Advisor

• Preparation and development of aligned, strategic advisory products, including translating future scenarios, megatrends, and innovative concepts into the medium and long term
• Testing policies of adjacent areas for consequences for the organization's tasks
• Developing innovative strategic advisory products and processes tailored to other areas of attention and policy fields, taking into account political, social, and organizational issues and feasibility
• Creating support for the realization of innovative advisory products, processes
• Content coordination and process-oriented and procedural preparation of multidisciplinary or strategic decision-making processes
• Creating support for the implementation, application, and scaling of innovative advisory products and processes
• Ensuring implementation and execution of advisory products and processes
• Preparing and conducting (evaluation) research into the effectiveness of advisory products
• Proposing improvements, adjustments, and transitions of (related) policies
• Monitoring advisory processes, managing and adjusting advisory products and adapting advisory processes
• Preparation, management, and execution of complex, multidisciplinary innovation projects

What they ask

• A constructively critical attitude and contributing to a better organization
• Providing independent advice to the commander regarding strategy and vision
• Challenging the organization and testing it against its own vision
• Being able to question established paths and think along about new paths, and to engage colleagues with different interests
• Knowledge of the organization itself and relevant external developments

• Work and thinking level: University Master's level
• Field of study / Professional knowledge: University degree relevant to the field of work / knowledge area (e.g., Public Administration, Innovation Management, Strategic Foresight or similar)
• Other knowledge and skills:
• Client ownership (e.g., outsourcing, contract management)
• Leading meetings (e.g., future sessions)
• Advisory skills for experienced advisors (e.g., change management, designing and facilitating workshops, conferences, giving feedback)
• Managing complex projects / innovation programs
• Specialized knowledge of multidisciplinary and adjacent areas of attention, as well as an affinity with future exploration (foresight) and innovation methodologies
• Insight into organizational, process-related, and substantive interrelationships in a broader context
• Ability to identify and analyze developments and future issues
• Ability to develop, promote, and defend advisory products, processes, policies, new ideas and concepts
• Ability to bring about advisory products and processes
• Competencies: Independent, Planning and organizing, Courage, Analyzing, Influencing, Organization-oriented, Networking, Autonomous, Creative, Vision

• A security screening is part of the selection procedure, for which Dutch nationality or a combined permit for residence and work (GVVA) is required
• An assessment may be part of the selection procedure
• The organization is committed to employing individuals who fall under the target group of the "Wet banenafspraak" (Job Agreement Act)