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Hybrid in Amsterdam·Added 2 days ago (last checked 3 Nov)
Our summary
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Amsterdam
- Languages
- Dutch
- Experience
- 6+ years



Skills
This job advert was originally written in Dutch.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- A suitable salary for your role and responsibility, depending on experience and qualifications. Plus, a good pension. Good for the future. In addition to your salary, you will also receive holiday allowance and an annual bonus (depending on results and development).
- You will receive a contract for 32-40 hours per week
- 34 vacation days, to recharge and refuel + the possibility to purchase more days.
- With the mobility budget, you decide for yourself how you travel; for example, choose a lease car, an advantageous public transport subscription, or arrange your transport easily via our app.
- You will receive all the space to grow, both personally and professionally. Whether you want to develop in your profession, as a person, or in your leadership style, we have an extensive range of training and education.
- Your health comes first. We believe that when you feel good, you also perform better. For instance, you will receive access to the wellbeing platform OpenUp (and also your family). Here, you can easily have a conversation with psychologists and lifestyle experts within 36 hours, and you can participate in sessions in the field of wellbeing.
- Much attention is paid to teaming and various internal networks with which you can participate in all kinds of social activities. After all, a pleasant working atmosphere and good cooperation with colleagues also contribute to your happiness at work.
- All of this within an environment where our core values of integrity, inclusivity, and respect are central. We find it important that you can be yourself and that you can fully develop into the best version of yourself. Curious about all our terms and conditions? Click here
The role
At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
What you'll do
Public organizations face complex societal challenges. Which course will they take, which policy choices belong with that, and what does this require from implementation? As a manager, you help administrators and management teams to answer these questions and translate their ambitions into actionable choices. Your focus lies on strategy and policy, with an eye for the organization and the people who put this into practice. You lead advisory processes, connect administrative ambitions with implementation practice, and contribute to our services for the public sector.
You work for ministries, executive agencies, and other public service providers. You guide clients with strategic and policy-related issues: from clarifying societal challenges and weighing options to determining a course and an actionable change agenda. You are a strategic partner for administrators and management teams and reduce complex administrative issues to clear choices. You lead project teams and safeguard the quality of our advice. Where a mandate requires organizational development or implementation, you work together with colleagues with the expertise required for that.
How you'll work
- A laptop and phone that you may also use privately and a monthly internet allowance.
- At EY, we believe a healthy work-life balance is important. Hybrid working makes this much easier. Whether you work at the office, at client sites, or at home; we ensure that you receive a well-equipped home working space.
- The possibility to work from abroad for 20 working days per year.
- The possibility to exchange 3 national holidays for non-national holidays.
Your office
Our office in Amsterdam is located in the Zuidas: a vibrant place where many companies are established. In our Cross Towers, no fewer than 1,500 people are welcomed every day upon arrival. For a breathtaking view of Amsterdam, head to the 22nd floor. Collaboration takes on a new meaning through the Wavespace. This High-Tech environment brings clients and colleagues together virtually from around the world.
Your skills and abilities | About your unique contribution
- You have at least six years of relevant experience with strategic or policy-oriented advisory issues and their translation into organization and implementation, preferably in consultancy or in an advisory or change role within the public domain.
- You have led complex advisory or change processes and have experience in managing and developing project teams.
- You are a strong partner for administrators and management teams. You connect sharp analyses with administrative sensitivity and actionable advice.
- You are entrepreneurial, actively build client relationships, and contribute to new assignments as well as to services and approaches that colleagues can also apply.
- You have excellent command of the Dutch and English languages and have an affinity with public organizations.
Hiring process
Apply quickly and easily
Introductory conversation
With an our recruiter
Within a week our recruiter contacts you to see whether the role suits you.
Online assessment
Online test
A short game-based assessment mapping your cognitive skills and behavioural preferences; results are discussed during the interview.
First interview
With an our recruiter and a colleague from the department
A mutual introduction with the recruiter and a colleague from the relevant department.
Second interview
If there is a match, this interview goes deeper into the role and other relevant topics, sometimes including a business case.
Final interview
Often a last interview to discuss all outstanding questions.
Offer & pre-employment screening
Hiring process
Shaping your future together with us? | About your application process
- Apply quickly and easily - Just send us your CV. This makes it easy for you to apply quickly.
- Introductory interview - Within one week, our recruiter will contact you to see if the role suits you.
- Online assessment - Before the interview, you will complete a short, game-based assessment that maps your cognitive skills and behavioral preferences. We will discuss the results together during the interview.
- Interviews - Your first conversation is with our recruiter and a colleague from the relevant department. This is a mutual introduction: we get to know you and you get to know us. If there is a match, we will go deeper into the role and other relevant topics during the second conversation. Sometimes this also includes a business case. Often, a final conversation follows to discuss all outstanding questions.
- Offer & pre-employment screening - If we are both enthusiastic, you will receive an offer and we will complete the pre-employment screening. After that, your adventure at EY can begin.
About EY
- Industry
- Consulting
- Founded
- 1989
- Employees
- 300,000+
- Headquarters
- London, UK
In their own words
About the company & team
You work within Public Strategy, Policy & Operations, with a substantive focus on Public Strategy & Policy. Together, we support public organizations in strategy, policy, organizational development, and improvement of implementation. We connect strategic and policy expertise with knowledge of governance, processes, technology, and change. We assemble project teams based on the client's request and the necessary expertise. As a result, you also work together with colleagues from Public Operations and other relevant disciplines. You contribute to our expertise in the field of strategy and policy. Together with colleagues, you develop our services and approaches, share insights from assignments, and help consultants to develop themselves. In this way, we make our knowledge more broadly applicable for public clients.
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