Council members

The

The COVID-19, energy, and climate crises have heightened the social challenges in the

Focus on public health and society. Vulnerable groups

are being hit particularly hard, and inequality of opportunity in our society is on the rise.

The aging population, labor market shortages, and the future financing of

Healthcare presents significant challenges for the coming years. Challenges that

reach beyond the boundaries of existing fields and disciplines. The Council for

Public Health & Society (RVS) is seeking two new board members with a

extensive knowledge of the healthcare system, healthcare financing, and/or professional

experience in curative care.

The Council’s current work program for 2020–2024

has five social challenges:

1. Differences in society
2. A healthy and social living environment
3. The Limits of Healing and Improvement
4. Concerns in a tight labor market
5. Friction systems

Within these tasks, we formulate concrete

consulting projects, which we undertake at the request of, for example, a government agency or the House of Representatives

Take the initiative on our own. We see it as our challenge to

thereby introducing new perspectives, deepening, broadening, and

connect. In this way, we aim to make a meaningful contribution to

advancing social challenges for politics, policy, and

practice.

We are seeking, on behalf of the Minister of

Public Health, Welfare, and Sports: two council members who meet the following criteria

meet:

• Independent judgment;
• An affinity for administrative work

  processes;

• A broad social

  orientation;

• Creative and innovative;
• Thinking from the outside in;
• Can connect between

  science, government, politics, and practice;

• With an extensive network

  that is relevant to the RVS's field of activity.

Given the current composition and the

Given the nature of the Council’s work, we are specifically looking for a candidate who has knowledge and experience in various roles

gained insights into the healthcare system and the financing of healthcare and support. And a

candidate with extensive professional experience in clinical care.

Civil servants employed by a

a ministry or an agency under its jurisdiction, whose activities

fall within the policy area of public health and healthcare are excluded

of appointment. The same applies to representatives of interest groups and

professional organizations.

RVS brings worlds together. We are a

strategic advisory body to the government & inspiring advisor to

The Netherlands. Staying connected to society is essential, and we can fulfill that role

can only achieve this if we understand what is going on in society and stay in touch

work with various groups and organizations. That is why we are looking for candidates

who are able and willing to make this connection. The RVS values diversity &

Inclusion is important. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and

identities to apply for a job.

Terms of employment and

application process

• Serving on the council requires a

  This requires an average of four days per month. A fixed fee is paid for this.

  compared to a maximum of pay scale 18 in the Dutch civil service.

• The council membership for

  Candidate 1 (curative care) will start on January 1, 2023, and Candidate 2 (funding)

  no later than July 1, 2023.

• Would you like to know more? We are hosting a webinar on Tuesday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m. on the

  position. You can apply for this position until 6:00 p.m. on October 31, 2022, by

  Send an email to management@raadrvs.nl.

If you still

If you have any questions, please contact Stannie Driessen, Director of RVS.

Phone: 06 22810107 or s.driessen@raadrvs.nl.

• Please submit your application by the 13th at the latest

  November 2022 to management@raadrvs.nl

  Please include the reference "RVS Council Member Position 2023/Profile: Curative Care or Financing."

• The procedure consists of a

  CV screening and a round of interviews. The interviews will take place on Friday

  November 25, 2022, in The Hague.