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Koen Raats shares his experience as a consultant at Balance.
Why Balance?
I joined Balance because I love being able to contribute to the realisation of spatial projects. It's cool to be able to point to a place and know that you worked on it, and what decisions or advice preceded it. A specific motivation for me in this respect is that it is possible to make a concrete contribution to sustainability.
In addition, the variety in the work really appeals to me. When you start at Balance, it is possible to experience the various phases of projects and, based on that, make a targeted choice in which you want to develop. The freedom you get to discover what types of clients, types of projects and roles you prefer to work for has appealed to me a lot! Finally, I don't like dawdling and the commercial dynamic means that work has to be done quickly and quality is expected. Balance's professionalism brings out the best in you and ensures that you continue to develop yourself.
So what do you do as a consultant at Balance?
As a consultant at Balance, you help various clients take complex spatial projects from ambition to realisation. For example, colleagues of mine are working on the new terminal at Schiphol Airport, making housing cooperative property more sustainable, or guiding complex area development projects in the Amsterdam metropolitan region.
The help you provide as a consultant can take several forms and is determined by the client's needs. For example, you work as a risk manager or planner in a project team, collaborating on the implementation of a spatial project. Or you bring stakeholder interests together as an independent process manager, writing advisory reports or acting as chairman of the day.
The challenge as a consultant is that you have to be able to deliver added value for the client; after all, they don't hire you for nothing. As a consultant, you create this added value by thinking creatively and problem-solving, making sharp analyses, having a good network or specialist knowledge. In any case, you need to be stress-resistant, able to work well together and communicate clearly.
In addition to advisory work, as a consultant you are involved in developments in the sector and related sectors. This is important to keep the level of knowledge up to date and to be able to think about trends and dynamics in society and the market. This way, it is possible to anticipate questions that clients will ask in the future. Various colle
More about Balance
In total, more than 250 people work at Balance to professionally manage spatial projects. We work on behalf of (among others) municipalities, provinces, ministries, contractors, project developers, water boards, interest groups and implementing organisations.
Balance has expressed its ambition to be the best project and process management agency in the Netherlands. Would you like to help realise this ambition? You are most welcome for an informal discussion.
Contact:
www.balance.nl
020 – 676 3993
Why Balance?
I joined Balance because I love being able to contribute to the realisation of spatial projects. It's cool to be able to point to a place and know that you worked on it, and what decisions or advice preceded it. A specific motivation for me in this respect is that it is possible to make a concrete contribution to sustainability.
In addition, the variety in the work really appeals to me. When you start at Balance, it is possible to experience the various phases of projects and, based on that, make a targeted choice in which you want to develop. The freedom you get to discover what types of clients, types of projects and roles you prefer to work for has appealed to me a lot! Finally, I don't like dawdling and the commercial dynamic means that work has to be done quickly and quality is expected. Balance's professionalism brings out the best in you and ensures that you continue to develop yourself.
So what do you do as a consultant at Balance?
As a consultant at Balance, you help various clients take complex spatial projects from ambition to realisation. For example, colleagues of mine are working on the new terminal at Schiphol Airport, making housing cooperative property more sustainable, or guiding complex area development projects in the Amsterdam metropolitan region.
The help you provide as a consultant can take several forms and is determined by the client's needs. For example, you work as a risk manager or planner in a project team, collaborating on the implementation of a spatial project. Or you bring stakeholder interests together as an independent process manager, writing advisory reports or acting as chairman of the day.
The challenge as a consultant is that you have to be able to deliver added value for the client; after all, they don't hire you for nothing. As a consultant, you create this added value by thinking creatively and problem-solving, making sharp analyses, having a good network or specialist knowledge. In any case, you need to be stress-resistant, able to work well together and communicate clearly.
In addition to advisory work, as a consultant you are involved in developments in the sector and related sectors. This is important to keep the level of knowledge up to date and to be able to think about trends and dynamics in society and the market. This way, it is possible to anticipate questions that clients will ask in the future. Various colle
More about Balance
In total, more than 250 people work at Balance to professionally manage spatial projects. We work on behalf of (among others) municipalities, provinces, ministries, contractors, project developers, water boards, interest groups and implementing organisations.
Balance has expressed its ambition to be the best project and process management agency in the Netherlands. Would you like to help realise this ambition? You are most welcome for an informal discussion.
Contact:
www.balance.nl
020 – 676 3993
