Public Affairs Specialist

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The Public Affairs team strives for short waiting times and helping residents and customers quickly by the right employee. That is what we call excellent service. Are you the enthusiastic, flexible all-round employee who values service?

Our organization

We are a municipality with a lot of ambition and an informal working atmosphere, together we work hard to create a pleasant living, working and living environment with residents, businesses and institutions. We want to proactively anticipate the demands of society and society or, better yet, be ahead of them. That is why we continue to develop our internal organization. For example, we work more and more task-oriented and have started a new structure since April 1, 2020. We strive for connection, integrality, cooperation and ownership.

Team Public Affairs

The team consists of nearly 30 employees and handles many municipal products. It is an important entry point for customer contacts (via telephone, the front desk and digitally). There are three task areas: the first line, the second line and the Extraordinary Civil Status Officers.
Seven employees work within the second-line task area. 

Your position

You translate developments in the field into daily practice and you have a clear role in quality monitoring and improvement. You will also handle applications from beginning to end, including naturalizations, civil status and BRP.
Initiating and organizing projects is also part of your job. Here you can think of elections, BRP, self-evaluations BRP and value documents and the ENSIA. Finally, you will help handle objection and appeal procedures.

Our wishes

You are a flexible and results-driven specialist who can be deployed in multiple task areas. You are digitally proficient and know how to foster collaboration. With your experience in public affairs and knowledge of process-based work, you will get the processes and products to a higher level together with the team. 


In addition, you have a minimum HBO work and thinking level and 3-5 years of recent experience in the field.
Naturally you are in possession of diplomas BRP and MLO-BZ and demonstrable knowledge of and experience with IPR and iCivil Affairs.
Of course you can bring colleagues along with you in changes.

Our offer

You will be working in a positive-minded organization with short lines of communication and a high level of ambition. The atmosphere is informal and collegial. A good work/life balance is important to us.

What else can you expect?

  • The position is 32 - 36 hours per week.
  • The salary is between € 2,798 and € 4,109 per month (scale 9) based on 36 hours per week. In addition to your salary, you will accrue 17.05% Individual Elective Budget each month (consisting of vacation allowance and year-end bonus).
  • In time, with excellent performance, a walk-out scale (scale 10) is possible.

The procedure

Is your interest piqued?
Then apply no later than Feb. 27, 2022 at www.werkeninzuidoostbrabant.nl.
Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday, March 9 in the afternoon. Should you be invited for a 2nd interview, a motivation analysis will be part of the final selection.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lotte van den Hombergh, team manager Public Affairs at l.v.d.hombergh@geldrop-mierlo.nl or 06-34166644. For questions about the procedure, please contact Cock de Kruiff, P&O advisor at c.de.kruiff@dienstdommelvallei.nl or 06 40008686.