Project Leader for Restructuring Design and Advice Municipalities Brummen and Rheden

Project overview

The assignment includes the integral leadership of the preparation of the Restructuring Design (HIO) and the subsequent Restructuring Advice (HIA) for the intended merger of the municipalities of Brummen and Rheden.

Profile of the suited interim professional:

• Lead the joint project organization and monitor the coherence between the various sub-projects
• Translate the Plan of Approach into concrete work assignments, planning, and responsibilities
• Chair the project group and prepare consultations with clients and the steering group
• Monitor progress, quality, capacity, budget, and risks, and identify bottlenecks in a timely manner
• Advise municipal secretaries, steering group, and administrators on progress and choices to be made
• Prepare administrative documents such as college and council proposals together with the administrative advisors
• Draft and manage the integral main text of the HIO and HIA
• Combine the substantive contributions of all sub-projects into a coherent and convincing whole
• Test the substantiation against the Policy Framework for Municipal Restructuring
• Coordinate the processing of views and prepare the memo of views
• Ensure that societal and regional interests are carefully considered in the process
• Completed education at a minimum of university level in public administration, administrative and organizational sciences, public management, or equivalent
• Minimum of 10 years of work experience at or for a municipality or government institution
• Minimum of five years of experience in independently leading complex, multidisciplinary projects or change assignments in a political-administrative environment
• Experience in advising municipal administrators, directors, or municipal secretaries on strategic and politically sensitive issues
• Experience with inter-municipal cooperation, administrative cooperation issues, or organizational development
• Experience in independently drafting strategic policy documents and decision-making documents for colleges and municipal councils
• Experience with municipal restructuring or complex administrative cooperation is a plus
• Political-administrative sensitivity and strong editorial and analytical skills
• Proficiency in the Dutch language

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: De Steeg, Overijssel, Gelderland, NL
• Languages: Dutch