Secretary of the Objections Committee / Legal Advisor

Do you want to work for a municipality that encourages you to bring out the best in yourself? Where you have the space to get started with your own ideas? In an environment of hardworking and enthusiastic colleagues?

Then we are looking for you!

We are looking for a secretary of the objections committee / legal advisor, who gets excited about delving into legal issues. Together with the objections committee and your colleagues, you ensure that residents and entrepreneurs go through a fair and careful objection process. In addition, you take care of the legal quality of proposals and policy documents for the college and the municipal council.

What will you be doing?

As secretary of the objections committee:

• You prepare objection cases for handling in the objections committee.
• You independently write well-founded advice for the objections committee.
• You guide meetings of the objections committee.
• You maintain contact with all parties involved (committee members of the objections committee, objectors, and colleagues).
• You prepare the annual report of the objections committee.
• You coordinate with administrative support regarding the sending of receipt confirmations and letters in the objection process. Together, you also ensure correct archiving.

As a legal advisor:

• You advise the organization on legal questions from all domains within the municipality.
• You check college and council proposals for legal correctness.
• You request advice from the in-house lawyer in case of specialist questions.
• You implement and advise on the implementation of new legislation and amendments (in coordination/cooperation with colleagues in the other Kempengemeenten).
• You advise on the establishment or amendment of joint regulations and cooperation agreements in which the municipality participates.
• You monitor compliance with internal and external regulations.
• You keep the mandates register up to date.

As secretary of the objections committee and legal advisor, you have an important role within the municipality of Eersel. You contribute to careful decision-making and the improvement of legal quality within the organization. For this, you work closely with your colleagues from the different departments and your legal colleagues in the other Kempengemeenten.

“Your activities affect all work areas within the town hall. That is what makes your position so varied and interesting.”

Where will you be working?

The municipality of Eersel is a dynamic organization where a lot of work is being done on many major social challenges and themes. For this, we also work together with many different parties in the region. Despite the major challenges, we are a nice organization where people easily walk in with each other. There are short lines between the different departments. New colleagues are warmly welcomed and there is an eye for the person. At the municipality of Eersel, we challenge you to bring out the best in yourself. We appreciate your talents and encourage you to develop and utilize your full potential. Therefore, development opportunities are high on the agenda and we also want to invest in the (personal) growth and development of our employees. That is why we also have a generous training budget.

In addition to development opportunities, we also find your vitality important. At the municipality of Eersel, we offer daily fresh fruit in the office and we have an annual health week, where extra attention is paid to different aspects of your health. Furthermore, there is an annual team outing on the agenda, which the employees may organize together.

Curious about our organization? Then definitely check out our ‘Working at the municipality of Eersel’ page at www.eersel.nl/werken-bij-de-gemeente, where you can read more about our organizational vision in which sustainability, innovation, openness, and respect are central.

The team

You will join a fun and cozy team of 11 colleagues. It is a diverse team where everyone has their own tasks, but if necessary, we take over each other's work. We find it important that we as a team fit with you and you of course also fit with us.

What do you bring?

Hard requirements:

• A completed legal education at HBO or WO level.
• Demonstrable legal knowledge of – and experience with the Awb, Municipalities Act, and environmental law.
• Up-to-date knowledge of administrative process law and relevant legal areas.
• Excellent analytical skills: you can easily see the bigger picture and translate this into legal advice.
• You enjoy advising and can explain matters clearly in plain language.
• You are strong in communication, both verbally and in writing. You translate your advice and decisions into understandable language for both objectors and colleagues.

Nice to have:

• Work experience as secretary of an objections committee.
• Work experience in the legal field at a municipality.
• Affinity with the spatial domain.
• Keep in mind that the objections committee meets in the evening. It is no problem for you to work in the evening from time to time.

Do you not fully meet the ‘nice to have’ section? Apply anyway! Together we ensure that you further develop in the field.

What do we offer?

• A full-time base salary of a maximum of € 6,343 gross per month (according to scale 11 (indicative) cao Municipalities), based on a 36-hour work week. Depending on your experience, a good offer will be made, within the maximum amount.
• If you do not yet fully meet everything we ask of the position, you start in introductory scale 10.
• In addition to your salary, you receive an Individual Choice Budget (IKB) of 17.05% of your gross salary. You can spend this budget as you wish, for example by buying extra vacation days or by choosing a payout in cash. You decide what best suits your life phase and personal wishes;
• 201.6 hours of leave, whereby you can annually buy a maximum of 187 extra hours with your IKB (based on 36 hours);
• Excellent pension accrual with ABP – of which the employer pays 70% – including a solid safety net in case of death and disability. A reassuring thought, should you ever have to deal with it;
• Possibility for hybrid and flexible working;
• An extra allowance of € 659 net per year based on 36 hours;
• With good performance, a contract for an indefinite period after one year.

Have you become enthusiastic?

For more information about the vacancy, you can contact Hanneke Molenaar, team coordinator Staff, via the general phone number 0497-531300.

For information about the application procedure, you can contact team P&O via phone number 0497-531300 or vacature@eersel.nl.

The vacancy is open until March 25, 2026. So apply before March 25, 2026 via the site www.werkeninzuidoostbrabant.nl.