Director/Coordinator

The Buurtwerkplaatsen Foundation has been in existence since 1985. It is a volunteer organization supported by a small professional staff: a director, a course/reception coordinator, an accountant, and three employees: one for the cafeteria until January 2023, one for IT (two Sargentini positions), and one for the building under the Sheltered Employment Scheme. There are 50–60 volunteers working in the workshops, the cafeteria, the front desk, the building, and the garden. The participants, course attendees, and staff come from all walks of life. Activation, personal development, mutual support, and collaboration are key concepts. The Neighborhood Workshops are a mini-society where people work hard with great enjoyment and where there is the occasional hassle.

The foundation is seeking an enthusiastic new director/coordinator starting January 1, 2023, for 30 hours per week.

What will you be doing?

• As director, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of the foundation. Together with a small staff and a group of volunteers, you ensure that the day-to-day operations of this dynamic organization run smoothly;
  
• You will represent the foundation’s interests, keep a close eye on day-to-day operations (workshops, canteen counter—ensuring they are well managed and organized), and further develop these operations;
  
• You are accountable to a board and work with it to determine policy;
  
• You have a lot of authority and autonomy;
  
• You will be in charge of the finances: you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of financial resources as well as for grant applications;
  
• You maintain contacts with the network in the social services sector and other sectors;
  
• You will work together with the City of Amsterdam, the West District, partners in the service chain, and others;
  

Who are you? Are you the director/coordinator for this unique organization?

• Do you have a passion for craftsmanship, technology, and creativity?
  
• With an eye, an ear, and a heart for people?
  
• Who encourages and supports our participants, volunteers, instructors, and staff with humor and enthusiasm in an accessible, community-oriented organization?
  
• Who is good at communication?
  
• Who provides both professional and managerial leadership to that small professional staff, volunteers, and instructors?
  
• How can you apply these different leadership styles?
  
• Can you guide those people through a few programs?
  
• In short: a social entrepreneur who embraces core values, builds on and strengthens the foundation, anticipates social developments, and strives to be versatile.
  

The key competencies we are looking for:

• HBO-level thinking and working skills;
  
• Prioritize the foundation’s objectives in policy decisions and considerations;
  
• An enthusiastic team player with strong interpersonal skills, who understands and appreciates the wide diversity of people and target groups, social classes, backgrounds, and personalities, as well as their needs (while remaining mindful of your own limits in this regard);
  
• Strategic, substantive, and financial acumen, particularly with regard to running a volunteer organization with a small staff;
  
• Planning and organizational skills;
  
• Analytical skills and a big-picture perspective: keeping all areas of focus in mind, prioritizing them, identifying bottlenecks and opportunities, shifting between short-, medium-, and long-term perspectives, and weighing factors against one another;
  
• Educational skills;
  
• Oral and written communication skills, for example, for drafting policy documents;
  
• PR skills;
  
• Proactive and proactive in identifying and discussing the implications of developments in the social sector and in society; closely monitoring these developments.
  

Payroll.

• Minimum pay grade 9.7 (gross). Full-time salary: €3,653
• Maximum pay grade 9.13. Full-time salary: €4,445
• A thirteenth month's salary, career budget, Pension Fund for Health and Social Care.
• No reimbursement for travel expenses.
• Pay in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement for Welfare and Social Services.

Appointment:

A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is required for this position. This can be requested upon hiring.

Information and procedure:

• For more information about the position and the foundation, please visit our website: www.buurtwerkplaatsen.nl or you can contact Michèle Fraikin, interim director.
• Please email your cover letter and resume to: michelefraikin@buurtwerkplaatsen.nl
• Contact person: Michèle Fraikin;
  
• Application deadline: November 1, 2022; Interviews: November;
  
• Address: Stichting Buurtwerkplaatsen, Cliffordstraat 36, 1051 GV Amsterdam;
  
• Phone: 020-682 04 11.