Project Management Consultant

improven; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 39,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop and phone

Pension

Company events

Hybrid working

Job summary

IMPROVEN, a consultancy helping organisations advance project-based working, is seeking a Consultant Projectmanagement. You will connect people, processes and results, acting as sparring partner for project leaders from day one.

The role focuses on delivering projects, improving processes and change management, with room to make working methods smarter and more consistent. You will work in the Projects & Change department with hybrid working and strong focus on development.

Qualifications

• 2 years' experience as a project consultant, PMO or project officer in operations, IT, finance or public sector
• Analytical ability to translate complex situations into clear actions
• Clear communication and stakeholder interaction across teams
• Commitment to professional project management methods and quality

Responsibilities

• Support and (partially) manage projects within operations, IT and change
• Establish and monitor project schedules, risks, dependencies and progress
• Facilitate project meetings, decision-making and reporting
• Structure project communication, stakeholder management and expectations
• Help professionalise project-based working within organisations
• Set up or improve project processes, templates and working methods
• Include stakeholders and reduce resistance during change
• Contribute to propositions, internal development and knowledge sharing within IMPROVEN

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Analytical thinking

Change management

Consultancy

Education

HBO/WO background in business admin or related

Job description

What do you do as a Consultant Projectmanagement at IMPROVEN?

Do you get energy from projects that want to move forward? Do you enjoy bringing structure, strengthening collaboration and helping organisations really take project-based working to the next level?

At IMPROVEN, you will work with organisations focused on growth and improvement. You will connect people, processes and results, be a sparring partner for project leaders and management from day one, and gain the confidence to make projects and change processes really better. You will see your impact directly reflected in predictable execution, better decision-making and more stable project management.

In this role, you will be working at the intersection of project delivery, process improvement and change.

You are the connecting force that ensures change really lands. You operate in an environment where project management is taken seriously, with room to make working methods smarter and more consistent. That is exactly where your playing field lies: making projects succeed by combining structure, collaboration and predictable execution.

Some of your duties

• Support and (partially) manage projects within operations, IT and change
• Establishing and monitoring project schedules, risks, dependencies and progress
• Facilitating project meetings, decision-making and reporting
• Structuring project communication, stakeholder management and expectations
• Help professionalise project-based working within organisations
• Setting up or improving project processes, templates and working methods
• Including stakeholders and reducing resistance during change.
• Contribute to propositions, internal development and knowledge sharing within IMPROVEN

This is where you recognise yourself?

• You are looking for a role in which you substantive challenge, autonomy and visible impact combines.
• You have 2 years' experience as a project consultant, PMO or project officer within projects in, for example, operating, IT, finance or the public domain.
• You want organisations leaving them better than you found them: more structured, professional and with stronger project management.
• You can analyse complex situations and translate them into clear choices, actions and priorities.
• You have a HBO/WO background, e.g. business administration, public administration, project management, business computer science or similar.
• You understand both the process if the organisational side of change and project implementation.
• You communicate clearly, manage expectations well and interact easily with different stakeholders and teams.
• You enjoy working in a consultancy environment in which responsibility, ownership, cooperation and quality are central.

This is what else you are looking for in a job

• A content-rich and versatile role in which you will visible impact have on projects and professionalise project-based working.
• A culture in which professional space, trust and development central.
• A regular employment With flexibility in hours and workplace.
• Salary between €3,500 and €4,400 e.g. full-time, suited to your experience
• Flexible travel scheme: choose a mobility allowance or lease car
• 28 holidays for full-time employment
• Hybrid working: at the customer, in the office and at home
• Regular IMPROVEN benefits (including laptop/phone, pension and events), plus structural focus on knowledge sharing and professional development.
• An active IMPROVEN community with sports activities, social events and knowledge sharing.
• A professional culture in which quality is leading, entrepreneurship is encouraged and responsibility is trusted.
• The opportunity to explore which form of contract best suits you.

Your team

Within the department Projects & Change We help organisations move forward by seamlessly integrating project management, process improvement and change. We work to strengthen project-based working, improve processes and drive change in a way that genuinely moves organisations forward. We create clarity, structure and predictability so that projects do what they are meant to do: deliver value, bring clarity and strengthen collaboration. IMPROVEN offers you confidence, freedom and responsibility in this regard. You will be given the space to take ownership of your role, develop professionally and make a visible contribution to improvement for our clients.

At IMPROVEN, you are not an executor of a plan. You are the link that makes improvement and change actually succeed.