Project Manager

• Commissioning architectural-historical research and a technical quick scan.
• Inventory of monumental values and societal needs (internal and external) and an initial selection of promising scenarios.
• Informing the college about the main findings, so the college can guide the continuation of the process.
• Commissioning the elaboration of scenarios including sketch designs, investment estimates, operational calculations, legal and spatial planning review, and contract forms.
• Bringing together social, financial, legal, and spatial insights and preparing administrative decision-making.
• Developing an appropriate participation and communication process in accordance with the municipal participation policy.

• Leading the project team, consisting of internal expertise and, where necessary, external specialist support (architect for monumental repurposing, architectural historian, technical advisor/construction cost expert, and appraiser).
• Being the contact person for the administrative client (portfolio holder for Real Estate), the functional client (portfolio manager), and the internal organization.
• Monitoring budgets, planning, and risks, and ensuring timely administrative coordination when additional studies are required.

What they ask

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a project manager within a political-administrative organization.
• A relevant completed HBO or WO education.
• Demonstrable experience with projects focused on researching and developing repurposing scenarios for social and/or monumental real estate.
• Extensive experience with administrative advising, municipal decision-making, and assignment-oriented collaboration.
• Proven track record in achieving results within set deadlines and budgets.
• Experience with planning, progress reports, risk management, and results-oriented steering.
• Concrete experience with comparable projects in the region.

Preferences.

• Experience with the repurposing of national monuments and coordination with monument conservation and heritage specialists.
• Experience with managing external specialist advisors.
• Experience with collaborating with social organizations and market parties.

Competencies.

• Politically-administratively sensitive: Understands the formal and informal dynamics in this dossier, both politically and socially. Has insight into the different interests of stakeholders and knows how to anticipate them effectively and tactfully.
• Leadership: Can lead a team, convince, and work in a results-oriented manner. Possesses the ability to create overview, insight, and understanding, and, from there, foresight (predictability).
• Systematic: Organizational capacity, meticulous, systematic, and results-oriented work.
• Stress-resistant: Able to work under time pressure and switch effectively. The ability to perform under pressure, prioritize, and introduce pragmatic solutions in a dynamic environment.
• Analytical and results-oriented: Can analyze broadly, is able to separate main and secondary issues, and integrally weigh social, spatial, financial, and legal aspects, aimed at the agreed result.
• Financially savvy: Able to assess global investment estimates, operational calculations, and financial bandwidths and translate them appropriately into administrative advice for decision-making.
• Communicative and pragmatic: Does what is necessary to achieve a result, tackles problems, and takes initiative where needed. Can also convey information clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally.