Quartermaster Organization Development & Circular Economy – Utrecht

Project overview

Organization

You work for a compact public steering and knowledge organization in Midden-Nederland. This joint arrangement supports participating municipalities in sustainable and cost-effective waste disposal and processing. The organization concludes processing contracts with market parties and public companies and organizes the transshipment and transport to recycling companies and final processors.

With regional collaboration partners, the organization shares and develops knowledge and strengthens the procurement and management of processing contracts. It also works on innovative solutions for the preservation and reuse of raw materials. The next development phase must connect reliable and efficient execution of existing tasks with a greater role in regional cooperation and the transition to a circular economy.

Quartermaster Organization Development & Circular Economy

As Quartermaster Organization Development & Circular Economy, you will further develop the organization on behalf of the board. You will work on a compact, authoritative public organization that offers added value to the participating municipalities. You are responsible for strategic organization development and ensure that the direction aligns with their administrative wishes.

You will develop a future vision, explore new core tasks, and organize the collaboration and capacity that the new organization needs. You will strengthen the organization's position as a regional collaboration partner in the field of circularity and resource policy. You will take into account municipalities that are considering outsourcing their existing tasks.

On September 1, 2027, you will present the further elaborated future vision to the organization. After the decision by the General Board, implementation will be worked on during any extensions.

Responsibilities and Results

Job Requirements

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Wishes

Competencies

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Application

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• Background: The board wants to strengthen the regional waste organization and expand its tasks to include circularity and resource policy. At the same time, a number of participating municipalities are considering outsourcing existing tasks.
• Intention: A future-proof public organization that continues to support municipalities in waste management, resource policy, and the circular economy.
• Personality x Skill: You combine administrative sensitivity and connecting leadership with experience in organization development. You translate diverse municipal interests into a clear direction, appropriate governance, and concrete agreements.
• As Quartermaster Organization Development & Circular Economy, develop a future vision for the organization as a regional collaboration organization;
• Explore and shape new core tasks that fit a joint arrangement in the field of circularity and resource policy;
• Strengthen the organization's position and added value for the participating municipalities;
• Maintain administrative relationships with municipalities, administrators, and regional partners;
• Organize the necessary collaboration and capacity and monitor alignment with administrative wishes;
• Further professionalize the organization and governance;
• Present a further elaborated future vision to the organization on September 1, 2027;
• After decision-making by the General Board, work on implementation during any extensions.
• The position is 24
• 32 hours per week;
• Interviews on November 11, 2026;
• It is still worthwhile to apply without government experience;
• A completed education at a minimum HBO bachelor's level;
• Academic working and thinking level;
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in a political-administrative environment and extensive experience in an administrative environment;
• Minimum 2 years of work experience with organization development, change processes, or building new collaborations;
• Work experience advising administrators and political office holders;
• You use your own laptop, phone, and accessories. The client does not provide IT resources.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience within a municipality or joint arrangement; administrative experience within or around municipalities or joint arrangements is preferred;
• Work experience with contract management and client management;
• Minimum 5 years of work experience with organization development, change processes, or building new collaborations;
• Knowledge of and affinity with waste management, resource chains, circular economy, and public collaboration. Substantiate in your proposal where this knowledge was acquired and applied;
• A completed education at a minimum WO bachelor's level;
• An hourly rate of maximum € 150 excluding VAT, including travel expenses, work-related travel, parking costs, and platform fee;
• Relevant work experience on similar assignments and at similar organizations.
• Administrative sensitivity;
• Connecting leadership;
• Strategic ability;
• Organizational sensitivity;
• Results-oriented;
• Environmental awareness;
• Entrepreneurship within the public sector;
• Negotiation skills.
• CV tailored to the assignment, prepared in Dutch, Word format, max. 5 A4 pages;
• Provide a brief motivation for this assignment (max. 1 A4 page);
• 2 references with contact details (In case of an intake interview, these may be consulted by the client);
• As the job requirements are knockout criteria, and the job wishes are the award criteria, your alignment with these should be clearly stated in your CV.
• You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt within 24 hours and always receive a reasoned feedback within 3 days after the closing date/assessment.
• If you have questions in the meantime, you can contact the contact person for more information, e.g., about who the end client is and about the assignment agreement. We can also transparently advise you on pricing.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Utrecht, NL
• Rate: 240-240 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch