Coordinator of the Planning and Control Cycle for Social Affairs and Poverty Reduction

The position

In the role of coordinator, you will focus on the budget program for social affairs and poverty reduction in Amsterdam. You will organize the process to ensure that all planning and control documents are produced on time, from the Spring Memorandum and the budget to the Fall Memorandum and the annual report. In this way, you lay the foundation for strategic decision-making at the administrative and management levels, striking a good balance between financial considerations and social goals.

You will coordinate the process of gathering policy and financial input for planning and control products, as well as ensuring administrative alignment with aldermen and the city council. The diverse challenges within the social affairs and poverty reduction budget program make your work as complex as it is interesting. How do we allocate our resources in the best possible way to achieve our goals and tasks? And how do we ensure that it is not the loudest voice, but the best arguments that lead the way? Thanks to your coordination and commitment to ensuring consistency and clarity in the planning and control products, aldermen and directors, among others, can count on well-founded advice.

What makes your role particularly rewarding is that you know what’s going on in every department and with the aldermen, what the priorities are, and where, for example, savings can be made. Thanks to these insights, your advice is valuable at both the administrative and policy levels. And through your work, you make a real difference for the residents of Amsterdam.

Here's what you do on an average day

• Consult with the program controller, strategic advisor, and coordinating program director on the status of the various processes and challenges, identify any deviations, and work together to determine potential solutions.
• Prepare and draft memos for the executive board and the aldermen.
• Consult with the strategic financial advisor on processes, identify issues such as underspending, and determine what actions are needed.
• Develop detailed plans for each P&C product, organize a coordination process with all relevant departments, and follow up with all stakeholders to ensure they submit their materials on time.
• Explain matters to be included in the P&C documents to the executive board, department managers, management teams, and the alderman, and work with the strategic financial advisor to formulate a single, clear recommendation regarding dilemmas and bottlenecks.
• Regularly consult with the coordinators of the municipality’s other budget programs.

This is where you get started

We strive to be a great employer that ensures all our colleagues feel seen and valued. We embrace the differences among our colleagues; these differences lead to better results for both our organization and our city. We aim to build a workforce that reflects Amsterdam’s diverse population. So, whoever you are, you’re more than welcome here!

You’ll be based in the Data & Information team, but on a day-to-day basis you’ll primarily work closely with the program controller and the strategic financial advisor. They keep a close eye on the finances and ensure responsible management of budgets within the social affairs and poverty reduction budget program. You’ll be responsible for clearly communicating this information to administrators and civil servants. Together, you form a committed and driven team that complements each other well. To ensure we can easily and quickly reach the right colleagues, we work in the office at least three days a week. Beyond that, you have a great deal of freedom to shape your role effectively.

What you bring

For this Coordinator position, you must have:

• At least 3 years of demonstrable experience coordinating complex processes in the social sector, for example at a municipality, consulting firm, or social organization. Please explain this in your cover letter.
• At least 3 years of demonstrable experience in administrative consulting, preferably at a municipality or a government agency. Please explain this in your cover letter.

You should have the following skills:

• Stress resilience: You remain calm and keep a clear head even when the pressure to deliver products is high.
• Strategic and analytical thinking: you can break down complex issues, quickly grasp the content of documents, determine whether they are accurate, and easily make connections.
• Communication skills: You can write clear and understandable texts, articulate your message clearly in conversations, and convince others of your solutions and ideas.
• Organizational skills: You work in a structured manner, can plan and coordinate tasks, and distinguish between main and secondary issues.

What we offer you

As the Coordinator of the Planning and Control Cycle for Social Affairs and Poverty Reduction, you will join our team for a minimum of 32 and a maximum of 36 hours per week, and you can expect the following terms of employment.

• A gross monthly salary ranging from €5,070 to €6,862 (pay scale 12) based on a 36-hour workweek. The exact salary will be determined based on your education, knowledge, and experience.
• A one-year employment contract, with the possibility of a permanent contract thereafter, if you do not currently have an employment contract with the City of Amsterdam, or if you have only a temporary one.
• If you already have a permanent employment contract with the City of Amsterdam, you will retain it and be transferred.
• Opportunities for professional development and training. Our in-house training center, the Amsterdam School, offers a variety of training programs, professional development tracks, and on-the-job coaching to help you continue to challenge yourself.
• An individual flexible budget (IKB) equal to 17.05% of your salary, which you can use for things like additional pension contributions or extra days off.
• A pension plan with ABP, the pension fund for the public sector and education.
• A travel allowance of €0.10 per kilometer for travel by car, €0.15 per kilometer for travel by bicycle, and €0.21 per kilometer for travel by public transportation. This applies to a one-way commute of up to 45 kilometers and for the number of days you work in the office.
• For days you work from home, you will receive a work-from-home allowance of €3 net per workday that you work from home.
• A monthly contribution toward health insurance.

Interested in learning more about our employment terms and conditions? Check out the Amsterdam Municipal Personnel Regulations (PGA) on the website: www.amsterdam.nl/pga/.

Apply for this job

If this job opening interests you, we look forward to receiving your application no later than May 5, 2025 via the application form on the website. We would like to receive your cover letter, in which you explain, in no more than one A4 page, why your work experience and skills are a good fit for this position. Your cover letter will be taken into consideration during the selection process.

The selection process begins immediately after the application deadline and consists of two rounds of interviews and a discussion of employment terms. A reference check is part of the process. If your resume meets the job requirements, we would be happy to invite you for an interview. The interviews will take place in person at one of our office locations in Amsterdam. This position is being advertised internally and externally simultaneously. Employees of the City of Amsterdam have priority in the selection process. We require a recent Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) from every colleague who joins our team.

We do not appreciate unsolicited solicitation from recruitment agencies, and such actions may result in exclusion from our other recruitment initiatives. We also consider the unsolicited submission of resumes by agencies to our employees to be solicitation. We will not review these resumes.

Do you have any questions about this job opening?

If you have any questions about the position and/or the application process, please contact: Annet Tesselaar, Strategic Management Advisor for Work, Participation, and Income, at a.tesselaar@amsterdam.nl or 06-29-56-05-79. Or contact Simone Crok, Data & Information Team Manager, at s.crok@amsterdam.nl or 06 - 12/04/23/18.