Policy Officer Flex Pool - DSK (611948)

Job Vacancy Characteristics

Job Description

The geopolitical developments have made the need for a smart and strong military clear. The Netherlands may unintentionally become involved in a large-scale military conflict within Europe against an equal adversary in the near future. After years of decline and scarcity with all its consequences, the armed forces in all its components once again have the capacity to grow. This presents the organization of the entire ministry with major challenges in every area. It requires vision, new and different policies that optimally direct and support the armed forces and that direct a smart, strong military that is at the heart of society. You can contribute to this as a senior policy officer at the Directorate-General Policy (DGB).

You will be placed in the newly established DGB Policy Expertise Pool and will work from there at the Directorate Strategy and Knowledge (DSK) and specifically within the Resilience department.

The objective of the DSK is to realize and steer integral vision formation and strategy development: the long-term future and the strategy to get there. For proper embedding and safeguarding, DSK is also responsible for strategic knowledge & innovation policy (departmental, interdepartmental, and international) and overarching stakeholder engagement.

As a policy officer, you are responsible for policy preparation and development, decision-making, policy implementation and execution, policy evaluation, and monitoring within the Resilience department.

The Resilience Department works on making the Netherlands resilient and strengthening military and societal readiness and the role of Defense in Society. What support does Defense need from society? How do we organize this and what agreements do we make about it? How do we strengthen cooperation and connection with society? And what can society expect back from Defense?

The Resilience department consists of two clusters, on the one hand the Civil-Military Readiness cluster and on the other hand the Defense at the Heart of Society cluster.

This is a temporary position for one year. DGB is currently undergoing a reorganization, whereby DGB will grow by 100 FTEs. This position in principle offers a good starting position to apply for positions that will be created as part of the reorganization.

Job Requirements

You thrive in a dynamic and varied work environment that you can quickly make your own. You know how to translate that energy into effective and sharp policy advice for the execution or for your director, DG, or the ministers. Experience with policy work at a public (implementing) organization is a plus.

Qualifications: University educated and work and thinking level;
• excellent written communication (advisory) skills;
• some experience in a political-administrative environment/ with political-administrative processes and demonstrable political-administrative sensitivity;
• intrinsic need for development;
• the ability to gain and maintain a total overview (helicopter view) of complex information flows;
• able to build and maintain an internal network in a short time;
• able to maintain calm and overview under high pressure;
• strong communication and social skills, are proactive and think in solutions;
• flexible and able to switch quickly.
• Preferably supplemented with relevant work experience and policy experience in multiple functional areas within the domain of (National) Security, resilience, crisis management, and civil-military cooperation.

Competencies
- Analyzing
- Collaborating
- Stress resistant
- Organization-oriented
- Environment-oriented
- Flexible
- Networking
- Planning & organizing
- Influencing
- Communicating
- Coordinating
- Responsible

Employment Conditions

Other Employment Conditions

The Ministry of Defense strongly values personal growth and career development and offers numerous opportunities for this. In addition to your salary, you will receive an Individual Choice Budget (IKB). The IKB consists of money (16.33% of your gross annual salary) and time. With the IKB, you make the choices that suit you and can assemble part of your employment conditions yourself. For example, you can choose to have a portion of your monthly income paid out when you wish. You can also convert this budget into leave or spend it on tax-friendly goals.

We also believe it is important that you can combine working at Defense with your private life. Various leave arrangements (e.g., 75% paid parental leave) and flexible working hours contribute to a good balance. It is also possible to (temporarily) shorten your working hours by a few hours per week and accrue extra IKB hours. In addition to a pension scheme with ABP, you will receive a monthly commuting allowance or, under favorable conditions, you can opt for a public transport subscription with unlimited travel throughout the Netherlands. If you only use the public transport subscription for commuting, you do not have to pay a contribution for it.

Special Conditions

• A security investigation is part of the selection procedure; for this, Dutch nationality or a combined residence and work permit (GVVA) is required.
• An assessment may be part of the selection procedure.
• Your application documents will be destroyed no later than three months after the completion of the selection procedure.
• The vacancy is published both internally and externally within Defense. Any internal candidates will be considered first in the selection procedure before the selection is expanded to include external candidates.
• The Ministry of Defense is committed to employing individuals who fall under the target group of the Jobs Agreement Act. If you fall within this target group and are registered in the target groups register, we invite you to apply! Together with you, we will explore if and how you can fulfill this role.
• Defense is an organization where integrity and professionalism are paramount. The way Defense employees should interact with each other is described in the Defense Code of Conduct. The code of conduct forms the basis of what Defense understands by integrity. As an organization, we consider it important that new employees are aware of the Defense Code of Conduct. More information about this can be found at: https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/integriteit.
• Solicitation in response to this advertisement is not appreciated.

More About the Job Group

Organization Name

Ministry of Defense

Organization Description

The Ministry of Defense consists of the Administrative Staff (the department), the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, the Defense Support Command, and the Materiel and IT Command.

We are Defense. Indispensable in a world full of unrest. We protect what is dear to us. We fight for a world where people can live in freedom and safety. Because we are convinced that every person deserves that. That is our mission and that is what we go on mission for.

Defense has approximately 74,000 employees, making it one of the largest employers in the Netherlands. Approximately 4,000 civilians and military personnel work at the Administrative Staff, located at the Plein in The Hague.

Organization URL

www.defensie.nl

Department Name

Ministry of Defense

Department Description

The Directorate-General Policy is part of the Administrative Staff and is the policy heart of the ministry. The DGB develops vision, strategy, and plans for a modern and future-proof Defense. By creating integral and implementable policies, the DGB provides direction and creates the conditions for the armed forces. Policy is the link between politics and execution. It is an organization where civilians and military personnel work closely together in nine different directorates, such as the Directorate Strategy and Knowledge, the Directorate International Affairs, the Program Directorate Industry and Innovation, and the Directorate Operational Policy and Plans.

Department URL

www.defensie.nl

Contact Persons

For more information about this vacancy:

P&O Defense
[email protected]

For more information about the application procedure:

P&O Defense
[email protected]

The geopolitical developments have made the need for a smart and strong military clear. The Netherlands may unintentionally become involved in a large-scale military conflict within Europe against an equal adversary in the near future. After years of decline and scarcity with all its consequences, the armed forces in all its components once again have the capacity to grow. This presents the organization of the entire ministry with major challenges in every area. It requires vision, new and different policies that optimally direct and support the armed forces and that direct a smart, strong military that is at the heart of society. You can contribute to this as a senior policy officer at the Directorate-General Policy (DGB).

You will be placed in the newly established DGB Policy Expertise Pool and will work from there at the Directorate Strategy and Knowledge (DSK) and specifically within the Resilience department.

The objective of the DSK is to realize and steer integral vision formation and strategy development: the long-term future and the strategy to get there. For proper embedding and safeguarding, DSK is also responsible for strategic knowledge & innovation policy (departmental, interdepartmental, and international) and overarching stakeholder engagement.

As a policy officer, you are responsible for policy preparation and development, decision-making, policy implementation and execution, policy evaluation, and monitoring within the Resilience department.

The Resilience Department works on making the Netherlands resilient and strengthening military and societal readiness and the role of Defense in Society. What support does Defense need from society? How do we organize this and what agreements do we make about it? How do we strengthen cooperation and connection with society? And what can society expect back from Defense?

The Resilience department consists of two clusters, on the one hand the Civil-Military Readiness cluster and on the other hand the Defense at the Heart of Society cluster.

This is a temporary position for one year. DGB is currently undergoing a reorganization, whereby DGB will grow by 100 FTEs. This position in principle offers a good starting position to apply for positions that will be created as part of the reorganization.

The Ministry of Defense strongly values personal growth and career development and offers numerous opportunities for this. In addition to your salary, you will receive an Individual Choice Budget (IKB). The IKB consists of money (16.33% of your gross annual salary) and time. With the IKB, you make the choices that suit you and can assemble part of your employment conditions yourself. For example, you can choose to have a portion of your monthly income paid out when you wish. You can also convert this budget into leave or spend it on tax-friendly goals.

We also believe it is important that you can combine working at Defense with your private life. Various leave arrangements (e.g., 75% paid parental leave) and flexible working hours contribute to a good balance. It is also possible to (temporarily) shorten your working hours by a few hours per week and accrue extra IKB hours. In addition to a pension scheme with ABP, you will receive a monthly commuting allowance or, under favorable conditions, you can opt for a public transport subscription with unlimited travel throughout the Netherlands. If you only use the public transport subscription for commuting, you do not have to pay a contribution for it.

You thrive in a dynamic and varied work environment that you can quickly make your own. You know how to translate that energy into effective and sharp policy advice for the execution or for your director, DG, or the ministers. Experience with policy work at a public (implementing) organization is a plus.

Qualifications: University educated and work and thinking level;
• excellent written communication (advisory) skills;
• some experience in a political-administrative environment/ with political-administrative processes and demonstrable political-administrative sensitivity;
• intrinsic need for development;
• the ability to gain and maintain a total overview (helicopter view) of complex information flows;
• able to build and maintain an internal network in a short time;
• able to maintain calm and overview under high pressure;
• strong communication and social skills, are proactive and think in solutions;
• flexible and able to switch quickly.
• Preferably supplemented with relevant work experience and policy experience in multiple functional areas within the domain of (National) Security, resilience, crisis management, and civil-military cooperation.

Competencies
- Analyzing
- Collaborating
- Stress resistant
- Organization-oriented
- Environment-oriented
- Flexible
- Networking
- Planning & organizing
- Influencing
- Communicating
- Coordinating
- Responsible

The Directorate-General Policy is part of the Administrative Staff and is the policy heart of the ministry. The DGB develops vision, strategy, and plans for a modern and future-proof Defense. By creating integral and implementable policies, the DGB provides direction and creates the conditions for the armed forces. Policy is the link between politics and execution. It is an organization where civilians and military personnel work closely together in nine different directorates, such as the Directorate Strategy and Knowledge, the Directorate International Affairs, the Program Directorate Industry and Innovation, and the Directorate Operational Policy and Plans.

The Ministry of Defense consists of the Administrative Staff (the department), the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, the Defense Support Command, and the Materiel and IT Command.

We are Defense. Indispensable in a world full of unrest. We protect what is dear to us. We fight for a world where people can live in freedom and safety. Because we are convinced that every person deserves that. That is our mission and that is what we go on mission for.

Defense has approximately 74,000 employees, making it one of the largest employers in the Netherlands. Approximately 4,000 civilians and military personnel work at the Administrative Staff, located at the Plein in The Hague.

• A security investigation is part of the selection procedure; for this, Dutch nationality or a combined residence and work permit (GVVA) is required.
• An assessment may be part of the selection procedure.
• Your application documents will be destroyed no later than three months after the completion of the selection procedure.
• The vacancy is published both internally and externally within Defense. Any internal candidates will be considered first in the selection procedure before the selection is expanded to external candidates.
• The Ministry of Defense is committed to employing individuals who fall under the target group of the Jobs Agreement Act. If you fall within this target group and are registered in the target groups register, we invite you to apply! Together with you, we will explore if and how you can fulfill this role.
• Defense is an organization where integrity and professionalism are paramount. The way Defense employees should interact with each other is described in the Defense Code of Conduct. The code of conduct forms the basis of what Defense understands by integrity. As an organization, we consider it important that new employees are aware of the Defense Code of Conduct. More information about this can be found at: https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/integriteit.
• Solicitation in response to this advertisement is not appreciated.

For more information about this vacancy:

P&O Defense
[email protected]

For more information about the application procedure:

P&O Defense
[email protected]