Request
(MP) Hiring Desk
Project Manager Woo / Legal Advisor
Project Manager Woo / Legal Advisor
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Function
Project Manager Woo / Legal AdvisorLocation
ThornHours per week
36 hours per weekDuration
May 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026Application number
SRQ177769DAS
MPClosing date
15.04.2026
17:00
Role description and task arrangements
UTRECHTSE HEUVELRUG MUNICIPALITY
PLEASE NOTE: SECONDMENT ONLY
The position
For the Legal Affairs, Public Order and Safety, and Procurement team within the Koers division, we are seeking:
a Woo Project Manager / Legal Advisor
36 hours per week
for a period of 8 months
PLEASE NOTE: SECONDMENT ONLY
The position
For the Legal Affairs, Public Order and Safety, and Procurement team within the Koers division, we are seeking:
a Woo Project Manager / Legal Advisor
36 hours per week
for a period of 8 months
What will you do?
- Implementation of the Woo Process Optimization Plan in accordance with the Woo Improvement Process Plan
- The main objective: to establish a clear, efficient, and legally compliant workflow for Woo requests. Specifically, this means:
- Real-time overview of all pending Woo requests;
- Deadline tracking;
- Capacity insight;
- Risk identification.
- Subgoals:
- Full visibility into all pending Woo requests within 3 months;
- Reduce the backlog to 0% within 6 months;
- Establish a clear division of responsibilities in an updated process description within three months;
- Implementing a centralized and transparent registration system;
- Publishing Woo decisions on the municipal website in a structured archive within one year.
- coordination and handling of open government act (Woo) requests, including decision-making, objection/appeal handling and substantive review of sensitive portions of requested documents
- handling objection and appeal cases
- You will mentor the junior Woo coordinator until they are able to perform the role independently
- advises management and the organization on general matters of public and private law, with a focus on legal quality assurance and legal risk management and on various areas of law, including land use and public domain law
- Knowledge of and experience with project-based work and handling Woo requests
- Knowledge of and extensive experience with administrative law (Awb) and the Open Government Act (Woo)
- Knowledge of and extensive experience in providing legal advice across various areas of law
- Knowledge of and experience with public space issues, privacy laws and regulations and procurement law is a plus
- Extensive experience working within a municipal organization
- University education in Dutch law/college law
- Experience in mentoring new hires/junior staff
- Proactively and independently advise
- Sense of working in a political-administrative environment
- Planning and writing
- Switches easily between styles of communicating and advising so that you can influence conversations and adapt smoothly to different interlocutors.
- Finds its way around the organization quickly
- Hands on
- Works both independently and in collaboration with others to achieve results
Company data
Company data
(MP) Hiring Desk
Role description and task arrangements
UTRECHTSE HEUVELRUG MUNICIPALITY
PLEASE NOTE: SECONDMENT ONLY
The position
For the Legal Affairs, Public Order and Safety, and Procurement team within the Koers division, we are seeking:
a Woo Project Manager / Legal Advisor
36 hours per week
for a period of 8 months
PLEASE NOTE: SECONDMENT ONLY
The position
For the Legal Affairs, Public Order and Safety, and Procurement team within the Koers division, we are seeking:
a Woo Project Manager / Legal Advisor
36 hours per week
for a period of 8 months
What will you do?
- Implementation of the Woo Process Optimization Plan in accordance with the Woo Improvement Process Plan
- The main objective: to establish a clear, efficient, and legally compliant workflow for Woo requests. Specifically, this means:
- Real-time overview of all pending Woo requests;
- Deadline tracking;
- Capacity insight;
- Risk identification.
- Subgoals:
- Full visibility into all pending Woo requests within 3 months;
- Reduce the backlog to 0% within 6 months;
- Establish a clear division of responsibilities in an updated process description within three months;
- Implementing a centralized and transparent registration system;
- Publishing Woo decisions on the municipal website in a structured archive within one year.
- coordination and handling of open government act (Woo) requests, including decision-making, objection/appeal handling and substantive review of sensitive portions of requested documents
- handling objection and appeal cases
- You will mentor the junior Woo coordinator until they are able to perform the role independently
- advises management and the organization on general matters of public and private law, with a focus on legal quality assurance and legal risk management and on various areas of law, including land use and public domain law
- Knowledge of and experience with project-based work and handling Woo requests
- Knowledge of and extensive experience with administrative law (Awb) and the Open Government Act (Woo)
- Knowledge of and extensive experience in providing legal advice across various areas of law
- Knowledge of and experience with public space issues, privacy laws and regulations and procurement law is a plus
- Extensive experience working within a municipal organization
- University education in Dutch law/college law
- Experience in mentoring new hires/junior staff
- Proactively and independently advise
- Sense of working in a political-administrative environment
- Planning and writing
- Switches easily between styles of communicating and advising so that you can influence conversations and adapt smoothly to different interlocutors.
- Finds its way around the organization quickly
- Hands on
- Works both independently and in collaboration with others to achieve results
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