Information Manager

Project overview

Job description

Randstad Digital is looking for an experienced and strategic Information Manager for one of its clients in the public sector. The organization faces a major development challenge in the areas of information provision, data quality, process development, digital transformation, and the application of AI. In addition, a new ERP system for business operations will be selected and implemented in the coming years. As Information Manager, you will provide direction for this transition and be responsible for developing and realizing an integrated information vision.

You will form the connecting link between strategy, business operations, processes, data, information management, and ICT. You will bring structure, set priorities, and ensure that information provision plays both a supporting and steering role in achieving organizational goals. Furthermore, you will take the lead in the further development of the Information Management team. Through coaching, knowledge transfer, and stimulating strategic thinking, you will help the team grow into a steering and future-oriented position.

Responsibilities

Desired result after 2 years

After the temporary assignment:

Job requirements

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Competencies

Strategic and organization-wide thinking: The ability to translate organizational objectives and complex issues into integrated, future-proof IT solutions.

Connecting and coaching leadership: Inspiring employees, transferring knowledge, and encouraging the team to grow into a steering role.

Stakeholder management and persuasiveness: Creating support at all levels (from management and board to operational teams) and smoothly handling diverse interests.

Analytical ability and judgment: Quickly separating the essential from the non-essential, applying data-driven insights, and structuring complex processes.

Political-administrative sensitivity: Understanding decision-making processes and having a feel for relationships within an administrative and public context.

Employment conditions

At Randstad Digital, we invest in your growth and offer you excellent conditions for this assignment:

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Company information

Omgevingsdienst IJmond (ODIJmond) works daily to ensure a healthy, safe, and sustainable living environment in the dynamic IJmond region and its surroundings. On behalf of municipalities and the province of North Holland, they perform high-quality tasks in the areas of permit granting, supervision, enforcement, and environmental advice. A complex and data-intensive task, in which reliable and future-proof information provision is essential. As an Information Manager, you will help build an agile, data-driven organization that is ready for the challenges of tomorrow.

This vacancy is of course open to anyone who recognizes themselves in this.

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• Developing an integrated vision for information provision and information management, so that the function can be permanently established in the long term;
• Preparing, selecting, and implementing a new ERP system for business operations (including preparing the business case and acting as client towards partners);
• Improving data quality, information structures, ownership, and formulating AI policy and applications;
• Optimizing process-oriented work and ensuring compliance, privacy, information security, and archiving;
• Functionally managing, coaching, and professionalizing the Information Management team.
• A clear information vision and roadmap have been established;
• The foundation for sustainable information management and data quality has been laid;
• The ERP selection and implementation process has been successfully executed or is largely realized;
• A future-proof information organization has been set up;
• The Information Management team has visibly grown in strategic role, ownership, and professionalism;
• The organization is better prepared for digital developments and AI applications.
• Minimum completed HBO or WO education, preferably in Business IT & Management, Information Science, Computer Science, Public Administration, or Business Administration;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience as an Information Manager or IT Program Manager;
• Demonstrable experience with large-scale digitization and change processes in complex environments;
• Experience with ERP selection and implementation processes;
• Solid knowledge of information management, data management, process management, and governance.
• Work experience within a municipal or other government organization;
• Knowledge of current AI applications, data analysis, and digital innovation;
• Certifications such as BISL, ASL, ITIL Foundation, Lean Green/Black Belt, PRINCE2, MSP, TOGAF, or CIMP.
• An excellent salary tailored to your knowledge and experience;
• A contract for the duration of the assignment, with a desire to work towards a permanent contract;
• A thirteenth-month salary or comparable bonus scheme;
• 25 vacation days per year based on 40 hours and 8.33% vacation pay;
• An attractive Pension Plus scheme.
• Travel and home working allowance, including a net € 750 for setting up your home office;
• Unlimited access to training via the Randstad Digital Academy with recognized IT certificates;
• Referral bonuses up to € 1,500;
• Personal guidance from a dedicated Talent Manager and access to exclusive IT knowledge and networking events.

Project details

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