Project Manager Environmental Plan – Spatial Planning & Environmental Act

Project overview

Department

The municipality of Waterland is an organization that is constantly developing and improving. You will work in the Space team. You report to the Head of the Space Department. You will work closely with the project leader of the urban planning agency, with colleagues from various teams (including spatial planning, permits, realization) and with external advisors such as the environmental agency, the water board, the VrzW, and the province.

Assignment

The municipality is working on the municipal-wide environmental plan. For this, the municipality collaborates with an urban planning agency. The assignment consists of project-based guidance, coordination, and realization of the further development of the municipal environmental plan of Waterland.

The project leader is responsible for the substantive and procedural management of the task and forms the connecting link between the municipal organization, the external urban planning agency, and other involved parties.

The project leader ensures that the different components of the environmental plan are developed in coherence and that progress, quality, and planning are monitored.

The emphasis is on the following components:

The project leader has an active role in the substantive process and possesses sufficient legal and planning knowledge to direct the development of the environmental plan and assess the quality of the deliverables.

Activities

The project leader performs, among other things, the following activities:

Intended results

The assignment is focused on the following results:

12 months - 24 hours - 0.67 FTE

Profile of the suited interim professional:

Job requirements

• Developing and monitoring an integrated approach and plan for the development of the environmental plan.
• Substantively guiding and managing the urban planning agency.
• Monitoring the legal quality, consistency, and feasibility of the rules in the environmental plan.
• Coordinating input from the various municipal disciplines.
• Preparing administrative decision-making and advising management and administration.
• You are responsible for the substantive and procedural progress of the Environmental Plan project;
• In collaboration with the external agency, you will draw up a realistic schedule and monitor its execution;
• You will provide substantive direction for the development of the environmental plan and monitor the coherence between policy and regulations;
• You will manage the urban planning agency and assess the quality and usability of the delivered products;
• You will coordinate the activities of the involved internal employees and ensure good alignment between the different disciplines;
• You will monitor the legal system and structure of the environmental plan and check whether the proposed rules align with the Environmental Act and the relevant instructions from the national government and the province;
• You will monitor the alignment of the environmental plan with the Digital System Environmental Act (DSO);
• You will identify bottlenecks, risks, and dependencies and propose solutions;
• You will prepare decision-making and, where necessary, draw up administrative proposals and progress reports;
• You will inform and involve colleagues, management, and administration in the development of the environmental plan;
• You will maintain contacts with external stakeholders and chain partners;
• You will actively contribute to knowledge development within the municipal organization and ensure proper transfer of knowledge and responsibilities.
• A well-managed and substantively guided development process in collaboration with the urban planning agency;
• A substantively coherent and legally high-quality environmental plan;
• Good alignment between the environmental plan, municipal policy, and the relevant legal frameworks;
• Adequate preparation of the necessary administrative and executive decision-making.
• Completed education at a minimum HBO bachelor's level in the field of law;
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 7 years as a policy officer, spatial planning lawyer, or policy advisor at a municipality.
• Completed WO bachelor's degree in Dutch Law;
• Demonstrable completed LEAN training;
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience as a senior advisor in environmental law with the Spatial Planning Act, Wabo, and Environmental Act within a municipality;
• Demonstrable work experience with the Environmental Ordinance North Holland;
• Minimum 7 years of work experience as a policy officer, spatial planning lawyer, or policy advisor within a municipality;
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience in drafting zoning plans and handling objection and appeal cases up to and including the Council of State;
• Demonstrable work experience with integrated collaboration focused on environmental law and/or spatial planning.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 2 months
• Location: Monnickendam, North-Holland, South-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch