Global Skills Program Coordinator

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

**_Role description: _**

**Location**:Global People Shared Services

**Purpose**:Together with the support of our key stakeholders, the Skills Powered Delivery Team is tasked with successfully transitioning Arcadis into a Skills Powered Organisation. We will be embedding skill-based talent practices throughout the lifecycle of the employee experience, so we may attract, grow, and connect our talent globally.

Embracing this skills-focused philosophy will be one of the largest, most impactful endeavours we will embark on as an organisation. We will therefore be delivering this in multiple stages (referred to as Horizons) with our people’s experience central to all our decisions.

The purpose of the Global Skills Program Coordinator is to support the delivery team with the seamless delivery of deliverables related to the Skills Powered Organisation program.

**Reporting Lines**:Reporting to the Skills Program Lead

**Main Working Contacts**:

- Arcadis Skills Powered Delivery Team, including the external Implementation and Technology Partners
- Capability & Workforce Readiness COE team
- Wider People and Culture Team
- Global People Shared Services
- All other SPO key stake holders

**_Role accountabilities: _**

**Individual Responsibilities**:
The main responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

- Coordination, consultation, and support for program deliverables, documentation, and progress updates.
- Developing and managing the administrative process and procedures
- Formatting documents to a level suitable for presenting by the Delivery Team.
- Extracting user guide information to create training materials
- Organising meetings, including preparation and distribution of the agenda, minutes, and supporting documentation
- Coordinating the monthly invoicing and processing of purchase orders
- Supporting the Skills Program Manager in the tracking of critical issues (spreadsheet or database).
- Support the facilitation of workshops, persona development interviews, focus groups, co-creation studios, testing, pilots, cross-functional working groups, and any other engagements
- Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by the Program Lead
- Supporting the Skills Program Manager in the follow-up with Key Stakeholders about scheduled deliverables
- Liaise with the Finance team to ensure that all invoicing is completed in line with our partner's payment terms
- Ensure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service

**Key Shared Accountabilities**:

- Become an expert on the Skills Powered Organisation philosophy and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about research and new innovations in this space

**_Qualifications & Experience: _**
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to produce results by leveraging resources, maintaining expense control, and managing key initiatives.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across teams to manage a team-oriented project
- Proven ability to work creatively, innovatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Excellent communication (written and oral) including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
- Demonstrates a growth mindset and methodology

Additional Success Profile:
**Be curious**:

- Demonstrate and develop curiosity in oneself and others; bringing Partners and Arcadians on a journey of discovery and co-creation.
- Have a global, strategic, and future-thinking mindset.
- Are digitally savvy, entrepreneurial, and innovative.
- Build organizational networks that are value-adding, engaging, and purposeful.
- Incorporate a human-centric, experimentation, and continuous learning mindset to lead innovation and transformation.
- Actively engage diverse points