Senior Functional Administrator - Municipality Oosterwolde FR

Project overview

Assignment description:

For the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, we are looking for an experienced Senior Functional Administrator who will make a significant contribution to the professionalization and future-proofing of functional administration within the social domain. You will work within the OWO collaboration of the municipalities of Ooststellingwerf, Weststellingwerf, and Opsterland. Functional administration is evolving from a primarily reactive and application-oriented service to a proactive, process-oriented, advisory, and control function.

In this role, you will combine substantive senior functional administration with guiding and coaching colleagues. You will help the cluster implement new working methods, improve processes, and sustainably secure results. Furthermore, the future design of the PinkRoccade applications within the social domain plays an important role.

Activities:

• Professionalizing operational and tactical functional administration.
• Guiding and coaching functional administrators during daily activities.
• Taking on complex functional and process-related issues yourself.
• Developing and implementing process-oriented and chain-oriented working methods.
• Improving supplier management, change management, and quality control.
• Strengthening the collaboration between functional administration, information provision, and the business.
• Supporting the team leader in quality improvement, prioritization, and team development.
• Establishing, realizing, and securing concrete improvement goals and results.
• Monitoring continuity during the further setup of applications for the social domain.

Requirements

Wishes:

Competencies:

Strong analytical skills, coaching, connecting, persuasive, change-oriented, and results-oriented.

Preference for at least 3 working days per week on location in Oosterwolde, preferably Thursday and Friday, and every other Wednesday as an additional day. A phased start with fewer hours is negotiable, provided the full agreed-upon commitment is available from January 1, 2027.

Interested?

Are you the experienced Senior Functional Administrator who can combine substantive expertise with team development and process improvement? Please send your current Dutch CV (max 5 A4 pages), availability, hourly rate, and a brief explanation of relevant assignments and achieved results.

• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable experience in functional administration, with at least 2 years at a senior level.
• Demonstrable experience in guiding employees or teams in professionalization or the implementation of new working methods.
• Minimum HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level, demonstrated through education or relevant work experience.
• Available for 24–32 hours per week, fully deployable by January 1, 2027, at the latest.
• At least one completed assignment where a team of functional administrators was demonstrably brought to a higher maturity level.
• Experience with coaching on-the-job, combined with actively participating as a senior.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a senior functional administrator.
• Experience with process optimization, chain-oriented functional administration, and supplier management.
• Minimum of 2 years of functional administration within the municipal social domain.
• Experience with PinkRoccade applications within the social domain.

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-15T23:00:00
• Location: Oosterwolde Friesland, NL
• Languages: Dutch