Our organization

The Services team takes care of people, both internally and externally. The various secretariats support the Municipal Board, the Executive Board and the team managers. The ushers and people from facility services help all employees with practical matters and ensure a safe and pleasant workplace. The employees of the Public Center are the first point of contact for residents: at the reception desk, the counter and the telephone.

The Area Team supports vulnerable residents who (temporarily) cannot manage on their own. The implementation of the Participation Act, Youth Act, Municipal Debt Assistance Act, Civic Integration Act and Social Support Act (Wmo) lies with this team. The Area Team works a lot with partners and mostly focuses on prevention. 

Within the Concern Affairs team are employees from Finance, Communications, HRM, Project Management Support, Legal Affairs and Operations. These different disciplines each have their own tasks: 

• Finance: steers our financial operations
• Communication: ensures clear, unified communication in words and images, both internally and externally
• HRM: engages in the development and implementation of personnel and organizational policies
• Project management support: oversees the progress of projects and monitors the quality of project work
• Legal affairs: has an advisory role on legal issues and contributes to procedural due diligence
• Operations: has an advisory role in the broad field of (OWO) operations and European relations

The Social Domain Development team makes policy for the social domain. The employees in this team advise the college and the council and steer the realization of goals. 

The Public Order and Safety (OOV) team is committed every day to safety / a safe living environment. Together with safety partners such as the Safety Region, they work on an integrated approach to safety. 

The Climate and Living Environment team focuses on everything related to the climate agreement. This team works both policy-wise and executive in the following areas: landscape, environment and sustainability, heat and energy transition, circularity, (social) real estate, educational housing and water policy. 

The Housing and Works team provides policy and plan development in the areas of spatial plans, housing, economic affairs, recreation and tourism.

The Audit and Control team deals with (internal) control within the municipality. In addition, this team takes care of information security and privacy policies. 

The Physical Management and Implementation team manages and maintains public spaces. They deal with green (trees, shrubs, roadsides) and gray (sewers, roads, paving). 

The OWO-VTH department grants permits and performs supervisory and enforcement tasks, with the goal of a safe, healthy, livable and sustainable environment. OWO-VTH works for both Opsterland and Oost- and Weststellingwerf.