VACANCY: Policy advisor urban planning Arnhem

Arnhem works! For you as well?

Education level
Hbo - Wo

Employment
Temporary with a view to permanent

Post date
24-04-2026

Hours per week
32 - 36

Monthly salary€ 4,465 - € 6,343

Closing date
09-05-2026

As urban planning policy advisor you will guide and advise on urban planning issues in the city of Arnhem. The city is in full development and transformation. For example, we are faced with the task of building sixteen thousand homes in the existing urban area until 2040, in Kronenburg, Arnhem west and Spoorzone Arnhem Oost, among others. In addition, we want to keep the inner city attractive while the playing field changes and the vulnerable neighborhoods also require our attention.

What will you do?

As an Urban Planning Policy Advisor you will guide and advise on urban planning/architectural issues in the city. As an urban planner you are an advisor to multidisciplinary project teams where you translate spatial and social ambitions into ambitions and preconditions in area development. You work together with internal and external parties on urban development projects, participate in project groups and consult with external stakeholders and residents.

The municipality of Arnhem has an attractive city center and a special landscape context, but Arnhem also has vulnerable neighborhoods where poverty and health require attention. The tasks vary in scale and complexity, are very diverse and often have a long duration. You will contribute to projects independently or together with the strategist/urban planner or senior urban planner and elaborate these in visual advice and presentations.

The main duties you have:

• Preparation of integral urban planning analyses, frameworks, spatial policy recommendations, designs and visions including coordination with all relevant parties;
• Pick up private initiatives from the city that are brought into the initiative council;
• The main task will be to be part of area developments and related projects.
• Translating plans into the environmental plan and presenting plans within the project team and at external and administrative meetings.

Who are we?

Our team, Urban Design, Landscape and Mobility includes consultants with diverse backgrounds, such as urban planners, landscape designers, planners, traffic engineers and draftsmen, so you can draw on the knowledge available. We like a good atmosphere, working together and we have an eye for everyone's development opportunities.

This team is part of the Strategy, Policy and Direction (SBR) cluster, which includes the housing, environmental heritage, sustainability and social domain teams. Things can always be different, better or more beautiful. And we at SBR work hard at that. Sometimes visible on the street, but also behind the scenes at the office, we work on everything the municipality has to offer. What was current yesterday is history tomorrow and vice versa. That is what makes working at SBR so fascinating, dynamic and versatile. We are the pivot when it comes to translating needs and initiatives of citizens, businesses and government into programs and policies. We translate new movements into new strategies, programs and (policy) plans. We always do this together with the city, but we are the director. We leave the implementation to our colleagues and partners in the city.

What do we offer you?

At the Municipality of Arnhem, based on a 36-hour work week, you can count on:

• A good gross monthly salary in scale 11, minimum €4,465 to a maximum of €6,343 based on a 36-hour work week;
• 12-month employment with the intention of permanent employment;
• 144 statutory vacation hours and 57.6 non-statutory vacation hours per calendar year based on a 36-hour work week;
• 17.05% financial elective budget based on a 36-hour work week, which is at your disposal. You can have this budget paid out or use it for various purposes;
• Travel reimbursement in the form of a mobility card, which allows you to use public transportation;
• A good pension you build up with the ABP;
• An individual career budget of €500 per year;
• Personal development and advancement opportunities thanks to our training offer;
• A laptop and a phone;
• Hybrid working: you have the opportunity to alternate working from home and at the office. We also find a good work-life balance important, in consultation you make arrangements about your workplace and working hours.
• The possibility of exchanging the 8 collective bargaining agreement defined holidays for days off that are meaningful to you, in consultation you make arrangements about the holidays you want to exchange.

We have our entire benefits package listed for you.

Who are we looking for?

With your craftsmanship at the intersection of urban planning and architecture, you know how to effortlessly inspire colleagues and draw them into your vision. You easily switch between scale levels, interests and disciplines, and you feel at home in an environment where integrality is the norm.

As a sparring partner for both internal and external parties, you bring content, process and environment together. You work proactively, move flexibly with what the city demands and always keep the joint result in mind.

You know the dynamics of an urban organization and know your way around. The space and responsibility you are given within your projects suit you: you stand firm, take initiative and dare to take the lead when necessary.

Building a future-proof Arnhem together - that's what energizes you.

Further we ask:

• HBO (bachelor Wo (academic) working and thinking level, supplemented by a relevant degree in urban planning or architecture with an affinity for urban planning;
• At least three years of working experience in the field of urban planning and/or architecture at the Wo level or at least 6 years at the HBO level;
• Good communication skills, both in text and imagination;
• Digital skills (Microstation/Autocad, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and Sketchup);
• Design and graphics skills.

Where will you be working?

With more than 171,000 residents, Arnhem is the 11th largest municipality in the country. A diversity of inhabitants makes the city what it is. Arnhem is a municipality where urban dynamism, natural habitat and economic strength reinforce each other. We have a rich history and are the capital of the province of Gelderland. The municipal organization employs approximately 1750 committed and enthusiastic employees who work every day for the city, its inhabitants, visitors, companies and institutions.

How do you apply?

You can apply until Friday, May 8 via the application button. You do this with a resume and cover letter, in which we would like to get an answer to the motivation question described below. We also request that you send us a portfolio of the project in which you last played a role. No later than Friday, May 15, you will hear about the next steps, such as an invitation for a job interview. The job interview will take place on Tuesday, May 19, between 9:00 and 12:30. Keep this in mind in your agenda? 

The motivation question: 

Please see in your cover letter as concrete an example as possible according to the STARR Method back.

Describe an example of a work situation in which you provided managerial advice. What was the context in which the example occurred? What was your task? What action did you take? What was the end result? What would you do again next time and do differently?

Still have questions?

For questions about the position, please contact Bram de Ruiter, department head, at +31631114959. For questions about the recruitment and selection process, please contact Britt Scheres, recruiter, at +31621923427, per whatsapp or per email.

The municipality of Arnhem works for and together with its residents to create a diverse and inclusive city: a city where everyone is allowed and able to be themselves and is also welcome. To achieve this we also need an inclusive organization, where the composition is diverse and no one is excluded. We want to bind talents with their differences to us, because we are convinced that differences reinforce each other. We need that to become that diverse and inclusive city. So feel welcome at Gemeente Arnhem, no matter who you are or how you are in life.