Administrative Assistant to the Clerk

Job Description

The clerk's administrative assistant.

• Schedules and organizes appointments, meetings, and (special) gatherings, and handles the necessary preparations.
• Maintains internal and external contacts in support of the clerk’s agenda.
• Manages and maintains documentation, (confidential) files, and archives, and promptly and effectively provides the requested documents and information upon request.
• Answers external and internal inquiries in close consultation with the court clerk.
• Contributes to the professionalization of the secretariat.
• Depending on the registrar’s support needs and the management assistant’s work experience, the scope of these duties may be expanded by mutual agreement.

Knowledge, skills, and competencies

• HBO-level education and thinking skills, and preferably a completed secretarial program.
• At least seven years of work experience as a support staff member at the highest levels of an organization (for example, within the judiciary or the federal government).
• Excellent command of spoken and written Dutch and English.
• Aware of the role of the Supreme Court and the court clerk, and sensitive to the (social) context in which the Supreme Court operates.
• A proactive, structured, and flexible approach, with a focus on further professional development.
• Meticulous and results-oriented.
• Socially adept and team-oriented.

Salary

Salary placement depends on education and work experience and is based on pay scale 9 of the Central Government Collective Bargaining Agreement.

In addition to your salary, you will also receive an Individual Choice Budget (ICB). The ICB consists of money (the ICB budget amounts to 16.37% of your annual salary and replaces the vacation and year-end bonuses) and time (ICB hours). The IKB allows you to choose to have a portion of your IKB budget paid out at times of your choosing.

You can also use your IKB budget for tax-efficient purposes, such as a bicycle, company fitness programs, or professional literature. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands offers excellent employee benefits, including paid parental leave, educational support, and a commuting allowance.

Details

• To gain an even better (or more comprehensive) understanding of your experience, knowledge, and skills, we may review publicly available information about you on the internet (such as LinkedIn).
• When you start working for us, we will ask you to submit a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG).
• Given the nature of the position, the work is primarily office-based. Partial remote work is negotiable and depends on the registrar’s availability.
• After the closing date, this job posting will no longer be visible online. To avoid having to request a copy, please download and save the job posting.

Information

For information about the application process, please contact Cholidah Murad (recruiter) at 070-3611124. For information about the position, please contact Danny Dijkman (Head of HR) at 06-53 44 69 12. For more information about the Supreme Court, please visit the website www.hogeraad.nl.

Job Application

Please send your cover letter and resume, specifying “Management Assistant to the Clerk,” to the Director of Operations, Vera de Witte, by April 14, 2024, or email them to vacature@hogeraad.nl. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of April 8–14, 2024.

We do not accept unsolicited business proposals.