About the Role
Company: Werken voor Nederland
Title: GIS Specialist (617519) – JFC
Salary Level: Civil Service Scale IBBAD 10 (€3,674.00 – €5,863.00 per month)
Field: Order / Peace / Security
Employment Type: Temporary appointment with opportunity for permanent appointment
Function Group: Civilian Staff
Function Description
Contributes to the setup and maintenance of geospatial information systems supporting intelligence activities of the NLD JFC, in order to deliver intelligence products aligned with stakeholder needs, by:
- Developing geospatial applications and other geospatial products;
- Developing ontologies;
- Building and implementing the GIS platform in collaboration with colleagues and external partners;
- Contributing to GIS- and geospatial-related projects within the organization;
- Developing and optimizing geoprocessing workflows for analytical purposes;
- Promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration within the expanding GIS/geospatial team;
- Developing and delivering training and instruction on the use of geospatial tools;
- Translating stakeholder requirements into geospatial products;
- Delivering new geospatial products;
- Providing training and instruction on the use of geospatial products.
Contributes to mapping anomalous behavior, events, and developments within areas or interests of the NLD JFC, by:
- Integrating normative models into criteria and indicators within the NLD JFC’s system, data landscape, and working methods;
- Defining attention areas across military, political-administrative, and societal dimensions within the normative model.
Requirements
Specialized knowledge of GIS systems (preferably ArcGIS Enterprise / ArcGIS Pro);
Insight into national developments in the field of geospatial information provision;
Insight into the intelligence processes of the Dutch Ministry of Defence;
Knowledge of programming languages such as FME and Python;
Ability to interpret data;
Ability to translate data into actionable information;
Skill in analyzing developments and identifying issues;
Proficiency in geospatial analysis and data visualization.
Additional Employment Conditions
The Ministry of Defence strongly emphasizes personal growth and career development, offering numerous opportunities. Employees may also convert part of their salary budget into leave or invest it in tax-advantaged purposes. Additional benefits include:
Various leave schemes (e.g., 75% paid parental leave);
Flexible working hours;
Option to temporarily reduce working hours by a few hours per week;
Opportunity to accrue additional IKB (Individual Career Budget) hours.
Special Notes
A security clearance is part of the selection procedure; Dutch nationality or a combined residence and work permit (GVVA) is required.
The vacancy is published both internally and externally within the Ministry of Defence. Internal candidates are prioritized in the selection process before external candidates are considered.
The Ministry of Defence aims to recruit staff falling under the target group of the Wet banenafspraak (Jobs Agreement Act). If you are in the target group register, please indicate this.
Integrity and professionalism are core values at the Ministry of Defence. The Gedragscode Defensie (Defence Code of Conduct) outlines expected behavior and all new employees are expected to be familiar with it.
Organization Name: Ministry of Defence
Organization Description:
The Ministry of Defence comprises the Executive Staff (the department), the Royal Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Marechaussee, the Defence Support Command, and the Materiel and IT Command.
We are Defence.
The Dutch Joint Force Command (NLD JFC) oversees the operational deployment of the Dutch Armed Forces. It translates strategic objectives set by the Chief of Defence (CDS) into operational tasks (‘strategy to task’).
Under the direction of the JFC, the Dutch Armed Forces operate across multiple domains simultaneously (air, land, sea, space, cyberspace) and in multiple dimensions (cognitive, virtual, and physical). The NLD JFC is internationally structured according to the J-code system (J1–J10), supplemented by specialized elements. The NLD SOCOM (Special Operations Command) operates as an independent command within the NLD JFC.