Overview
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is recruiting a legal adviser to work on drinking-water law and nuclear safety and radiation-protection policy in The Hague.
Full job description
The role contributes legal advice to national, European and international policy positions, drafts national legislation, supports new or amended policy, works with public and private stakeholders and contributes to legal and policy processes covering secure drinking-water supply and nuclear safety and radiation protection.
Requirements & qualifications
Requires a university master's degree in law, about five years of relevant experience as a legal adviser in government or business, and some experience with the legislative process or willingness to learn legislative drafting. The ministry also seeks strong collaboration, analytical ability, flexibility and administrative sensitivity.
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Primary Dutch central-government vacancy verified 7 Sep 2026. The official page states 'apply before 21 September 2026' but no closing clock time, so deadline is intentionally date-only. The page contains the official application button; the external form destination was not exposed by the public parser, so the authoritative vacancy page is retained as the usable application route.
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