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Junior - Assistant Project Leader Water and Climate Adaptation

Hybrid in the Netherlands·Full-time·Added 17 days ago (last checked 19 Oct)

Arcadis

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Our summary

Work mode: Hybrid, Netherlands
Contract: Full-time
Languages: Dutch

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

We achieve our goals by enabling everyone to get the best out of themselves. We believe that everyone's contribution matters. That is why we pioneer with an approach based on your skills and build a 'Skills Powered Organisation'. With your unique experience and expertise, you will map out your own career path. Together we maximize impact! Your work makes the difference. Whatever role you play, you help provide sustainable solutions for a healthier planet. Leave your mark on your career, your colleagues, clients, your life, and the world around you. On our website, you can read the blogs of Arcadians to find out how we do this.

Arcadis offers you a position with a lot of freedom to independently shape your work in an ambitious and driven team. In addition to a great work culture, we have also included excellent employment conditions, including:

30 days of leave with full-time employment, with the possibility to buy or sell extra days.
Employees may use the NS business card for private use free of charge.
Additional arrangements regarding partner parental leave and paid parental leave.
Possibility for hybrid working, facilitated by an appropriate home office allowance and a professionally equipped workspace at home.
Good pension scheme with the Dutch Pension Fund (HNPF), where Arcadis pays the largest part of the premium.
Opportunities to follow courses and training, access to our extensive Arcadis Learning Experience Platform (LXP).

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

The role

Arcadis is the global partner at the forefront of the most impactful projects of our time. We help our clients make sustainable choices through the combination of digital innovation, expertise, and future-oriented skills in areas such as environment, energy, water, buildings, transport, and infrastructure. We take that extra step to offer our clients tailored solutions for design, engineering, and consultancy. By utilizing data-driven insights, we shape the natural and built environment together.

With more than 34,000 people, we pool global expertise and tackle challenges such as climate, affordable energy, and livable cities together. We improve quality of life through our presence in more than 30 countries.

What you'll do

As a junior project leader within the Water and Climate Advisors team, you help with organizing and managing our projects. You will work under the guidance of experienced project leaders, who will introduce you to the world of project management. In doing so, you will learn about, among other things, financial and contractual project control.

You will maintain project documentation and finances and support planning activities. You will also prepare meetings and presentations and assist team members with tender processes to win new assignments. You will work towards independently leading small projects and support larger projects as an assistant project leader. As you gain more experience, you will receive more responsibilities. The diversity of projects within the themes of water and climate adaptation offers plenty of opportunities for growth, with the freedom to determine your own career path.

In addition to facilitating projects and tenders, you will also make your own substantive contribution. In this way, you are directly involved in steering and fulfilling client requests.

Qualifications & Experience

You have completed a HBO or WO degree in a field related to water and climate. (Study) experience with project-based working is desired. You are eager to learn, customer-oriented, like to take initiative, and enjoy working in a team. You communicate clearly and have a good command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written. Reading texts in English is also fine for you. Additionally, you are interested in facilitating group sessions and workshops. You work accurately and organized and have an eye for organization, quality, and planning. We offer you the right guidance to further develop yourself in these areas.

Hiring process

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About Arcadis

Industry: Architecture and Engineering Consultancy
Founded: 1888
Employees: 10,000+
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: arcadis.com

In their own words

About the company & team

The Water and Climate Advisors team works on diverse and integrated issues in the field of water and climate adaptation. Within the broader advisory group, various disciplines work together, including groundwater, hydrology, climate adaptation, sewerage, and water management in urban and rural areas. The activities vary from EIA reports and water assessments to strategic policy development, facilitating workshops, and advising on integrated water and climate issues. Due to the diversity of themes and the collaboration between colleagues, the work offers a lot of substantive variety.

Additional information

Our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging:

We want you to be your best self every day. We take equality and inclusion very seriously and we hold ourselves accountable for our actions. We want to be an employer of choice and offer everyone a great workplace.

Recruitment, secondment, and HR agencies do not need to respond; acquisition following this vacancy is not appreciated.

An assessment and/or pre-employment screening may be part of the application procedure.

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