Who we are  

BIJ12 is the implementing organization for the 12 provinces and brings together knowledge and information about the rural area and physical environment in the Netherlands. BIJ12 ensures uniformity in information supply and implementation of provincial regulations. 

Context  

Client for the Improving Program for VHR Monitoring (VVM) is the Steering Committee for Nature Monitoring and Information with participants on behalf of the ministries of LVVN (former LNV), IenW, Defense and the cooperating provinces. Its implementation is housed at BIJ12. A program team of project leaders, project staff, consultants, program support and a program manager give substance to the program, in close cooperation with a network of staff from the provinces, the State and other organizations involved.  

Background VHR Monitoring Improvement Program.  

BIJ12 is contractor of the Improvement Program for VHR Monitoring (VVM). In it, work is done on the necessary and urgent improvements in the national system of nature monitoring, information supply and reporting, arising from the joint information needs of Program Nature (PN), Program Nitrogen Reduction and Nature Improvement (PSn) and the National Program Rural Area (NPLG). Their implementation is a task for Provinces and the State jointly.     

To be able to support the provinces even better in the longer term with reliable nature information, BIJ12 is committed to a program for the period 2024 - 2030 that is aimed at strengthening existing and new instruments for nature monitoring and at improving the cooperation between the parties that together give substance to the chain of nature information.  

The activities in this program are organized along three substantive program lines, which stem from the different forms of monitoring: Nature Measures, Environmental Conditions and Target Reach. In addition to these program lines, there is a fourth program line Data and Information, which creates products for the program lines, such as a data infrastructure. Each program line has a project team. The project team coordinates the activities and works with representatives and experts from the participating organizations to achieve program results. 

What you will do  

The Data & Information (Data&IV) program line supports the substantive program lines and builds a data infrastructure for nature data. From this program line you support the Environmental Conditions program line.  

Each species and vegetation has its own place in the landscape system, with specific (a)biotic conditions necessary for sustainable survival. When this system comes under pressure and species can no longer complete their life cycle, measures are needed to restore these conditions. The Environmental Conditions program line focuses on gaining insight into the required system restoration, effects of pressure factors and the effect of implemented restoration measures. This monitoring is essential to keep 'a finger on the pulse', and to evaluate whether we are on the right track with the recovery process of the environmental conditions and the achievement of our nature goals. 

You will help to clarify information needs, map and test available (fragmented) data sources and assess the quality and usability of datasets. For this we are looking for someone who on the one hand has a thorough understanding of information flows and on the other hand has an eye for the user. Separating main and secondary issues is of course of great importance here. Within the program we work iteratively and learn by applying, experimenting and learning and improving.  

Within environmental conditions, you will work with project leader, subject matter experts, the data steward of Data and Information Delivery Team and external parties. We are looking for someone who has no trouble and enjoys delving into the nature domain and moves easily in a complex stakeholder field of provinces, central government, site management organizations (tbo's) and consultancies. We see knowledge of the nature domain as an advantage. You also have extensive experience in determining information needs and, together with the service designer, translating these into information products.  

Responsibilities 

• Retrieve and specify information needs from subject matter experts, project team and stakeholders 

• Inventory, review and assess data sources for quality, timeliness, reliability and usability 

• Establishing information and data models and capturing and documenting them 

• Making impact analyses and modeling data and information flows 

• Inventory, analyze and record data models of supplying partners 

• Organize, participate and supervise information sessions with subject matter experts  

• Coordinate with Data Steward and project leaders within the program  

• Identify bottlenecks and advise on solutions in the field of information services 

Profile 

• A communicatively strong personality who can move quickly and take responsibility 

• Structured and analytical. You know how to make complex matters concrete and can switch well at different levels 

• Organizational awareness and experience in a multi-stakeholder setting with diverse interests 

• Knowledge of and experience with processes and developments in: nature, geo-information, digital government. 

Number of hours per week: 24 hours (partly at BIJ12 office location in Utrecht, partly at home)  

Renewal options of 2 times 12 months.  

Renewal is on otherwise unchanged contractual terms (including the hourly rate).