Enforcement Lawyer - Temporary Position

Project overview

Are you an experienced enforcement lawyer? Then we are looking for you!

The Position

As an enforcement lawyer, you have an independent role and are given the space to manage your own cases. You will work closely with supervisors, enforcers, colleagues within the organization, and external partners.

You will be involved in, among other things:

About the Company

Working at the municipality of Zuidplas means working in an environment where trust, flexibility, and space are central. In our growing municipality, with villages such as Moerkapelle, Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, and Zevenhuizen, and the new Cortelande, you will work on issues that truly matter. Here, you think big and do it together. You are given the freedom to experiment, take initiative, and bring your ideas to life. Together with committed colleagues, you work openly, connectively, and with energy on multiple tasks simultaneously. This requires courage, ownership, and the will to keep growing.

Because here you make a difference – every day. Thinking big, doing it together! Make it your work.

What You Bring

We are looking for an experienced lawyer who can be immediately deployed independently and can quickly take responsibility for complex enforcement cases. You are analytically strong, work independently, and at the same time actively seek collaboration. You write clearly and persuasively and can convey your legal advice well verbally. You can switch quickly between different cases and know when coordination with colleagues, the executive, or external partners is necessary.

Your Knowledge and Experience

If you do not fully meet all the job requirements, but are convinced that you can fulfill this role well, we still warmly invite you to apply.

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:

• Handling complex enforcement cases. You assess violations, interests, and evidence and, together with involved colleagues, determine the legally appropriate follow-up step. You must not only know what is legally possible but also consider proportionality, legal certainty, and feasibility, and be able to weigh different interests against each other.
• Drafting legally sound decisions. This includes orders with penalty payments, orders with administrative coercion, violations of waste regulations and physical living environment regulations, collection notices, and administrative measures, including closures based on the Opium Act or the Municipal Act.
• Representing the municipality. On behalf of the municipal executive, you will speak in objection and appeal procedures and represent the municipality in court where necessary.
• Collaborating with partners. You will coordinate with the police, supervisors, and other enforcement partners, among others, and ensure an integrated approach.
• Contributing to policy and implementation. You will identify developments in laws and regulations and translate them into daily enforcement practice.
• Sharing your expertise. Within the team, you are an important point of contact for complex legal issues and help colleagues to work legally soundly and carefully.
• A completed HBO or WO degree in Law;
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience with legal enforcement, preferably within a municipality or other government organization;
• Knowledge of administrative law and enforcement, and experience with, among others, the APV, Opium Act, Environmental Living Ordinance, waste regulations, Environmental and Planning Act (Omgevingswet), and special laws;
• Experience in drafting enforcement decisions;
• Experience in handling objection and appeal procedures;
• Experience within a municipal or comparable administrative environment;
• You can operate independently quickly within a new organization.
• Competitive fixed salary, depending on knowledge and experience;
• 25 vacation days and 8.33% holiday allowance;
• Travel expenses reimbursement or lease car;
• Good pension scheme;
• Overtime arrangement: payment in salary or time for time;
• The above applies to collaboration on contract; self-employment is of course also possible;
• Ongoing 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: Nieuwerkerk a.d. IJssel, NL
• Languages: Dutch