Team Manager Environmental Affairs
Leads a team that works on visible living environment dossiers and collaborates with public partners.
Responsible for direction, priorities, process improvement, and administrative coordination.
Requires a higher professional education (HBO) or university (WO), extensive experience with the Environment and Planning Act, and at least five years of managerial experience.
Description
As Team Manager Environmental Affairs, you lead a team working on topics directly visible in the living environment. You focus on results as well as collaboration between various disciplines, government bodies, and external partners, covering themes such as the environment, spatial development, archaeology, airports, and gas extraction. The team's dossiers regularly attract political and media attention, requiring overview, composure, and the ability to help employees grow.
Job requirements
- Coaching and connecting leadership style.
- Relevant education at HBO or WO level.
- Extensive experience with the Environment and Planning Act.
- At least five years of managerial experience within a political-administrative organization.
- Experience with team development and guiding change processes.
- Highly developed political and administrative sensitivity.
- Experience in similar roles, such as Team Manager Environmental Affairs or Manager Spatial Development, is a plus.
Tasks
- Leading a team of approximately 30 employees.
- Starting the day with a team meeting and jointly determining priorities.
- Participate in the management team of the Provincial Environment domain.
- Collaborating with fellow team managers and policy teams.
- Maintaining contact with municipalities, environmental services, and other government authorities.
- Coaching employees and stimulating their professional development.
- Resolving bottlenecks and guiding team development and change processes.
- Monitoring progress and setting clear priorities for files.
- Guiding the further development of processes and digital working methods within the team.
- Ensuring good cooperation between the Archaeology, Spatial Planning and Development (ROMte), and RUH departments.
- Balancing substantive issues and administrative interests, and coordinating with external partners regarding the implementation of the provincial vision.
Working conditions
You are covered by the Provincial Sector Collective Labour Agreement and receive an employment conditions package with a focus on personal development and sustainable employability.
- Pension agreements.
- Individual Choice Budget with which you can put together part of your employment conditions yourself.
- Focus on sustainable employability, vitality, and professional development.
- Good leave arrangements.
- Opportunities for flexible working and an open work atmosphere.
- Opportunities for education and training.
Description of the organization
The organization works towards a strong, livable, and future-proof Fryslân. Together with municipalities, residents, entrepreneurs, knowledge institutions, and civil society organizations, it develops and implements plans that have a direct impact on the living, working, and residential environment in the region.
- Thematic focus on mobility, nature, water, climate, energy, economy, culture, heritage, agriculture, and spatial development.
- Plays a role in strengthening the Frisian language and identity.
- Works extensively interdisciplinarily and together with national and international partners on sustainable solutions.