Legal Advisor Environmental Law

Project overview

What will you do

Are you at home in environmental law and do you like to use your legal expertise for a sustainable and attractive living environment? Can you translate complex issues into clear advice and practical solutions? Then we at the municipality of Ridderkerk would like to meet you.

As a Legal Advisor Environmental Law, you will work on topics that directly affect residents and entrepreneurs. From a construction plan to a complex spatial development: you will help colleagues and the board to make carefully considered and legally sound decisions. You look at what is possible and keep an eye on the different interests.

Your activities include:

Who are you?

We are looking for a medior or senior Legal Advisor Environmental Law who can work independently.

A junior profile is less suitable for this assignment, as the reason for engagement is to reduce the workload within the existing team. We are therefore looking for someone who brings sufficient experience and independence to take on the tasks directly.

The following competencies are important for this assignment:

In addition, the municipality offers, among other things:

Why this assignment?

The assignment arose from the need to reduce the workload within the existing team. We are therefore looking for an experienced and independent legal advisor who can temporarily contribute to the team and strengthen the existing workload.

Working for Ridderkerk

At the municipality of Ridderkerk, you work on issues that are close to people. Residents want to live pleasantly, entrepreneurs want to realize their plans, and the municipality monitors the quality of the living environment. Those interests do not always come together automatically. Your legal knowledge helps to arrive at clear and carefully substantiated choices.

What else you should know

The following conditions apply to this assignment:

• You advise permit officers, policy colleagues, and the board on legal issues concerning the Environmental Act, the environmental plan, and the General Administrative Law Act.
• You review applications and draft decisions for environmental permits for legal soundness.
• You support the drafting of decisions and ensure clear reasoning and careful consideration of interests.
• You contribute from an early stage to complex construction plans, spatial initiatives, and politically sensitive dossiers.
• You identify legal risks and advise on possible solutions.
• You guide objection and appeal procedures concerning environmental permits, draft defense statements, and represent the municipality at the objection committee and the administrative court.
• You collaborate with internal and external experts, such as permit officers, urban planners, and spatial planners.
• You follow developments in legislation and case law and translate them into daily practice.
• You contribute to the improvement of work processes, legal quality assurance, and knowledge sharing regarding permit granting.
• You have demonstrable knowledge of Environmental Law.
• You have knowledge of the Environmental Act.
• You have knowledge of the environmental plan.
• You have knowledge of the General Administrative Law Act (Awb).
• You have experience with permit granting and environmental permits.
• You have experience with objection and appeal procedures, including drafting defense statements.
• You are capable of taking on tasks independently.
• You operate at a medior or senior level.
• Analytical ability – you can understand complex legal issues and distinguish between main and minor points.
• Advisory skills – you translate legal issues into clear and practically applicable advice.
• Judgment – you can carefully weigh different interests and arrive at legally sound solutions.
• Independence – you can take on tasks independently and take responsibility for your files.
• Environmental awareness – you are aware of administrative, societal, and various interests.
• Communication skills – you can communicate clearly with permit officers, policy colleagues, the board, and external experts.
• Practical attitude – you not only identify legal risks but also contribute to possible solutions.
• Collaboration – you work effectively with internal and external experts.
• Accuracy – you work carefully in decision-making, reasoning, and weighing interests.
• Focus on current developments – you follow developments in legislation and case law and can translate them into daily practice.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home;
• Submit the CV in Dutch.
• The application of an extra link between the candidate and the supplier offering the candidate is not permitted.
• The personal motivation must demonstrate through substantiation that the candidate possesses the required competencies.
• The candidate possesses a proof of identity (a passport or identity card), which is valid at intake and on the start date of the candidate's contract and can be presented for inspection.
• The VNG Model General Procurement Conditions for supplies and services apply to this assignment.
• The take-over period for flexible workers on a secondment basis is 1,404 hours.
• The take-over period for flexible workers on a temporary employment basis is 936 hours.
• Indexation is not applicable.
• If the supplier offers a freelancer, the agreement will be concluded exclusively between Haert and the respective freelancer. Any agreements regarding kickback fees will be agreed exclusively between the supplier and the freelancer and fall outside the responsibility of Haert.
• A valid Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is mandatory for this placement. The costs for this are borne by the supplier and must be included in the rate. The candidate may only start once the VOG has been received.
• Upon termination of an assignment by the client, the following notice periods apply:
• Worked up to 8 weeks: notice period of 1 working week.
• Worked between 8 and 26 weeks: notice period of 3 working weeks.
• Worked longer than 26 weeks: notice period of 1 month.
• The rate depends on the knowledge and skills of the candidate.
• A candidate can only start after signing our cooperation agreement and the client-specific agreement of this client.
• With sufficient applications, we will close the assignment earlier than the indicated deadline in the portal. Therefore, submit a suitable candidate as soon as possible.

Project details

• Start: 2026-10-19
• Duration: 19 okt 2026 - 19 jan 2027
• Location: Ridderkerk, NL
• Rate: 100-100 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch