongoing projects and achieving results under time pressure.
• Availability and possible start date.
• Relevant experience within water management and/or peat meadow areas.
• Experience with agricultural stakeholders.

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-22T23:00:00
• Location: Friesland, NL
• Languages: Dutch