Director

The Buurtwerkplaatsen Foundation has been in existence since 1985. It is a volunteer organization supported by a small professional staff: a director, a course and front desk coordinator, an accountant, and three staff members—one for the cafeteria, one for IT, and one for building maintenance. There are 50–60 volunteers working in the workshops, the cafeteria, the front desk, and the building.
The participants, students, and staff come from all walks of life.
Activation, personal development, mutual support, and collaboration are key concepts.
The Buurtwerkplaatsen are a mini-society where people work hard with great enjoyment and where there is the occasional hassle.

The foundation is looking for an enthusiastic new director
, starting August 1, 2022, 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 professional 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 the foundation's core values in mind, and continue to build on them.
• You are accountable to a board, and you work with them 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 with the City of Amsterdam, the West District, partners in the sector, and others.

Who are you? Are you the right person to lead 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 team of staff and volunteers?
• Who can guide these people through their personal journeys?

In short: a social entrepreneur who embraces our core values, builds on and strengthens our foundation, and anticipates social trends.

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, target groups, social classes, backgrounds, personalities, and their needs (while remaining mindful of your own limits in this regard).
• Strategic, substantive, and financial insight, 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, such as those needed to draft 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.

Salary
Minimum pay scale 9.7 gross. Full-time salary €3,581
Maximum pay scale 9.13. Full-time salary €4,358
Thirteenth month, career budget, Pension Fund for Health and Social Care.
No travel allowance.
Salary in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Health and Social Services.

Appointment Appointment based on a one-year contract with a two-month probationary period. If both parties are satisfied with the outcome of this one-year period, the contract may be extended to a permanent employment contract.

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 contact Michèle Fraikin, interim director.
• Please email your cover letter and resume to: michelefraikin@buurtwerkplaatsen.nl
• Contact person: Michèle Fraikin
• Deadline: April 29
• Job interviews: mid-May
• Address: Stichting Buurtwerkplaatsen, Cliffordstraat 36, 1051 GV Amsterdam.
• Phone: 020-682 04 11