Heat Transition Consultant

• an annual contract, with the absolute intention to offer you a permanent contract after one year

• an attractive salary between € 3,889 and € 6,581, tailored to your knowledge and experience

• a representation allowance of € 1,500 per year

• a regular collective profit-sharing scheme (depending on the company's results)

• an attractive pension scheme

• 27 vacation days, with the possibility to purchase a maximum of 20 additional vacation days in the case of full-time employment

• flexible holidays; we offer the possibility to shift official holidays to days that are meaningful to you

• a mobility scheme of your choice: a company car or a mobility budget

• a laptop and phone

• the freedom to determine where and when you work, in consultation with your colleagues

• plenty of room for development through internal and external training.

The heat transition is one of the most complex challenges within climate policy. The development of heat networks is lagging behind, while laws and regulations are changing, public and private roles are shifting, and affordability for end users is under pressure. This requires sharp strategic choices, realistic implementation capacity, and administrative direction. The heat transition only succeeds if strategy, policy, and execution are in balance with one another. That means: realistic plans, robust governance, financeable business cases, and an eye for social justice.

As an advisor at Berenschot, you contribute to this balance - by combining sharp analyses with administrative tact and by converting plans into actionable solutions that actually get heat projects off the ground.

In short: you work on a systemic change with direct impact on municipalities, residents, and the climate - and ensure that ambitions are actually realized.

As a heat transition advisor, you work on complex and topical issues at the intersection of policy, market regulation, and execution. You support municipalities, ministries, and other public parties in shaping and securing their role in the heat transition. This includes, for example, the application and translation of the Collective Heat Act (Wcw) and the Municipal Heat Transition Instruments Act (Wgiw), the organization of public heat companies, and issues surrounding governance, affordability, and end-user costs. You analyze policy options, develop scenarios, and make it clear what choices mean for public interests, feasibility, and financial consequences. You know how to reduce complex subject matter to clear insights and concrete courses of action for administrators and boards.

Depending on the nature and scale of the project, you will either take the lead on a trajectory yourself or act as a strong substantive force within a larger team. You work at various administrative levels - from policy advisor to director and administrator - and move smoothly within a field of forces consisting of public and semi-public parties, including municipalities, the State, and heat companies. In addition to your substantive contribution, you think along about new propositions, contribute to tenders, and actively build your network in the heat field. In this way, you combine substantive depth with visibility and involvement in a domain that is rapidly evolving.

0.8-1 fte | Utrecht | Hybrid | Energy and Living Environment | € 3,889 - € 6,581 | wo-master

Within the heat transition, our advisors carry out assignments in various parts of the heat transition. These assignments concern, for example, the following topics:

• supporting municipalities and ministries in the policy-based securing of heat transition challenges

• advising on the organization and governance of public heat companies

• analyzing affordability and end-user costs and translating this into policy and administrative choices

• structuring complex issues and translating these into concrete decision-making

• advising on the elaboration and application of the Collective Heat Act (Wcw) and the Municipal Heat Transition Instruments Act (Wgiw).

You operate at various administrative levels: from policy advisors and program managers to boards and administrators, particularly within municipalities and the State. You regularly work in coordination with heat companies and other stakeholders in the field.

We work on projects at various scales and on different parts of the heat transition. Below are some examples: · national projects: Exploration of policy options for financial attractiveness of collective heat | Berenschot research · affordability: Frameworks for Affordability | Berenschot case · public heat companies: Business plan GWIB | Berenschot case · heat costs: End-user costs in the heat transition | Berenschot · policy for local governments: Heat network strategy municipality Arnhem | Berenschot cases.

• contributing to tenders and propositions within the heat transition

• identifying opportunities in the heat field and actively building your network

• being part of the substantive development of our heat proposition

• collaborating with colleagues within and outside the energy domain to offer integrated solutions.

At Berenschot, we offer a unique commercial environment without shareholders or partners. This gives us a lot of room and freedom to undertake and the opportunity to commit ourselves to important societal themes. Our informal culture is characteristic. Berenschot is a flat organization with short communication lines where you are truly listened to. There are plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth, where your initiative is embraced and facilitated. You have the freedom to take initiative here. Our diverse and inclusive personnel policy embraces diversity and offers everyone equal opportunities.

Naturally, we also have excellent employment conditions and great development opportunities: