Green Space and Tree Management Advisor
Hybrid work: 1/3 from home, 2/3 expected on-site in Doorn.
Maximum pay: Scale 9
Self-employment (ZZP) not permitted. 


The organization
You’ll be working for a wonderful municipality that places a high priority on sustainability. The Utrechtse Heuvelrug is rich in nature and cultural history. You’ll find estates, country homes, and, of course, the Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park. It’s a large public space with a green character, which we manage with great care, both in terms of design and maintenance.
Our municipality is an ideal place to live, work, and enjoy leisure activities. The organization consists of six departments, also referred to as “themes”: Regional Social Domain, Community, Environment, Outdoor Space, Strategy, and Services. Within the Outdoor Space theme, approximately 80 people are employed, divided into four teams, including the Management team.
 
The Management Team is responsible for managing physical public spaces.
The atmosphere within the team is relaxed. Your colleagues are approachable, and communication lines are short. We help one another, though we expect everyone to take ownership of their responsibilities independently. Our municipality has a flat organizational structure, so it’s easy to connect with people outside your team as well.

As a Green Advisor, you’ll work on various environmental requests and projects for the Intake Committee and Environmental Committee, the Wabo process, and project leaders at the Utrechtse Heuvelrug municipality. The advisorserves as a sounding board for the management coordinator, project leaders, and case managers. He acts as the link between environmental requests and projects in the outdoor space and management. In doing so, he ensures an integrated approach, looking beyond his own field of expertise and collaborating with colleagues from other disciplines and areas of focus. In addition, you’ll also perform support tasks for the Green Spaces, Sports, and Play department.

Duties:

• Consulting intake and environment table

• Project consulting, review of preliminary and detailed designs, and project completion

• Organize participation, both reactive and proactive

• Point of contact for residents and interest groups with new initiatives

• Review of Permit Applications Regarding Green Space Management

• Advising colleagues in the landscaping department

• Ensuring proper information and communication

• Establish frameworks for facility and projects;

• Elaborate more complex questions from residents, administration and organization;

• Responsible for review and delivery of projects and revision data entry;

• Responsible for ensuring that projects are transferred and entered into the management system

• Initiates improvement proposals based on vision and policy irt practice

• Make calculations tbh review designs where necessary and make small designs.

• Provides input on strategic policies

• Active contribution to cooperation with externals such as province, water boards and other organizations

skills

• Can think holistically and weigh different interests

• Understanding of laws and regulations within the field

• Stay up to date on what's happening in the field