Client Advisor OOV

Project overview

For the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, YER is looking for a Client Advisor OOV.

The Position

Objective of the assignment: To ensure the continuity of operational safety tasks within the OOV cluster by clearing existing backlogs, keeping safety plans up-to-date, and ensuring adequate execution of legal and municipal tasks in the area of physical safety during the term of the assignment.

Activities: The contractor will independently perform, among other things, the following activities:

Deliverable: At the end of the assignment, the operational safety tasks within the OOV cluster will have been completed without backlogs. The crisis and safety plans will be up-to-date and coordinated with the involved parties. Consultation structures with the Safety Region, fire department, and other chain partners will have been maintained and documented. Safety issues will have been timely coordinated and resolved, with the contractor independently managing the execution and coordination with involved stakeholders.

About the Company

The municipality of Eijsden‑Margraten is a rural and expansive municipality in the Heuvelland region, consisting of fifteen core settlements and directly bordering the urban area of Maastricht. To the south, the municipality is bordered by the Belgian municipalities of Visé and Voeren. The "Five-Star Landscape" of Eijsden‑Margraten is remarkable for its great diversity of landscapes, including the Plateau, the Middenterras, and the Maasdal. It is also unique that the Maas enters the Netherlands near Eijsden and that the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands is located in Margraten.

The municipality has approximately 26,000 inhabitants and a rich club life, contributing to an attractive socio-cultural climate. Eijsden‑Margraten offers not only its residents but also new residents and visitors a warm home: authentic, hospitable, small-scale, and with genuine attention to each other. Based on the Cittaslow philosophy, the municipality works with residents, entrepreneurs, and associations on an attractive living environment where, with respect for landscape, nature, traditions, and culture, there is room for current and future generations.

Within the organization, approximately 190 professionals work daily with great energy on the development of Eijsden‑Margraten as an attractive place to live, work, and stay. This is done based on four guiding principles: decisiveness, resilience and agility, vitality, and results orientation. The municipality is highly aware of its societal role as a government, with responsibility for public resources and democratic decision-making. This responsibility is a major driving force in daily actions.

The organization is characterized by a collegial working atmosphere with ample room for personal responsibility and creativity. A good interplay between the executive and administrative organization is central, with respect for everyone's role and position. The lives of the inhabitants are always the starting point. Eijsden‑Margraten cherishes its traditions, protects the landscape, actively responds to societal transitions, and provides space for innovation. The municipality believes in doing things together and creating meaning together. It's no coincidence that its motto is: 'close to life, from the heart'.

What you bring

Experience in a similar role.

Offer

You will work with a team of enthusiastic colleagues within the spatial domain and can count on a good work-life balance. We also reward your commitment and performance with an attractive salary and appealing extras. Our employment conditions at a glance:

• Managing, updating, and coordinating the crisis and disaster plan and the high water plan.
• Liaising with internal and external partners on crisis management and disaster response.
• Participating in meetings of the AOV (Operational Safety) officers within the Veiligheidsregio Zuid-Limburg (South Limburg Safety Region).
• Preparing and substantively supporting topics for the General Board of the Safety Region.
• Organizing and attending quarterly meetings with the fire department.
• Coordinating issues related to fire department housing and liaising with involved parties.
• Representing the municipality within processes related to the "Keurmerk Veilig Ondernemen" (Safety for Entrepreneurs Quality Mark).
• Participating in the Arbo (Occupational Health and Safety) working group and supporting the prevention officer tasks.
• Managing the risk map for Explosive Remnants of War and directing actions for found explosives.
• Coordinating issues related to fire water supply.
• Advising on internal safety issues related to municipal buildings.
• Directing notifications and handling of drug waste dumpings.
• Acting as a point of contact for the Ministry of Defence regarding military exercises within the municipality.
• Competitive fixed salary, depending on knowledge and experience;
• 25 vacation days and 8.33% holiday allowance;
• 7.55% 13th month bonus;
• Travel expenses reimbursement or lease car;
• Good pension scheme;
• Overtime arrangement: payment in salary or time off in lieu;
• The above applies when collaborating on a contract basis; ZZP (freelancer) is also possible, of course;
• Continuously challenging assignments in the spatial domain;
• Intensive and personal guidance;
• Opportunity to participate in a personal coaching program;
• Inspiring masterclasses.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Eijsden, NL
• Languages: Dutch