Senior Management Development Consultant

Your profile

You stand out for your authenticity and your fresh perspective on society. In addition to your strong personality, you are pleasant and approachable, which helps you quickly build trust with clients and colleagues. You are focused on collaboration and are a true team player.

You are also interested in the tasks facing the City of Rotterdam and, consequently, the challenges faced by senior management. You have experience working in a highly political and administrative environment and are seen by managers as a curious, engaged, driven, and valued discussion partner. You do not shy away from complex and sensitive situations and are able to provide (and continue to provide) advice with professional authority, take on a careful, diplomatic, and firm role, or affirm the other person in their role.

When interacting with individual senior executives and other managers, you demonstrate great empathy and a keen understanding of the issues at hand. You have developed your resilience through professional and personal experiences. You are an inclusive thinker and doer, which means you view differences as a given, and you value and leverage them.

You have strong analytical skills, a clear vision for the field, and are up to date on the latest trends in leadership development. You’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves, and you don’t shy away from the administrative tasks associated with your job.

Within the team, you are open-minded and eager to learn; you are a team player and make a significant contribution to team development. You are able to give and receive feedback in a positive and constructive manner, and you take the time to reflect on yourself and your surroundings.

Your role

The city of Rotterdam is changing, and the municipality is changing with it. To foster this change within the organization, we need leaders with a diverse range of skills. As a Senior Management Development (MD) Advisor at the City of Rotterdam, you will focus on leadership development for the organization, advising senior management, and coaching, advising, and supporting individual managers. In this role, you will support management in their work to build the most beautiful city in the Netherlands and serve more than 620,000 Rotterdam residents.

No two days are the same for our dynamic MD team. From writing job postings to consulting with executive boards and managers, from individual career discussions to leadership issues for the organization, from recruitment and selection procedures to making policy proposals for the MD Council (a meeting of the municipal secretary and general directors of all clusters), we cover it all

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Based on the group’s strategic priorities, conduct comprehensive analyses, provide advice, and support the Management Board in developing, implementing, and updating (the vision for) management policy.
• Providing advice on and helping to facilitate the professional development of the municipality’s senior management, including the administrative aspects thereof.
• Guiding and facilitating succession and appointment processes for senior executive positions, including talent scouting.
• Initiate and implement the MD processes at the cluster and group levels (development, review, and matching).
• Advising executive boards and managers on leadership and leadership development based on the organization’s vision and objectives and the management development policy.
• Contribute to the development of leadership programs and management development tools.
• Maintaining a network relevant to the position both within and outside the municipal organization, including with the national government and larger municipalities.

Organization

As a Senior Management Development Advisor, you will be employed by the Executive and Group Support (BCO) cluster. The BCO handles the day-to-day operations of the municipality. The departments of procurement, communications, IT, facilities, legal affairs, HR, research, and finance ensure that the clusters can focus entirely on their own tasks. As an employee of this cluster, you help ensure that the Mayor and Aldermen can govern the city. At the City of Rotterdam, we prioritize your professional development as an employee. We actively encourage this. Because the better you can do your job, the better the results for our city.

The Mobility, Development, and Policy (MOB) Department is part of the HRO-C Division and consists of the following teams: Management Development, Mobility, Development, Interim Management and Policy, Analytics, and Projects.

The HRO-C management team helps shape the HR policy of the City of Rotterdam. Currently, the key HR themes are being an attractive employer, serving as a strategic business partner, and shaping optimal service delivery. As HR professionals, we strive to be approachable and accessible. We organize ourselves into product chains within the HRO domain that are recognizable to our colleagues. In addition, we pay special attention to the organizational and human aspects.

Here’s what we offer you in addition to your salary

Why you want this job…
We offer an engaging, dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth and development. With us, you’ll have the chance to work as part of a passionate team. We all work independently, but we also enjoy coming together to bounce ideas off one another. We all share a passion for fostering development—and we do this ourselves through peer review and other methods. Want to get together informally? Yes, we’re definitely up for that too!

In addition, we offer a salary that reflects who you are and what you can do. As a senior consultant, we offer you a maximum of €7,659 (scale 14) gross per month, based on a 36-hour workweek, depending on your experience. In addition, there is a comprehensive benefits package, including a flexible spending account of 17.05% of your monthly salary that you can use in various ways.

Interested?

The City of Rotterdam is committed to being an inclusive city and an inclusive organization. That is why we are actively seeking a diverse range of talents who can contribute to diversity within the organization in various areas, such as age, cultural background, neurodiversity, disability, religion, gender, education, and/or sexual orientation. An organization where all employees are given equal opportunities for growth, development, and career advancement.

Procedure

The City of Rotterdam is being assisted in this process by the executive search firm Colourful People. You can apply by submitting your resume and cover letter (both in PDF format) no later than June 11 to upload via the application form on our website. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Hatice Türkmen, senior partner at Colourful People, at 06 46 08 13 32. The preliminary interviews are scheduled for June 14 and 15. The selection interviews at the City of Rotterdam are scheduled for the last week of June.