Policy Officer Poverty Policy

About This Role

This policy officer role focuses on poverty policy and debt assistance within the Social Development Team. You will take over these tasks from a colleague who is moving to lead a project, working closely with another team member and colleagues from the Kempen municipalities.

Responsibilities

• Translate national and legal developments into a Kempen-specific approach
• Advise management and the service desk on debt assistance, including answering questions and preparing administrative documents
• Maintain contacts with Social Services policy, Social Counselors, and other social organizations, and contribute to the Kempen Policy Consultation
• Identify developments and bottlenecks within debt assistance and provide advice on them
• Develop and promote information about the financial consequences of important life events
• Contribute to the project group for the early detection of debt assistance pilot
• Monitor the continuity of Geldfit within the municipality by maintaining collaborations and agreements, tracking usage and results, and adjusting or promoting the offering as needed
• Involve discovery locations and collaboration partners in signaling and referral, and inform them about municipal support through the Geldzaken newsletter

Requirements

• Relevant HBO or WO education, preferably related to the field
• Good communication skills for discussions with residents, collaboration partners, colleagues, and administrators
• Extensive contact with external organizations in your current role and a strong networker
• Consider government participation an important principle
• A team player with persuasiveness, strong organizational awareness, political sensitivity, and a great sense of responsibility
• Proactive in gathering relevant information and processing it into advice
• Good written skills

Benefits

• 8.33% holiday allowance
• Individual choice budget in accordance with the client's collective labor agreement
• Travel expense reimbursement in accordance with the client's collective labor agreement
• Pension accrual
• Various training opportunities
• Participation in outings and meetings
• Good personal guidance by the internal organization of B&P Professionals

About the Company

B&P Professionals is an NBBU member, adhering to the principle of "equal pay for equal work from day one."