Organizational Consultant

Probiblio works for and with public libraries in North and South Holland. This includes 39 organizations with a total of 378 branches across 98 municipalities. All of these libraries can turn to us for support with their operations. Whether it concerns digitization, staff and volunteers, marketing, the collection, or programs for media literacy and education, Probiblio is ready to provide both practical assistance and strategic advice.

Your Role
As a skilled organizational consultant (networking), you will help libraries form and strengthen effective partnerships to increase the library’s impact. This may involve collaborating with partners in the neighborhood, within the building, and/or within the municipality. Drawing on your enthusiasm, knowledge, and experience, you will advise libraries on formulating partnership strategies. Using a clear approach, you will guide the process of strengthening a library’s position within organizational networks. You will serve as a sounding board for our libraries on all the challenges that collaborating in local organizational networks entails.

How do you do that? Among other things, by:

• to provide advice on designing models of collaboration across organizational boundaries. In doing so, you will focus on neighborhood-based work and work in multifunctional facilities;
• coaching management teams and library staff in their role as collaborative partners;
• to provide advice on ensuring good accessibility and reachability in collaboration with partners in both urban and rural areas, including where facilities are closing;
• to share your knowledge and insights through blogs, articles, and white papers as well.

Team you’ll be working in
You’ll be joining the Organizational Consulting team. This team supports organizational development at libraries and provides advice on areas such as operations, collaboration, and HRM. Because the team works closely with other disciplines, such as market intelligence and basic skills, you’ll be working on a wide variety of interesting projects. Projects will range from providing advice on formulating collaboration strategies to supporting library staff working within a language network.

What are we looking for in you?
You are an enterprising consultant who wants to contribute to the future of public libraries. No one knows what the future holds, but that’s not a problem because you know how to translate collaboration challenges in neighborhoods and municipalities into library strategy. You’re able to navigate the political and administrative landscape with ease, and you’re attuned to the interests of various stakeholders. You thrive on collaborating with other disciplines to forge connections.

You have:

• a bachelor's or master's degree (in public administration, organizational studies, business administration, or a related field);
• at least 3 years of experience in consulting on complex consulting projects;
• At least 3 years of (recent) experience in a political and administrative environment;
• experience with various methods for establishing and facilitating partnerships;
• experience working in multidisciplinary teams;
• (preferably) experience with community-based work as well.

Working at Probiblio
Our diverse team of consultants is based right in the heart of the Randstad. Each member draws on their own expertise and experience, but we’re all united by a common goal: building strong libraries. Working in this sector is dynamic, as libraries are constantly evolving, which makes our work very diverse.

We value the freedom to organize your own work flexibly to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We also offer opportunities for ongoing professional development, such as through excellent training programs. Finally, we believe it’s important to foster an open and friendly atmosphere among our team members.

Libraries create programs and collections for everyone, and we want that diversity to be reflected in our organization as well. That is why we invite everyone to apply, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, background, religion, or physical ability.

What do we offer?
We offer a challenging position focused on development and innovation within a friendly and professional team. Naturally, this includes a competitive salary and benefits package, depending on your education and experience. You will receive a one-year contract with the possibility of permanent employment. Your base is in Hoofddorp, but you will regularly travel throughout North and South Holland.

Apply at
Probiblio works with Colourful People for its recruitment and selection process. Fatima Bouhriani, a partner at Colourful People, is happy to answer any questions you may have. You can reach her at f.bouhriani@colourfulpeople.nl or by phone at 06 50500747. You can express your interest by uploading your resume and cover letter via the “Apply” button at the bottom of this page or by emailing your information to f.bouhriani@colourfulpeople.nl

The deadline for responses is September 12!