Offshore Environmental Manager - Kop van Noord-Holland

TenneT offers you the chance to contribute to a sustainable energy future. Together with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders, you work on innovative solutions that make the energy transition possible. With us, you get the space to develop your talent and work in an environment where your growth is central. We encourage initiative and give you the space to come up with new ideas. We therefore offer you with full-time employment:

TenneT offers you the chance to contribute to a sustainable energy future. Together with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders, you will work on innovative solutions that make the energy transition possible. With us, you will get the space to develop your talent and work in an environment where your growth is central.

We offer you

• A permanent contract with a two-month probationary period, based on 40 hours per week.
• A salary in scale 8: € 4,276 to € 8,443 gross per month excluding 8% holiday allowance and 6% end-of-year bonus.
• Salary scaling takes place based on comparison with internal peer functions and on the basis of relevant knowledge and experience.
• A solid pension via ABP: we pay 70% of your premium.
• 43 leave days per year.
• All mentioned employment conditions apply to full-time employment, unless stated otherwise.

We attach great value to a good work-life balance and your personal development. Therefore, we offer flexible solutions such as:

• Hybrid working, including a travel, internet, and home office allowance.
• Support for your vitality, with a contribution towards a sports subscription and health insurance.
• Development opportunities via the TenneT Academy, so that you can continue to expand your knowledge and skills.

We stimulate initiative and give you the space to come up with new ideas. Together, we ensure that the Netherlands stays in motion and is ready for the energy of tomorrow.

The energy transition demands smart, decisive professionals. Within the Offshore Business Development team, we work daily on the development of the future offshore network and the associated policy, so that the Netherlands can also rely on a reliable electricity grid tomorrow. As Offshore Stakeholder Manager Kop van Noord-Holland, you are the point of contact for the environment during the research phase of the offshore grid that will connect to the 380kV station in the Kop van Noord-Holland. With this, you are right in the middle of the energy transition in the Netherlands. Will you contribute to this?

As Stakeholder Manager , you are responsible for a good relationship with the environment in the Kop van Noord-Holland in which the project is being prepared and executed. You create support, align various interests, and prevent resistance and delays during the research phase of the offshore grid.

• You are the point of contact for the TenneT offshore grid project in the Kop van Noord-Holland region.
• You work closely with the Project Lead Licensing on your project.
• You perform a stakeholder analysis and develop a stakeholder strategy. You maintain an overview of the most important stakeholders in the region, particularly regarding your project and adjacent projects. You maintain intensive contact with these stakeholders and are aware of the most important issues.
• You identify important points of attention for stakeholders and take action accordingly. Environmental requirements are recorded in the systems used for this purpose within TenneT.
• You work together with the most important partners in the region to obtain permits and permissions so that our project can be realized;
• You prepare dossiers on relevant environment-related topics, maintain them, and share this information within the project team.
• You work from a uniform approach and with standardized tools in the field of stakeholder management.
• You are well informed about the medium- and long-term developments of TenneT in this region and the interests involved.
• You follow current affairs and (political-administrative) developments and translate them into relevance for the region and the projects.
• You maintain contact with colleagues within TenneT (both within and outside the Offshore Business Development team) who also have external contacts in this region and ensure mutual coordination.
• Where desired, you join relevant consultations, both within TenneT and outside.
• Together with the communications advisor, you prepare the external communication and participation processes, such as workshops and information evenings, from the project.
• You shape participation trajectories and coordinate their execution.
• You work closely with the regional manager of your region and together shape the integrated stakeholder approach in this region.

• You work alternatively from the head office in Arnhem, from a regional office or (project) location, or from home.

• You are an enthusiastic, flexible, driven, and determined professional with excellent communication skills.
• You are a proactive team player who thinks in opportunities and solutions rather than problems.
• You have a completed bachelor's or master's degree, preferably in the field of communication, public administration, or spatial planning.
• You have at least 5 years of experience in processes and participation, preferably in large infrastructural projects and/or complex tasks.
• is to deliver high-level stakeholder management.
• You have a helicopter view and can combine strategic and tactical skills with operational determination.
• are analytically minded and can think well in scenarios and act quickly. You are diplomatic, empathetic, can work independently, and are representative.
• You have extensive experience in developing stakeholder strategies, the approach to participation processes, and organizing them.
• You are well able to develop a stakeholder-specific approach from complex issues.
• You have sound knowledge of various spatial and infrastructural developments.
• You are able to connect organizations and people to the work of TenneT in the region and create support.
• A network in and knowledge of the Kop van Noord-Holland region.

• Managing Complexity - You view complex issues from different angles, identify the underlying issues and root causes of problems, and thus create a total overview. You evaluate the potential consequences and implications of different options, so that stakeholders can arrive at well-founded choices and decision-making is based on a good understanding of the challenges.
• Quality of Decisions - You bring together information, experience, and diverse perspectives to arrive at well-substantiated, effective decisions and recommendations. You make good assessments regarding acting independently or escalating issues, and you make good independent decisions in urgent and non-standard situations.
• Promoting Innovation - You come up with creative ideas and innovative solutions, look at multiple alternatives and approaches for removing obstacles and finding solutions. You are open to and build upon new ideas and solutions proposed by others.
• Organizational Awareness - You are focused on collaboration. You understand the culture and politics within the organization, know who must be involved to remove obstacles and get things done, and ensure that important stakeholders and decision-makers support ideas. You are able to anticipate organizational and political problems or resistance and tackle them proactively.
• Persuading - You provide sound reasoning for recommendations, and convince others to support your positions or recommendations and to obtain commitments. You make the right compromises to reach solutions with others. You know how to involve stakeholders at different levels in viewpoints, scenarios, and recommendations, so that support is created for strategic choices.
• Optimizing Work Processes - You see opportunities for improvement, tackle disruptions in processes quickly and thoroughly, and remove inefficiency. You focus on both processes and results.
• Ownership - You take responsibility for choices, actions, and results, make progress visible, and ensure the concrete realization of agreed objectives for stakeholders and the organization.

This role falls within the job profile of Communications & Stakeholder Affairs Advisor, so that it is clear for both you and TenneT which responsibilities, expectations, and growth opportunities belong to this position.