Executive Secretary

• You feel at home in an environment where a lot is happening at once and where priorities can change. It is precisely in those situations that you maintain a clear overview and bring a sense of calm. You know what’s important and ensure that matters receive attention at the right time.
• Despite the hectic pace, you easily connexion others. You interact daily with senior management, the board, and colleagues, and understand their various interests. As a result, you know how to bring people together and contribute to effective collaboration.
• You are self-assured and confident. You know what your role is, are not afraid to take the initiative, and speak up when necessary. At the same time, you are approachable, service-oriented, and a pleasure to work with.
• In addition, you are proactive. You think ahead, identify what is needed, and take action before others ask you to. You are good at setting priorities and, even under pressure, remain focused on what is most important at that moment.
• You also know when it’s wise to ask for help or consult with colleagues. You understand that good results come from working together.

Furthermore:

• Do you have a higher vocational education (HBO) level of work and thinking, and at least a relevant completed MBO+ program?;
• Do you have experience in a similar support role at the management or executive level;
• Do you have experience with complex schedule management, meeting support, and tracking follow-up actions and decision-making?;
• Are you digitally savvy and able to quickly get the hang of new systems;
• Do you work carefully and handle confidential information responsibly?

To ensure that a point of contact is available for the board and management every workday, your workdays will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

• A job in the social services field.
• Initially, a fixed-term contract (1 year), with the possibility of a permanent contract.
• A gross monthly salary of up to €4,626 (scale 8) for full-time employment (36 hours per week).  
• In addition to your gross salary, you will receive 21% as an IKB (individual choice budget); you can have this paid out or use it in another way, such as to purchase additional time off.
• A pension plan with the ABP Pension Fund.
• Excellent opportunities to achieve a good work-life balance, for example through our work-from-home options.
• Once every five years, a personal budget of €6,000 (€12,000 for those under 35) for purposes such as training.
• Reimbursement for commuting expenses or a work-from-home allowance.
• The position is based at our headquarters in Groningen (city). The office is easily accessible by bike, public transportation, or car.

About the Noorderzijlvest Water Authority

Noorderzijlvest Water Authority located in a unique area where subsidence from natural gas extraction and earthquakes significantly impacts water management. The consequences of these developments, as well as climate change, are affecting the (bin)water system. Rising sea levels, more frequent and longer periods of heavy rain interspersed with prolonged droughts, as well as challenges related to sustainability and new (problematic) substances: these are problems that call for robust solutions. We want our (bin)water system to function as naturally as possible and to be climate-resilient, resilient, and healthy in the long term. This requires us to implement appropriate and affordable measures in a society that wants to have a say in these matters and exert influence over them. 

To water authority the challenges facing our water authority , we are implementing organisation so that we are better able to work in a forward-looking and integrated manner. We believe this will lay a solid foundation for strategic thinking, for translating those plans into our day-to-day work, and for carrying out our work as efficiently as possible. And that is becoming increasingly important in a society that is changing and placing high demands on us.

Will you be our executive secretary?

Are you enthusiastic and do you have the required qualifications? If so, please upload your cover letter and resume via the application button by August 9, 2026. Interviews will be held on August 18, 2026. 

• Would you like to know more? Please contact Ingrid Schotanus, Acting Team Manager for Communications, Front Office, and Secretariat, at 06-15083712.
• If you are selected to work for us, you will be required to behaviour a Certificate of Good behaviour .

About the Noorderzijlvest Water Authority

The Noorderzijlvest Water Board is located in a unique area where subsidence by natural gas extraction and earthquakes significantly impacts water management. The consequences of these developments, as well as climate change, are affecting the (bin)water system. Rising sea levels, more frequent and longer periods of heavy rain interspersed with prolonged droughts, as well as challenges related to sustainability and new (problematic) substances: these are problems that call for robust solutions. We want our (bin)water system to function as naturally as possible and to be climate-resilient, resilient, and healthy in the long term. This requires us to implement appropriate and affordable measures in a society that wants to have a say in these matters and exert influence over them.

To water authority the challenges facing our water authority , we are implementing organisation so that we are better able to work in a forward-looking and integrated manner. We believe this will lay a solid foundation for strategic thinking, for translating those plans into our day-to-day work, and for carrying out our work as efficiently as possible. And that is becoming increasingly important in a society that is changing and placing high demands on us.

Please contact Esther de Jager-de Brouwer, counsellor and Selection counsellor , at 050 304 89 11 or werven@noorderzijlvest.nl.