What we offer

Of course, you’ll receive a salary when you work for us. A minimum and maximum salary range is set for each position. The pay grade and step you’re assigned to depend on the position and your work experience.

View the most up-to-date salary scales at .

In addition to your salary, you will also receive a discretionary budget: the Individual Choice Budget (ICB). This is a monthly budget that you can use flexibly to achieve the goals you set for yourself.

How is the IKB structured?

The IKB is a fixed percentage of 17.05% of your salary. It is accrued on a monthly basis and consists of:

• Vacation pay 8%
• Year-end bonus: 6.75%
• Life-cycle contribution: 1.5%
• Leave in excess of statutory requirements: 0.8%

What can you spend it on?

You have access to this budget at any time during the current calendar year. You can use the funds for:

• Overtime pay or vacation hours
• Reimbursement of union dues
• Buying a bicycle
• Commuting costs

Commuting expenses

• For distances under 10 km, there is no travel allowance
• €0.23 per km, with a maximum of 24 km one way

Business trip

• €0.28 per km for business travel

Work-from-home allowance

• You will receive a work-from-home allowance. The amount of the allowance is specified in the Municipalities Collective Bargaining Agreement (Cao Gemeenten).

You are entitled to leave. Your leave consists of statutory and non-statutory leave:

• The statutory leave entitlement is four times the number of hours you work per week. Employees working full-time (36 hours per week) are entitled to 144 hours of statutory leave;
• The amount of leave in excess of the statutory minimum is 57.6 hours per year for full-time employees.

Would you like more vacation days? Then use your Individual Choice Budget (ICB).

In our time tracking system, you accumulate positive (or negative) hours. You can use these positive hours as time off

The number of hours you work per week depends on your position. A full-time position with the municipality is 36 hours. For some positions, being present at specific times is important, while this requirement does not apply to others. You will discuss this with your team manager and team. 

You have the option to work from home and will be provided with a cell phone and laptop.

We believe it’s important that you do work you’re good at and that you continue to develop your talents.
You may pursue a degree or training program either on your own initiative or at the suggestion of your team manager. Our municipality does not have a per-employee education budget. Instead, we have an annual training budget that we allocate organization-wide based on need. 

The Municipal Collective Bargaining Agreement states that every employee is entitled to a subsidy toward the cost of health insurance. It does not matter which health insurance provider you use or which supplemental plan you have. The amount of the subsidy depends on your salary.

• You will receive €296 gross if your salary is less than or equal to the maximum for pay scale 6.
• You will receive €168 gross if your salary exceeds the maximum for pay scale 6.

If you work for the government, you are automatically enrolled in the General Civil Service Pension Fund (ABP).

Your pension consists of a mandatory fixed portion that you can supplement at your own expense. When you start drawing your pension, you can choose to begin receiving it earlier or later, and you can also draw it in stages, allowing you to take partial retirement. For more information, visit: www.abp.nl.

If you join the Municipality of West Maas en Waal, you become a civil servant, but your legal status is governed by civil law. We therefore enter into an employment contract together, but you also fall under the Civil Servants Act 2017. This is a consequence of the Act on the Normalisation of the Legal Status of Civil Servants (Wnra).