Senior Consultant Change Experience

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Your New Role | About your key responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant Change Experience, you will be part of the People Consulting team. In this role, you are responsible for:

• Applying technical skills in change management to approach complex change processes with a human-centered mindset. This includes digital changes, reorganizations, implementations, and process improvements.
• Collaborating with clients and executing complex projects from planning through implementation with your team.
• Preparing and facilitating client workshops.
• Connecting with your clients, and proactively maintaining and building sustainable relationships. You identify and leverage commercial opportunities.
• Ensuring buy-in from key stakeholders for impactful change initiatives.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement and development of our products and services, particularly in the field of change.

Your New Team | About your colleagues and the office

Your Team

The People Consulting department consists of 30 HR and change management professionals who have at least one thing in common: We have a human-centered mindset and place people at the center of our assignments to make a lasting impact for our clients. We work closely across our competencies to achieve sustainable results for the client. The five competencies within our team are Change Experience, HR Transformation, Leadership & Culture, Digital HR, and Talent & Skills.

Your Office

Amsterdam

Our office in Amsterdam is located on the Zuidas: a vibrant area where many companies are established. In our Cross Towers, no fewer than 1500 people are welcomed daily upon arrival. For breathtaking views of Amsterdam, go to the 22nd floor. Collaboration takes on new meaning with the Wavespace. This High-Tech environment brings customers and colleagues together virtually worldwide.

Your Skills and Capabilities | About your unique contribution

• An academic background and between 3-5 years of experience in HR or change management.
• Excellent command of both Dutch and English, spoken and written.
• Team player with the ability to integrate quickly and effectively into new teams.
• Experienced in managing stakeholders and client relationships in a dynamic and complex environment.
• Able to show resilience in stressful circumstances and perform well under pressure.
• The ability to manage projects, analyze problems, and contribute to insightful, practical, and sustainable solutions for our clients.
• Able to distinguish main from secondary issues, structure matters, and build lasting relationships.

Your Employment Conditions | About your benefits and job satisfaction

• A fitting salary for your role and responsibility, depending on experience and qualifications. Plus, a good pension. Nice for later.
• In addition to your salary, you will also receive holiday pay and an annual bonus (depending on results and development).
• You will receive a fixed/indefinite contract for 40 hours.
• A laptop and phone that you can also use privately, and a monthly internet allowance.
• 29 vacation days, to recharge and refuel + the possibility to purchase more days.
• With the mobility budget, you decide how you travel, for example, choose a lease car, an affordable public transport subscription, or arrange your transport easily via our app.
• At EY, we value a healthy work-life balance. Hybrid working makes that a lot easier. Whether you work in the office, with clients, or at home; We ensure you get a well-equipped home workplace.
• The possibility to work from abroad for 20 working days per year.
• The possibility to exchange 3 national holidays for non-national holidays.
• Both personally and professionally, you get all the space to grow. Whether you want to develop in your profession, as a person, or in your leadership style, we have an extensive range of training and education.
• Your health comes first. We believe that if you feel good, you also perform better. For example, you get access to the wellbeing platform OpenUp (and also your family). Here you can easily and within 36 hours speak with psychologists and lifestyle experts and participate in wellbeing sessions.
• Much attention to teaming and various internal networks with which you can participate in all kinds of social activities. A pleasant working atmosphere and good cooperation with colleagues also contribute to your job satisfaction.

And all within an environment where our core values of integrity, inclusivity, and respect are central. We believe it is important that you can be yourself and fully develop into the best version of yourself.

Shape Your Future with Us? | About your application process

For this vacancy, in addition to your CV, we ask you to upload a motivation letter. This gives you the chance to show us your motivations and personality. At EY, we support the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, as long as your own tone and unique personality remain visible.

• Our first contact: After your application, you will hear within 5 days whether we will proceed with the procedure; the recruiter will then contact you and we will briefly explore whether the position would suit you.
• The first interview: We ask you to complete an online assessment beforehand. Not a standard questionnaire, but game-based, which looks at both your cognitive abilities and your behavioral preferences. In the interview, we discuss the results with each other, and a colleague from the relevant department will also be present. During this mutual introduction, we would like to get to know you, and you will have the opportunity to ask your questions.
• The second interview: If we see a match after the first interview and you are still enthusiastic, a second meeting will follow. In this interview, we will delve deeper into the function and other relevant themes, and sometimes a business case is part of the procedure. There may be a final interview.

We are a match. You will receive an offer from us, and we will conduct a pre-employment screening. Then your new challenge begins. Welcome to EY!

Research shows that women are less likely to apply if they do not meet all criteria. Feel free to apply, even if you do not meet everything.

Key skills/competency

• Change Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Client Relationship Management
• Project Implementation
• Commercial Acumen
• Process Improvement
• Digital Transformation
• Organizational Design
• Team Collaboration
• Workshop Facilitation