As a project manager for area development, you will work on complex challenges where water, nature, and policy converge. You will be the linchpin for nature reserve management plans and the programmatic approach to large bodies of water in a specific coastal area. With your strategic vision, you will balance nature restoration, human co-use, and the interests of residents and entrepreneurs. In this way, you will contribute to the restoration of biodiversity and a future-proof area.
What you will do. In this role, you will take the lead in exploration and planning study phases where administrative interests and ecological goals clash. Together with competent authorities and stakeholders, you will prevent the degradation of vulnerable nature. You will manage multidisciplinary teams and continuously weigh the interests of nature, economy, and the living environment. This ensures broadly supported decision-making in the region.
Your activities.
- You will lead complex exploration and planning study phases in a political-administrative context.
- You will organize decision-making processes and ensure administrative alignment and support.
- You will manage multidisciplinary teams and be integrally responsible for progress, quality, budget, and risks.
- You will connect assignments related to nature management and water programs and monitor the strategic course.
- You will maintain and develop a strong network with stakeholders and advise management and administration on strategic choices, risks, and opportunities.
Profile
You will work in a close-knit team that tackles the complex ecological challenges of a coastal zone. You will be the pivot between ecologists, environmental managers, and strategists. Within the team, there is a down-to-earth mentality with short lines of communication, frequent discussions about dilemmas, and an informal working atmosphere. The intrinsic motivation is to leave this unique piece of world heritage ecologically healthy and future-proof.
What they ask
- You have a demonstrable university-level work and thinking ability.
- You have experience leading complex, programmatic, or integral assignments in a public or political-administrative context.
- You have an affinity or experience with complex water and nature issues (specific knowledge of a certain coastal area is a plus).
Competencies.
- Environmental awareness: you flawlessly sense political-administrative relationships and anticipate the diverse interests of various stakeholders in the area.
- Analysis: you quickly grasp complex water and nature issues, maintain a helicopter view, and draw connections between different dossiers.
- Results-orientation: you steadfastly drive progress and quality and are able to achieve broadly supported solutions even under pressure with conflicting interests.
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