Change and Programme/Project Management Assistant

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; relocation to the Netherlands is mandatory.

Monthly net salary: €3,864.57 including local weighting, plus benefits, based on a full-time 40-hour contract.

Company

hirify.global is a European regulatory agency operating in an international and highly regulated environment.

What you will do

• Support change impact, readiness and capacity assessments, change strategies, adoption indicators, risk mitigation and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and coordinate communications, newsletters, surveys, presentations, learning needs analysis and training activities.
• Support project and programme planning, progress monitoring, governance, reporting and delivery in line with Agile and, where applicable, Lean-Agile SAFe practices.
• Coordinate workstreams, project teams, meetings, workshops and Agile ceremonies, including agendas, minutes, decisions and follow-up actions.
• Maintain project plans, documentation, action logs, risk and issue registers, resource information, forecasts and other project controls.
• Support requirements gathering, process improvement, vendor coordination, quality compliance, deliverable acceptance and cross-departmental resource mobilisation.

Requirements

• At least three years of relevant professional experience involving change management and/or project or programme coordination.
• Experience coordinating and organising projects, initiatives, workstreams, meetings or workshops.
• Experience dealing with internal and/or external stakeholders.
• Post-secondary education with a diploma, or secondary education with a diploma giving access to post-secondary education and appropriate professional experience of at least three years.
• Full rights as a citizen of an EU Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, fulfilment of applicable military-service obligations, and satisfactory knowledge of another official EU language at least at B2 level.
• Thorough knowledge of English at least at C1 level.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to draft and format communications, presentations, minutes and reports; organise work; maintain accurate records; follow procedures, templates and quality requirements; analyse information; identify issues; and contribute to practical solutions.
• Good communication skills, professional etiquette and ability to adapt messages to different audiences.
• Required competencies include intermediate managing change and transition, programme and project management, coping with pressures and setbacks, analysing and problem solving, team collaboration, communication and cross-cultural sensitivity, plus basic applied knowledge management, adaptability and agility, ethics and integrity, customer centricity, results orientation, and continuous learning and self-development.

Nice to have

• Degree in communications, organisational psychology, human resources management, business administration, project management or a related field.
• Experience preparing presentations, newsletters or surveys, presenting to audiences, facilitating workshops, coaching or supporting training delivery, particularly for change initiatives.
• Experience in institutional, public-sector, international or highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe or another recognised project delivery framework, including Lean-Agile ways of working.
• Knowledge of project management and planning tools, including Microsoft Project or Agile planning tools such as Azure DevOps.
• Professional certification in change management, project management or Agile delivery.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, change communications or adoption of new processes and ways of working.
• Creative thinking, curiosity, openness to new ideas and proactive process-improvement skills.

Culture & Benefits

• International working environment with cooperation across project, programme, business and operational teams.
• Five-year renewable contract in principle; shorter contracts may be offered.
• Monthly net salary includes the Netherlands local weighting and is supplemented by benefits.
• Most assessments are conducted remotely through Webex, Teams or remote testing.

Hiring process

• Applications close on 18 November 2026 at 23:59 CET; preliminary assessments are planned for the first week of December 2026 and final assessments for January 2027.
• Eligible candidates are assessed through application questions, shortlisting, interviews and possible personality, cognitive, motivation and role-related assessments.
• Successful candidates may be placed on a reserve list and talent pool; placement does not guarantee an employment offer.