Strategic Environmental Manager

Are you an ambitious professional with a few years of work experience and do you want to contribute to one of the greatest societal challenges in the Netherlands? Then this is your chance to learn the profession of strategic environmental management from experienced colleagues and to develop yourself into a strategic environmental manager within the energy transition.

Why working at Stedin gives you energy:

• Constantly making an impact, because you ensure that we can still build the energy system of tomorrow in a densely populated and spatially vulnerable area.
• A lot of freedom. In your work and through hybrid working and flexible working hours.
• Working on a collective labor agreement (CAO) contract with many benefits, such as the possibility to purchase additional vacation days.

In a region where space is scarce and interests are high, you will work on one of the greatest societal challenges of our time: expanding the electricity grid. You contribute to the realization of new electricity substations, so that homes, businesses, and sustainable energy projects can also be connected in the future.

As a strategic environmental manager, you work on a complex issue at the beginning of the electricity grid expansion: in which location will the electricity substation be placed, which interests play a role in this, and what strategy is needed to be able to realize a substation at this location? It is precisely in this phase that choices are made that are decisive for the success of a project.

You learn the profession in practice, guided by experienced strategic environmental managers, while simultaneously receiving increasing individual responsibility. Within the Space & Law team, you work on projects in South Holland. Together with colleagues from various disciplines, you investigate which locations are suitable for new electricity substations and how support can be created among governments, residents, businesses, and social organizations. You connect diverse interests, conduct conversations with stakeholders, and take charge of parts of projects. With a sharp eye on the environment and a sense for administrative relations, you contribute to decision-making that is crucial for the energy system of tomorrow.

• You coordinate the decision-making process and a careful environmental process to reach a location decision for our network expansions in a timely manner.
• Together with the Senior Strategic Environmental Manager, you carefully map out the interests, ideas, concerns, and wishes of stakeholders (such as municipalities, provinces, TenneT, interest groups, landowners, and local residents) by conducting conversations and translate these into supported solution directions.
• You build sustainable relationships with external parties and are an internal part of the project development team, in which you work closely with, among others, environmental lawyers, project developers, and environmental communication advisors.

All financial employment conditions at a glance, so you know exactly what to expect:

• A gross monthly salary, depending on knowledge and experience, of up to € 7,267 (based on 40 hours), 24.5 vacation days, and pension accrual at ABP, where we pay 70% of the premium.
• On top of your salary, you receive a personal budget of 24% (including 8% holiday allowance). You choose what to do with the budget: for example, extra salary or (up to max. 35.5) vacation days. You can see how it works in our calculation tool.
• € 700.- (gross) annually to spend on your own energy, for example for your sports membership or your new sportswear.

On top of that, there is this:

• Modern home working facilities and a home working allowance of € 2.40 per day. At Stedin, we work 50% from home and 50% in the office.
• You travel to the office using the public transport free-access scheme. This is a public transport card that you can also use in your free time. Or with the flexible travel scheme, where you choose, combine, and vary how you travel to work and receive an extra allowance if you come by bicycle.
• Your development is central: attending events with colleagues and following training and education. This is how you get the best out of yourself.

You are curious, analytical, and dare to take responsibility. You do not need to know everything about strategic environmental management yet, but you want to learn the profession and have the ability to quickly grasp complex issues. Additionally, you work independently, think ahead, dare to engage in conversations, and are not afraid to take initiative. What distinguishes you is that you do not just execute, but also ask critical questions such as: why are we doing this, what does this mean for the environment, and which interest is actually playing a role here?

You can switch well between different interests and know how to build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Furthermore, you have:

• University (WO) working and thinking level and a degree in public administration, urban planning, spatial planning, communication, social geography, or a similar field;
• At least 2 years of work experience in an environment where collaborating with various stakeholders is central;
• Independence, ownership, and the ambition to develop yourself into a strategic environmental manager;
• Strong oral and written communication skills at Dutch C1 level;
• Affinity with societal issues, spatial developments, or infrastructure projects.

We look forward to meeting you.

This is also good to know:

• We would like to receive a motivation letter.
• This position is for 40 hours. 36 hours is also possible, though spread over five days.
• The closing date for this vacancy is Thursday, November 26. The first interviews are scheduled for Monday, November 30, and Thursday, December 3. If positive, we will ask you to complete an assessment and we will schedule a second interview (including a short case study) on Wednesday morning, December 9, or Friday, December 11. This way, you will quickly know where you stand.