Head of Human Resources

Your Impact in Eindhoven

As a fast-growing and dynamic European city, Eindhoven is all about technology, knowledge, and design. Our municipal organization plays a crucial role in supporting the city and its residents. We support innovative, international growth ambitions and provide the city with essential services such as public services, safety, social support, and permitting. As Head of HR, you contribute to these efforts in the collective interest, in collaboration with fellow department heads and the executive board.

In your role as Head of HR at the City of Eindhoven, you will take strategic charge of internal HR services. This means you will be responsible for addressing both personnel and organizational development issues. Your expertise will be utilized to ensure that HR initiatives are seamlessly aligned with the organization’s broader objectives and to realize a forward-looking vision for our internal services.

A key aspect of your role is leading the ongoing development of our HR department. This means that you will not only drive innovation within the department but also ensure that these innovations are implemented in a way that is widely supported throughout the organization. You will work closely with various departments and teams to ensure that our HR services are perfectly aligned with the organization’s needs and goals.

In addition, you will serve as the face of the sector in management meetings. In this role, you will not only represent HR but also act as the crucial link between our city’s political vision and its operational implementation within the organization. Your role is essential in translating these visions into practical, actionable strategies that benefit both our employees and the residents of Eindhoven.

In this role, you’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, always striving for improvement, innovation, and collaboration to take our organization to the next level.

What Do We Offer?

At the City of Eindhoven, we offer you a position that makes a difference (scale 15) within a dynamic and informal work environment, where a healthy work-life balance is a priority. Discover the full range of our employment conditions via the link below.

Interested in applying?

The City of Eindhoven is being assisted in this recruitment process by the executive search firm Colourful People. You can apply by simply uploading your resume (in PDF format) by January 9 at the latest via www.colourfulpeople.nl. If there are enough suitable candidates, we may close the application process early. For direct contact or questions about this position, please contact René F. Burgler, Esq., senior partner at Colourful People, via r.burgler@colourfulpeople.nl or at 06 28 57 54 36.

The (pre-)selection interviews will take place in week 3, and the interviews with the selection and advisory committee will be held on February 1 and 8. We plan to complete the process in February.

You can find the more detailed job description here.