Communication and Business Advisor

Your contribution to TenneT

What will you do?

You actively contribute to an efficient energy transition by supporting the European market integration and market design teams with internal and external communication, stakeholder engagement, and business planning. In an internationally working team you are working in particular on the following:

Communication

• You are responsible for the teams communication plan and writing and editing internal and external market communications;
• You participate in communication working groups in (inter)national collaboration projects and ensure alignment with TenneT’s vision and positions;
• You organise regular alignment meetings between branche organisations and TenneT.

Business planning and road mapping

• You support the market teams with initiatives roadmapping and planning;
• Support in translating strategic themes to objectives and key results;
• Support the team in OKR and business reporting;
• You ensure alignment of priorities, resources and planning of cross department initiatives in internal business planning processes;
• You will work in the European Market Integration team of highly educated and motivated people.

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What do we expect from you?

For this role we are looking for an energetic communication and business support specialist, who takes initiative, has experience working with different internal and external stakeholders at different levels, and can find the right tone of voice. You are a self-starting professional that can perform in the complex environment in which TenneT operates, and enjoys supporting teams to become more effective. You can combine strategic with operational tasks and have excellent writing skills.

• You have a higher education or university degree in social sciences or related field;
• Experience in executing communication plans, writing, editing, and publishing content;
• You are familiar with a diverse scale of communication means, channels, and tools, for which you also create the content;
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and business support roles;
• You are result-oriented, flexible, self-starting and have excellent communication and advice skills; you are also a real team player;
• You are able to get things done in a complex environment in collaboration with diverse internal and external stakeholders;
• Social skills for intensive alignment, discussions and advise towards the organization;
• Preferably experience with OKR framework or similar;
• Able and willing for infrequent business travel across Europe;
• Fluent in English and Dutch, both verbally and in writing.

This will be our challenge

The department Customers & Markets is there to position TenneT as a thought leader in the European electricity markets. This way we support the operation of an efficient and resilient electricity system at the lowest costs.

AI and more about TenneT

Since we use AI as part of our recruiting process, we would like to create transparency and clarity at this point. The AI serves exclusively as a supporting and recommending tool to make our processes even faster and more efficient. At no time are automated decisions made. TenneT is a leading European grid operator. We are committed to providing a secure and reliable supply of electricity 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, while helping to drive the energy transition in our pursuit of a brighter energy future – more sustainable, reliable and affordable than ever before. In our role as the first cross-border Transmission System Operator (TSO) we design, build, maintain and operate over 25,000 kilometres of high-voltage electricity grid in the Netherlands and large parts of Germany, and facilitate the European energy market through our 17 interconnectors to neighbouring countries. We are one of the largest investors in national and international onshore and offshore electricity grids, with a turnover of EUR 9.2 billion and a total asset value of EUR 45 billion. Every day our 8,300 employees take ownership, show courage and make and maintain connections to ensure that the supply and demand of electricity is balanced for over 43 million people. Lighting the way ahead together.