Vacancy – Liaison Officer for Offshore Wind

Finland and the Netherlands have ambitious plans for offshore wind power. This offers collaboration opportunities for the Netherlands with Finland in the coming years.

To capitalize on the opportunities, the Netherlands Embassy in Finland and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), together with the private sector, have started a public-private program: Partners for International Business (PIB), named LinkedbyOffshoreWind Finland – the Netherlands. 

We are looking for a Liaison Officer, with a relevant network and expertise to support us to position the Dutch offshore wind sector in Finland.

 Tasks and activities of the Liaison Officer are, amongst others: 

  • Build and maintain a professional network in Finland in the offshore wind sector;
  • Analyse and monitor developments within the offshore wind sector in Finland (including policies, legislation and tenders);
  • Initialize and follow up on projects and business opportunities in Finland;
  • Organize activities for Dutch and Finnish businesses (for instance at conferences, exhibitions and trade missions) in cooperation with the Embassy, the PIB cluster coordinator and the cluster of Dutch companies;
  • Deliver periodical market updates, newsletters and/or updated information to the Embassy, the cluster members, the Dutch sector and for the PIB website. 

 We are looking for a person who is/has: 

  • A team player who connects with all levels in this public-private partnership;
  • Good analytical skills (market insights and tender opportunity analysis);
  • Excellent communication skills which enables to exchange information via various platforms and stakeholders;
  • Supportive both in content and practical execution of events and other activities.

 The Liaison Officer will be based in Finland and work as an external consultant (self employment or part of a consultancy firm).

Are you the person we are looking for? If not, and you know who might be, kindly pass this information to possible candidates. 

Feel free to reach out to us for more information. We’d be happy to have a conversation and provide you with a more comprehensive function profile and information about the process.  

Contact information: 

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands    
Lieske de Krijger, Deputy Head of Mission                
E-mail

LinkedByOffshoreWind
Elro van den Burg, Project Initiator LinkedbyOffshoreWind – Poland/the Baltic States/Finland
E-mail

Website: https://www.windandwaterworks.nl/pib/finland

Diversity 

The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs pursues an active diversity policy and is committed to an inclusive approach organization. We do this by making optimal use of people's differences and by creating a work culture where everyone can be themselves and feel valued. We strive for diversity in the composition of teams; when hiring new talent, we strive for diversity in age, gender, culture, background, orientation, (dis)abilities, knowledge and competences. We invite you to indicate in your motivation how you will commit yourself to this.