As Programme Manager, you are experienced, committed, creative and keen to contribute to the success and further development of the Interreg Meuse-Rhine (NL-BE-DE) programme. A good understanding and practical experience of managing programmes and/or projects involving European territorial cooperation are of key importance in this position. The 0.5 FTE Senior Programme Manager will deal with activities related to managing projects and the project portfolio within the Interreg programme.
Welcome to the Meuse-Rhine region (EMR), where crossing borders is part of daily life. When you work here, you can start the day in Maastricht (the Netherlands), move on to business meetings in Liège (Belgium) and end the day in the beautiful old city centre of Aachen (Germany). The region’s more than four million inhabitants appreciate its borderless combination of vibrant cities, world-class research, rich cultural heritage and unspoilt nature every day.
Since 1991, cross-border cooperation projects between the Belgian, German and Dutch partner regions have received support from Interreg. The sixth generation of the programme (Interreg Meuse-Rhine (NL-BE-DE)) covers the territory of parts of the Province of Limburg (NL), the Province of Limburg (B), the Region of Aachen, the Province of Liège and the German-speaking Community of Belgium, as well as parts of the German federal state Rhineland-Palatinate. In total, the European Union and the programme partners (Member States and regions) have provided over €176 million in funding to contribute to the major societal challenges defined for the programme area. Innovation, sustainability and the social agenda are key drivers.
The Province of Limburg has been designated as Managing Authority (MA) for the Interreg Meuse-Rhine (NL-BE-DE) programme 2021-2027, which effectively runs from its approval by the European Commission (14 November 2022) to the end of 2029. This effectively makes the Province of Limburg responsible for implementing and managing this cross-border programme. Coordinating internationalisation and the EMR is part of the governor's portfolio. The cluster comes under the responsibility of the Director of Operations of the Province of Limburg. Overall coordination of the EMR Cluster is carried out by the Cluster Manager/Coordinator. Together with the Deputy Cluster Manager (0.5 FTE), the Coordinator makes up the formal management team.
You will successfully fill the position of Senior Programme Manager MR thanks to your proven advisory skills, ability to liaise with project partners and negotiation skills. In doing so, you will use your strong analytical skills and the ability to structure and present complex issues well. Naturally, you possess intrinsic motivation and a positive attitude towards change and challenges. In this context, you can draw on your knowledge and experience of Interreg programmes and the relevant European regulations.
Working for the Province of Limburg means working to promote the well-being and prosperity of Limburg and its people. Achieving results with impact is our common mission here, in the economic field, the social field and the public domain. You will do this in a setting where a wealth of cultural heritage and tourist attractions almost make you feel as if you are on holiday. North Limburg has the natural beauty of the Land of Peel and Maas and the fens and shifting dunes of the Maasduinen. Central Limburg has the largest interconnected water sports area in the Netherlands – the Maasplassen. And South Limburg is home to the green Heuvelland.
The Province of Limburg is growing into an open, learning governmental organisation, where professionals have space to pursue innovations in collaboration with relevant partners. This requires employees to take responsibility for their own development. The Province provides strong support for personal development and expects its employees to take initiatives and make efforts in that regard.
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We will close this vacancy on 3 July, so we would like to see your application before that date.
Any questions? We have the answers. Feel free to call Nermin Dizdarević, Coordinator of the Interreg Meuse-Rhine programme, on +31 6 55 40 98 77.
As provincial professionals, we only want one thing: to ensure that Limburg is even more beautiful, sustainable and innovative than it already is when we pass it on to future generations. That task poses major challenges. From our cultural heritage to our innovative character. From our beautiful countryside to our logistics hotspots. And from our special euregional location to economic innovative power. We tackle all these complex and multifaceted challenges with all the strength we can muster. Each of us based on our own expertise. Together with more than 900 professionals, we are working on the future that Limburg deserves.
At the end of the selection procedure, we will ask the selected candidate to apply for a Certificate of Good Conduct without objections [Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag zonder bezwaren, (‘VOG’)] from the municipality and submit it to us after approval from screening authority Justis.
The integrity risk profile applies to this position.
The selection procedure may involve an assessment.