Local Advisor

The Sustainability Department is seeking a policy advisor to set up an integrated municipal insulation program. The program gives concrete form to the local approach and focuses on goals up to 2035 with a perspective towards 2050, within the broader heat transition.

Over 10 million is available from the National Insulation Program to invest in insulating homes.

• Demonstrably completed HBO or WO education and HBO/WO working and thinking level.
• Several years of relevant work experience as a policy advisor, preferably with recent experience in local insulation approaches.
• Demonstrable extensive knowledge and work experience as a strategic communications advisor in a political environment and experience with strategic communication plans.
• Flexibility in work attitude.

• Establishing an integrated insulation strategy, including analysis of the current situation and linkage with the goal of being natural gas-free by 2050.
• Description of the municipal insulation challenge until 2035 and 2050 and translation into concrete goals.
• Technical elaboration of the insulation challenge with attention to standard values, target values, and ventilation, and coordination between insulation level and sustainable heating solutions.
• Assessing and promoting the use of environmentally friendly materials and additional measures against overheating, such as sun shading.
• Strategic alignment between the National Insulation Programme and the insulation approach from Nij Begun (Measures 28 and 29).
• Deployment and coordination of available resources, including funds from the National Insulation Program and the Full Housing Fund.
• Developing and implementing a support offering including information provision, collective approaches, subsidies and financial support, process guidance, and advice.
• Differentiate between target groups (homeowners, non-residents, residents experiencing energy poverty, do-it-yourselfers, housing associations, Owners' Associations, private landlords, owners of cultural heritage) and act accordingly.
• Deployment of the municipal mobile energy desk and collaboration with partners such as housing associations, energy cooperatives, homeowners' associations, and insulation companies.
• Determining and securing the necessary administrative capacity and drawing up a detailed plan until 2030 and an outline plan until 2035.
• Developing and implementing a communication approach with concrete means to reach the various target groups.
• Setting up monitoring with measurable indicators, mapping out necessary information sources and reporting lines.
• During implementation, collaborate with and receive support from a project group consisting of an energy transition policy analyst, a technical advisor, and a project leader for Measure 29.

• Up to €7.740,00 gross per month full-time.
• Pension accrual via Stipp from day 1.
• Option for weekly or four-weekly salary payment.
• The client's collective labor agreement applies.
• All About Work does not use relationship or non-competition clauses.

The Municipality of Eemsdelta is an attractive region with the Wadden Coast, vast cultural landscapes, characteristic villages, and dynamic ports with innovative business activity.

The municipality is down-to-earth, looks out for one another, and works together to preserve and develop the quality of life in the area.

The Sustainability team is an energetic team in a dynamic field with a pleasant working atmosphere and very diverse tasks.