Junior/Medior Organizational Fixer Public Sector

31-38.75 hours per week | Utrecht | Hybrid | € 3,291- € 6,581 | Public Fixers | Wed

You work together with colleagues and the client for organizations that need to build something new, that need to change radically, or that have become stuck in their development.

For example, an executive agency receives a new task and must determine how that task is integrated. A ministry sets up a new directorate. A management team wants to direct and prioritize differently. Organizational components need to collaborate better, but existing responsibilities and working methods are in the way.

You quickly figure out what is going on, distinguish between main and secondary issues, and bring different perspectives together. This can concern structure and organizational design, but just as well roles and responsibilities, work processes, or behavior.

The Netherlands faces major challenges, such as the future of agriculture and nature, a strong industry, youth care that works, and asylum and migration. Furthermore, in implementation, there is a need for services that are simpler and better aligned with what residents and entrepreneurs need. This requires ministries, executive agencies, and fellow governments that grow alongside their challenges, take on new tasks, work differently, make sharp choices, and collaborate across boundaries; all while fewer people will be available in various places in the coming years.

There is much to be gained there. Organizations are often still structured for the challenges present at the time they were created. Structures, agreements, and habits determine what people see as their responsibility, and thus also what falls through the cracks. If the challenge changes, the organization must change with it: sometimes by building a new component, and sometimes by distributing tasks differently or thoroughly transforming an existing organization. We look at the challenge and at the organization that must carry it, and ensure that those two fit together.

As an Organizational Fixer, you work on these changes. You have a good view of and interest in the inner workings of Dutch public administration and want to contribute, from the perspective of strategy and organizational change, to a government that can handle its challenges. You look at structure, direction, and collaboration, often at all three simultaneously. You think along about what needs to change and remain involved until it works in practice.

• A large executive agency is rapidly building a new organizational component of approximately 700 employees. We help to further structure the organization during that growth: from roles and responsibilities to direction and support. This way, we get the design working in practice.

• The National Government wants to become simpler and more decisive, with better services and less regulatory pressure for residents and entrepreneurs. We help the Decisive Government task force organize and drive this change assignment across departments and executive agencies.

• A province wants to work more in a challenge-oriented manner. We guide the management team and work with the organization on both the structure and the way of collaborating, so that over 1,000 employees can work better across organizational boundaries on societal challenges.

• A part of the National Government wants to give data and AI a larger role in policy development. We investigate what this means for daily work, collaboration, and the way the organization is managed.

• A directorate-general within the National Government wants to redesign its top structure. We help determine which design and distribution of responsibilities is needed and how the new top management can effectively direct one another.

In addition, you work on other issues for the Public Fixers team, for example regarding agriculture and nature, industrial policy, youth care, and asylum and migration. There is also room to participate in other Berenschot assignments, from giving training to research and evaluations.

What makes the work as a Public Fixer unique is that we search for a solution that did not yet exist and subsequently develop it into something larger.

Berenschot is an independent Dutch organizational consultancy firm in Utrecht, where more than 500 driven colleagues work on sustainable solutions for the challenges of our clients. We contribute to progress in organizations and society with our advice and solutions. Our organization has a flat structure without partners, which gives you influence over the projects you carry out.

You will join the Public Fixers within the Public Administration advisory group. Together with the client, we determine the course and help to achieve it in practice within joint teams. To do this, we have developed our own methodology. We work for ministries, executive agencies, provinces, municipalities, and other public organizations.

You usually work in teams directly with experienced consultants and have a lot of contact with the client. You are given the space to take responsibility and to take on more and more parts of an assignment.

Working at Berenschot | What is it like to work at Berenschot?

We are looking for someone who knows public administration and who wants to understand how government organizations and the people within them work. You enjoy stepping into a new environment to figure out what is going on. With us, you will learn the advisory profession. Conversely, this means that from the start, you take responsibility for your work and dare to come forward with your own perspective.

Typical of you:

• You quickly master new subjects and distinguish between main and secondary issues.

• You bring structure when not everything is clear yet.

• You communicate clearly and ask good questions.

• You have a sense for people, interests, and relationships.

• You take initiative and get energy from getting things done.

In terms of background, we are broadly interested. Think, for example, of organizational sciences, public administration, business administration, sociology, or another relevant university master's degree. More importantly, we find that you learn quickly and are curious about organizations and societal issues.

Some people only apply when they meet all the requirements. At Berenschot, we value a unique story just as much as a list of criteria. So, if you doubt whether you fit perfectly, but are convinced that you can contribute something special? We would love to hear from you!

At Berenschot, we offer a unique commercial environment without shareholders or partners. This gives us a lot of space and freedom to take initiative and the opportunity to commit ourselves to important social 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:

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

• an attractive salary between €3,291-€6,582, tailored to your knowledge and experience

• a representation allowance; increasing up to € 1,500 per year

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

• 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

Would you like to become a proud Berenschotter? Don't wait any longer and apply! Get in touch with Mariëlle Boer via WhatsApp, email (marielle.boer@berenschot.nl), or phone (06-10487159). Do you have questions about the content of this vacancy? Colleague Nidal Ouaali (Managing consultant) will be happy to answer them via n.ouaali@berenschot.nl, or you can call him at 06-26611784.

Have you applied? Then you will receive a response within one working week. Is it positive? Then we would like to invite you for an introduction. Are we both enthusiastic after this conversation? Then a conversation with fellow advisors and your future manager will follow. That is the moment to ask your final questions. Do those conversations go well? Then we will ask you to complete our assessment. Does it turn out that you are a true Berenschotter? Then we will quickly proceed to a concrete offer. After this, you are a true Berenschotter and we would like to welcome you to our team.