Project Management Officer (Governance)

Aanvraag 20121308 Tijdelijke inhuur

Voor het Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie zijn wij op zoek naar een Project Management Officer (Governance).

De Opdrachtgever

The National Coördinator for Security and Counterterrorism protects the Netherlands from threats that could disrupt Dutch society. Together with the partners within the government, the research community and the private sector, the NCTV ensures that the Netherlands’ critical infrastructure is safe and remains that way. Since the establishment of the NCTV, central government has had a single organization that deals with counterterrorism, cyber security, national security and crisis management. In that regard, the NCTV also has strong working relationships with EU and international partners. The NCTV actively takes on projects that can assist in achieving joint objectives and supports the individual efforts of EU Member States and partners.

Beschrijving Dienst, Aanleiding en Doel

For a new EU Internal Security Fund regulated project we are looking for a Project Alignment Officer, with a legal background. The long term objective of this European project is to ensure sustainable effective and responsible use of passenger data by EU Member States to detect, prevent, investigate and prosecute criminal and terrorist activity and to identify victims. The project contributes to improved interconnectivity and cooperation for EU Member States and partners, by delivering an end product. Since the project is of an international nature, the project board and project partners are spread over Europe and overseas – so will the deployment of activities. The project is a separate entity and requires dedicated and specialized personnel. The working languages are English and Dutch.

Job Description

The core team will consist of five high performing professionals in total, all experts in their own field and skill set - a project manager, project management officer and three project alignment officers. The job will require you to be flexible, creative, proactive, diligent and ready to work in a fast passed environment, on one of the most innovative projects in the EU in the justice and security area. You are sensitive to your surroundings, have an interest in current affairs, politics and technological developments. You can understand strategic lines and move in a delicate international environment. It is in your nature to work well with people. You see what is needed in different situations and act accordingly, always in line with the goals set out by the project manager and within those boundaries. Dedicating your expertise and skills to developing and delivering the project goal and it’s activities, you are also keen to learn new things and adapt to the needs of the project and it’s stakeholders. You are adept at influencing through strong relationships and expertise and are able to manage a complex set of stakeholders. Working hard and picking up work that needs to get done is not unfamiliar to you and you see this as a key part of performing as a team to achieve the end goal. Finally, you are motivated and committed to working on the project for the entire duration. What will be your responsibility; The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication. You excel at providing both highly analytical as well as highly creative ideas. You will be responsible for alignment between the work executed for the governance and organisational sides of the project activities. Since the partners and most of the activities are deployed in another other EU Member State, this will require coordination and a strong relationship with the partners. You have knowledge of and experience with the design of new (international) organisation and governance structures and are able to quickly grasp critical information and coherently synthesize and share such information with a variety of people. You will support and manage the day to day relationship with the possible host for the Network Operations Centre (PNOC) that will be responsible for the operational execution of the end product. To that end you work closely with the work package leader to ensure that the activities are in line with the project goals and developments in the other areas of the project.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for report generation following a predefined script as well as preparation of custom reports for project needs.

• Responsible for supporting the project management with governance advice and strategic advise within expertise; willingness to go outside of area of expertise when called upon or needed for the end product

• Responsible for guidance to the external work package team based on management direction and project strategy.

• Responsible for guarding work package quality standards, deliverables and dependencies - Collaborate with work package leader to manage activities, development, organization and deployment of products.

• Coordinate and manage the exchange of information between the work package and other work package (teams), including technical, legal, operational and the project management.

• Support and liaise with the future intended governance partner and host for the end product.

• Ensure wide acceptance of end product among the stakeholders.

• Serve as a focal point to communicate and resolve issues with other teams and escalate those which cannot be resolved by the team.

• Act as the point person for reviewing inbound and external communications related to governance aspects of the project.

• Review, negotiation and documentation of a variety, that may include for example governance framework studies, SLA’s with partners and the future host.

• Support and manage other ad hoc tasks and issues within the project or work package as they arise.

Soft skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to take initiative and build strong, lasting, productive relationships; an ability to identify and galvanize this complex web of relationships and dependencies to holistically solve problems and seize .

• Service oriented.

• Goal oriented and focus on achieving results within specific timeframe, Strong planning and analytical skills, ability to see the big picture, Stress resistant , Focus on details, errorless delivery, logical reasoning.

• Searching for solutions not offenders , A strong team player, Willing to step out of own comfort zone , Comfortable rolling up your sleeves to get things done in tandem with participating in strategy discussions.

• Fast learner with ability to adapt to change quickly.

• Sense of humour.

Hard skills and knowledge

• Bachelor/Master Legal Degree relevant for the advisory practice within governmental environments.

• 3+ years of experience working in a organizational/governance advisory capacity, with demonstrated performance and increasing responsibilities.

• Work experience within and EU or international environment.

• Experience and knowledge of the EU and it’s institutional working, processes.

• Knowledge of EU institutions and processes in general and European privacy and technological developments, and able to deepen this knowledge quickly.

• Experience with project management, organizational task and (budget) management skills.

• Knowledge of project management and methods, such as Prince2, IPMA, MSP, and experience with working in project environment (time sensitive, limited budget etc.)

• Demonstrated ability in working independently and as part of a team in establishing and meeting appropriate deadlines, with the capability of identifying and collaboratively prioritizing conflicting demands in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent writing skills, including the ability to produce clear and persuasive work in an efficient manner.

Functie eisen (knock-out criteria)

• Je bent full time beschikbaar binnen 3 weken doch uiterlijk 1 november.

• Je bent beschikbaar voor minimaal 40 uur per week voor de projectperiode van op dit moment voorzien zijnde 14 maanden, op de locatie in Den Haag.

• Je hebt een afgeronde opleiding op HBO en/of WO niveau.

• Je hebt minimaal 3 jaar ervaring met organisatie/governance advisering in professioneel/contractueel verband.

• Je hebt minimaal 3 jaar ervaring met projectmatig werken.

• Je hebt actuele kennis en recente kennis van nationale, internationale en Europese ontwikkelingen op het gebied van overheidsgovernance en politiek.

• Je bent gecommitteerd ingezet te worden gedurende de gehele looptijd van de opdracht.

Functie wensen (gunningscriteria)

• Je hebt ervaring binnen en affiniteit met de veiligheidssector of justitiële keten.

• Je hebt relevante ervaring met project management.

• Je hebt gewerkt als adviseur ten aanzien van organisatie en governance.

• Je hebt ervaring met de werking van besluitvormingsprocessen in Europese Unie, Europese regelgeving en institutionele inrichting.

• Je hebt ervaring met de organisatie processen als PIOFACH, DNO, SLA.

• Je hebt actuele kennis over nationale en internationale, Europese, ontwikkelingen op het gebied van governance en technologie.

• Je hebt aantoonbaar goede beheersing van de Engelse taal, zowel in woord als in geschrift, vergelijkbaar met niveau C.

• Je hebt ervaring met Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

• Je hebt ervaring binnen de rijksoverheid of haar uitvoerende organisaties.

• Je hebt aantoonbaar ervaring met het werken met gevoelige informatie en vertrouwelijke opdrachten.

• Je hebt ervaring in internationale betrekkingen.

Competenties

• Stevige, zelfstandige persoonlijkheid

• Proactief en doortastend

• Scherp oog en probleemoplossend

• Secure manier van werken

• Politieke en bestuurlijke sensitiviteit

• Stressbestendig en gedreven

• Sterke en passende communicatieve vaardigheden

• Verbindend en positieve houding

Algemene informatie m.b.t. de aanvraag

Locatie

Den Haag

Startdatum

1 november 2017 of zoveel eerder als mogelijk

Duur

Ca. 14 maanden

Optie op verlenging

NNB

Inzet

40 uur per week

Tarief

marktconform

Sluitingsdatum

09-10-2017

Sluitingstijd

17:00

Intakegesprek

Week 42

Hoe dient uw aanbieding verzorgd te worden?

• CV in ”Word-formaat” geschreven in de taal van de uitvraag;

• Motivatie geschreven in de “ik-vorm”, waarin u zowel kort en bondig ingaat op de scope van de opdracht als puntsgewijs uw aansluiting op de eisen en wensen toelicht;

• Uw beschikbaarheid (per wanneer, aantal uren per week en vakantieplannen);

• Uw uurtarief specifiek voor de onderhavige aanvraag (inclusief reis- en verblijfskosten en excl. BTW).

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