Secretary to the Board of the Veluwe Stedendriehoek Regional Council

This vacancy from Secretary to the Board is your next step if you:

• you don’t get hot easily, as this role involves working close to the fire;
• wants to work for a large labour market region with ambitions;
• you are able to provide excellent advice on the decision-making process within a broad regional administrative context.

Who are we?
The Regional Consultative Body is the strategic forum for public-private network collaboration within the Veluwe Stedendriehoek labour market region (AMR). We believe that everyone deserves a chance in our labour market. That is why, through the Veluwe Stedendriehoek Employment Centre, we support residents and business owners with any queries they may have about work and training. We are there when they need extra help finding the right job or training course, and we encourage employers to embrace social entrepreneurship. Within our network, the twelve local authorities, the UWV, the employers’ organisation VNO-NCW-Midden, the trade unions FNV and CNV, the Organisation for Cooperation between Vocational Education and the Business Community (SBB), educational institutions Aventus and Landstede, and the work-training organisations Inclusiefgroep, Lucrato, KonnecteD and GelreWerkt, all work closely together to create a resilient, inclusive and transparent labour market region.

What are you going to do?
The administrative secretary of the Veluwe Stedendriehoek Regional Council is responsible for ensuring that administrative meetings are properly prepared and planned. The secretary facilitates and oversees the meeting and decision-making process, ensures documents are correctly placed on the agenda, safeguards the integrity of the decision-making process and produces the minutes. You will work for the Regional Council and fulfil an independent role with regard to the process surrounding the administrative consultations. In this role, you will collaborate with the programme manager, who, as the Regional Council’s direct contractor, bears ultimate responsibility for the content. Together, you form a solid foundation on which the Regional Consultative Body can rely completely, and you ensure that the Regional Consultative Body has the right information at the right time to make key decisions.

The Regional Consultative Body is the strategic consultative body for the labour market region. Whether requested or, where necessary, on your own initiative, you will support, advise and keep the Regional Consultative Body and the programme manager informed regarding the organisation and scheduling of meetings and consultations. In doing so, you will play a unifying role. A rewarding (part-time) role in which you can make a significant contribution to our ambitions for a dynamic, inclusive and transparent labour market. For further information, please see the multi-year labour market agenda “Together we’ll get further” 2026–2030 and the 2025 annual report. About us | Veluwe Stedendriehoek Work Centre

The Secretary to the Board:

• Acts in an advisory capacity to the Regional Council and serves as a sounding board for the programme manager of the VeluweStedendriehoek Employment Centre.
• Facilitates transparent and clear decision-making by the Regional Council.
• Draagt acts as a link between the chair, vice-chair, programme manager and members of the Regional Council.
• Is responsible for the consultation structure of the Regional Council, for planning the administrative meetings and for inviting the councillors.
• Together with the programme manager, is responsible for the draft agenda, the meeting documents and ensuring these are sent to the board members in good time.
• Ensures that minutes are taken of the management meetings.

Things to bring with you

• HBO+/university level, with a background in public administration or law.
• A reliable adviser who can put things into perspective when necessary.
• Accurate, level-headed and able to cope with stress.
• Seeks to connect with others and is good at building and maintaining relationships.
• Acts as a “lubricant” where necessary in complex situations.
• Strategic political insight combined with analytical advisory skills.
• An interest in the labour market, education and the economy.
• Proven experience of working in a complex public/private network environment. 

Here’s what we offer you

• An initial contract of 1 year, with the prospect of a permanent position. Number of hours per week: 8 hours on average.
• The indicative salary ranges from €5,369 to a maximum of €7,253 gross per month (scale 12, Municipalities’ Collective Labour Agreement) based on a 36-hour week, subject to current pay grade and experience.

This is good to know
Applications can be submitted until 9 November 2026 via the ‘Apply’ button on this website. The selection panel consists of the chair of the labour market region, several members of the Regional Council and the programme manager.

The job interviews are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, 25 November.

Do you have any questions about the vacancy?
Please contact Katja Ünlütürk, programme manager at the Veluwe Stedendriehoek labour market region, by telephone on 06 4316 0816. You can also email your enquiry to k.unluturk@apeldoorn.nl  

We give preference to candidates currently employed by one of the affiliated network organisations. If this is not the case for you, you will be employed by Apeldoorn Municipal Council.

We are an inclusive organisation. We believe that a diverse organisation means we are better prepared for developments in society. As well as your talent and qualities, you also bring your background and preferences with you. You are very welcome!

We do not welcome approaches from recruitment agencies in response to this advert.