Strategic Advisor to the Board

• Academic working and thinking level, for example in public administration, law, political science, economics, communication, or an interdisciplinary study such as PPE.

• Relevant experience (approximately 5 years or more) in a strategic, administrative, legal, or public affairs environment.

• Strong administrative and political sensitivity and experience with stakeholder management.

• Decisiveness, judgment, and the ability to create movement and help realize decisions.

• The ability to analyze independently, write sharply, and quickly grasp complex issues.

• Affinity with public organizations and/or the media sector is a plus.

• A challenging role focused on the board.

• Substantive impact.

• Open culture, short lines, and great colleagues.

• Hybrid working with Hilversum as the base location

• Job satisfaction: Ster is among the happiest organizations to work for in the Netherlands.

As a strategic advisor, do you want to contribute directly to the direction, decision-making, and external positioning of Ster?

In this role, you will have a visible substantive mandate to set strategic issues on the agenda, deepen decision-making, and actively help safeguard the realization of strategic choices.
In this role, you support and strengthen the board substantively regarding strategy, governance, public affairs, and execution. You are a sparring partner, director, and connector, with an overview of complex dossiers and an eye for coherence and pace. From this position, you influence the entire organization as well as the way Ster positions itself externally.

✅ You work directly for the board and act as a strategic sparring partner for administrative, strategic, and external issues.
✅ You monitor the coherence between strategic dossiers and steer towards overview, focus, and progress, both internally and externally.
✅ You actively contribute to the development of Ster's strategy and are responsible for translating it into concrete decisions, actions, and priorities.
✅ You monitor the coherence between strategic dossiers and steer towards overview, focus, and progress, both internally and externally.
✅ You prepare administrative decision-making both substantively and procedurally, ensuring clear, well-structured documents and consistent information provision.
✅ You support and advise the board in communication with and towards the Supervisory Board and monitor the follow-up of administrative decisions and agreements.
✅ You follow relevant developments in politics, policy, media, and supervision and translate these into the position, interests, risks, and opportunities for Ster.
✅ You play a central role in public affairs and strategic stakeholder management and maintain an overview of the most important external stakeholders.
✅ You direct organization-wide strategic dossiers and actively monitor whether made choices are actually being implemented.

Number of hours per week: minimum 32 hours (36-hour work week).
Employment: indefinite period (1st contract is for a fixed term of 12 months).
Location: Mediapark, Hilversum (hybrid working possible, > 60% in the office).

You start the day by analyzing a complex strategic issue on the administrative agenda. You map out various scenarios, interests, and risks and help the board make balanced choices, which you record in a clear memorandum for the board. Next, you coordinate with a member of the MT regarding the execution of a strategic decision and actively monitor progress and coherence. Later in the day, you discuss current political or social developments and their possible impact on Ster's position in the public arena. You continuously switch between analysis, advice, and direction, with an eye for administrative sensitivity and the realization of concrete movement.

At Ster, no two days are the same. You make an impact in a friendly and professional team, where collaboration and an engaged, dynamic working environment are central.