Business Consultant

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Business Consultant ODC-Noord

At ODC-Noord, we work on IT infrastructure and cloud solutions for the Dutch central government. As a Business Consultant, you advise clients on complex ICT issues and the choices involved. You investigate their plans, map out technical and organizational possibilities, and translate these into concrete advice and roadmaps. You will have the freedom to independently manage advisory projects and contribute to the further development of our services.

Responsibilities

As a Business Consultant at ODC-Noord, you help clients within the central government make choices about their ICT environment. For example, an organization wants to renew its application landscape and underlying infrastructure, prepare for a cloud migration, or explore the possibilities of new technology. You will engage in discussions with the involved IT managers, investigate what is needed, and map out the different solution directions.

You look beyond the technical question alone. You investigate how processes are organized within the client organization, what developments are coming, and what the changes mean for the client's organization and ODC-Noord's ICT services. Through targeted conversations, workshops, and assessments, you make bottlenecks, needs, and dependencies clear. You use these insights to determine the necessary steps together with the client.

For technical depth, you will work closely with colleagues from architecture and security, among others. You bring together the right expertise and translate the outcomes into substantiated advice, improvement proposals, and roadmaps. You will consider the client's wishes, technical possibilities, and ODC-Noord's services.

You will manage advisory projects from the initial exploration to the point where the necessary choices and follow-up steps are clear. You will monitor coherence, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure that agreements are clear. You will also identify issues that affect multiple government organizations and discuss how ODC-Noord can respond with its services.

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Background of the assignment

Government Data Center North (ODC-Noord) is a service provider of data center and cloud services for the Dutch central government. ODC-Noord is positioned under DUO but is an independent service provider for over 40 organizations within the government. ODC-Noord is thus the cloud service provider within the central government. We invest in an efficient government. From our data centers, we deliver standardized, scalable, and sustainable cloud services. ODC-Noord is an ambitious organization with a growing range of services and an increasing number of clients.

ODC-Noord follows opportunities in the market and shares its innovative insights with its environment. We are solution-oriented, transparent, make clear agreements, and keep them. We operate from a compact and agile organization.

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Competencies

You are accustomed to independently tackling complex ICT issues and advising on them. You know how to investigate an issue, weigh different interests, and arrive at substantiated advice. You can easily switch between IT managers, architects, technical specialists, and other stakeholders. You don't need to have all the technical answers yourself, but you understand enough about IT infrastructure and cloud services to ask the right questions and contribute conceptually.

Employment conditions

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Are you a freelancer or supplier?

Then Randstad Digital offers a very attractive alternative for this assignment through Prolance. We are happy to discuss the possibilities for your expertise. This assignment is also open to suppliers through secondment.

Company information

About the department

The End User Services (EUS) department is divided into two clusters: EUS-EUC (End User Computing) and EUS-MaC (Messaging and Collaboration).

Where necessary, the teams within EUS support each other.

About DUO

As an executive organization, part of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, DUO implements complex laws and regulations and has an extensive service package. DUO finances and informs education participants and educational institutions.

Working at Randstad Digital

Randstad Digital is the IT service division of Randstad Group Netherlands, specializing in digital transformation and providing IT solutions to our clients. We offer IT consultancy, project management, and the secondment of IT professionals. Our goal is to support organizations in realizing their digital ambitions. We combine local expertise with a global network of IT talent. Connecting the right people with the right projects is central to us.

Randstad Digital operates in 10 different countries and consists of more than 25,000 employees. In the Netherlands, we are located in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Zwolle, Groningen, Eindhoven, and Rijswijk, among others.

Naturally, this vacancy is open to anyone who recognizes themselves in this.

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• You independently conduct analyses of business, organizational, and IT issues for the client and advise on suitable solution directions
• You discuss ICT roadmaps and future developments with IT managers and other stakeholders of the client
• You prepare and facilitate workshops and assessments to map out needs, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities
• You translate the outcomes of advisory projects into concrete improvement proposals, roadmaps, and feasible follow-up steps
• You provide tactical direction for client and advisory projects and connect clients with the relevant disciplines within ODC-Noord
• You recognize recurring needs from clients and advise on opportunities to further develop ODC-Noord's services
• Business analysis
• University work and thinking level
• Experience as a Business Consultant, IT Consultant, or IT Advisor within a complex ICT environment
• 5 years
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, cloud solutions, and (the management of) ICT services within a client-supplier relationship
• 3 years
• Experience working with external clients
• Demonstrable experience in analyzing business and IT issues and developing substantiated advice or improvement proposals
• Experience in preparing and facilitating workshops, assessments, or complex advisory projects
• Experience in advising IT management and aligning interests between clients, management, architects, and technical specialists
• An excellent salary up to € 5,500 gross per month;
• A contract for the duration of the assignment, with a preference for transitioning to a permanent contract;
• A thirteenth month or a comparable bonus scheme;
• 8% holiday pay;
• 25 vacation days per year based on a 40-hour week;
• An attractive Pension Plus scheme.
• Travel and home working allowance;
• A net budget of € 750 to set up your home workspace;
• Training through the Randstad Digital Academy with recognized certificates;
• Referral bonuses up to a maximum of € 1,500;
• Collective benefits on insurances and the employee benefits store;
• A permanent HR contact person and personal guidance from a talent manager;
• Knowledge and networking events tailored to expertise within the IT field and your career development.
• EUS-EUC is divided into two teams: one team for the DUO organization and one team for the other parts within the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). Both EUC teams consist of approximately 12 employees and each has a dedicated Service Owner and Scrum Master.
• EUS-MaC consists of 5 employees.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: remote
• Location: Groningen, Nederland, NL
• Languages: Dutch