Job vacancy: Disaster Response Officer

Your challenge

As a disaster response officer, you will play a central role in disaster response and crisis management for three municipalities: Geldrop-Mierlo, Son en Breugel, and Nuenen. You will move smoothly between three different administrative and organizational contexts and know what is needed to take the right steps quickly in complex situations. You:

• Prepare all three municipal organizations for disasters and crises by translating regional plans from the Safety Region into a local action perspective, taking into account administrative priorities, local risks, and specific organizational agreements for each municipality.
• Advises mayors, municipal secretaries, and management teams in Geldrop-Mierlo, Son en Breugel, and Nuenen—both in preparation for and during (impending) crises.
• Acts as the first point of contact in the event of incidents in one of the three municipalities and ensures that the local crisis organization is available 24/7.
• Organizes and provides training courses, exercises, and training sessions for employees and administrators of all three municipalities.
• Advises on the P&C cycle, decision-making, and administrative documents for the three committees and councils, and ensures that the documents of the safety region are correctly translated into policy for each organization.
• Works regionally within the 21 municipalities of the Brabant-Zuidoost Safety Region and actively participates in on-call duties within Civil Protection.

 Who are you

We require the following skills from you as our new colleague:

•  Environmental awareness
  • You are aware of social and political developments or other environmental factors. You respond to these developments and translate them into your own field of work.
  • You know what similar organizations are doing. You effectively anticipate developments that are taking place in the organization's environment.
  • You can relate to political and administrative arguments.
• Persuasiveness
  • You convince others of a certain point of view in order to gain approval for certain plans, ideas, or products, even when this is not the prevailing opinion.
• Analytical skills and decisiveness
  • You identify problems; recognize important information; make connections between data. You track down possible causes of problems; search for relevant data.
  • You quickly adapt to different (political) environments.
  • You describe realistic scenarios with cause-and-effect relationships. These scenarios bring together the interests, opinions, and input of various parties.
  • You dare to give guiding advice in complex and/or sensitive situations.
• Stress resistance
  • You dare to and are able to make choices in your work. You dare to set priorities when necessary.
  • You stand your ground in discussions when faced with opposition. This applies at both the local (civil service and administrative) and regional levels.

You also have:

• Minimum higher vocational education (HBO) level of working and thinking
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with crisis management
• Understanding tasks and responsibilities within Civil Protection, fire department, police, GHOR (Regional Medical Assistance Organization), and regional crisis partners
• Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations
• Experience working in a political-administrative environment
• Willingness to be on call and to take the necessary training courses

 Our organizations

You will be part of the Liveability and Safety team of the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo. From there, you will be seconded to the municipalities of Nuenen and Son en Breugel. You will perform the same tasks for all three organizations. You will interact frequently with colleagues within these municipalities and feel at home working for three organizations with different dynamics but a shared ambition: a safe and resilient society.

At the municipalities of Geldrop-Mierlo, Nuenen, and Son en Breugel, we believe that the strength of the community lies in connection and understanding. We believe it is important that people have confidence in the municipality. To this end, we want to work in a reliable, accessible, and transparent manner. As a government, we play an essential role in preparing our organizations and our residents for (impending) disasters and crises. Even during crises, it is important to be able to act quickly and appropriately. As a civil servant in disaster response, you play an essential role in this.

We embrace a good work-life balance and focus on your development and vitality. Examples include the Dommelvallei academy, walking meetings, and fresh fruit every day.

What can you expect from us

• A salary of up to €5,554 gross per month (based on 36 hours per week), depending on your education and experience (salary level as of January 1, 2026).
• Individual choice budget (IKB) of 17.05% on top of your salary
• Variable working hours
• Favorable pension fund and compensation for furnishing your home office.
• You will also have access to a phone and laptop, and electric bicycles are available for work appointments.
• An employment contract for the duration of one year with the prospect of permanent employment.
• Development opportunities to get the best out of yourself.

Are you excited after reading this job posting?

Then we are looking for you! Apply by Saturday, January 11, via Working for Geldrop-Mierlo and who knows, you may soon be starting as our new colleague.

Do we fit with you and you with us? We would like to hear what you are good at and what your job satisfaction looks like. That is why it is important to know who you really are. Your personality is decisive. A personality analysis is therefore part of our selection procedure.

Do you have any questions first?

Feel free to call, text, or email us! For specific questions about the position, please contact team manager Jordy van Helmont at 06-52341720.

Do you have any questions about the application procedure? Please contact Cock de Kruiff on +31 (0)6 4000 8686.