Internal Communications Advisor - Investment Management

Do you warm up to an organization in change? Do you see communication as an important tool to involve and empower employees, and to retrieve what is on their minds? Do you enjoy being eyes and ears in an organization? And to do this in an internationally focused, innovative organization? Then Internal Communications Advisor at PGGM Investment Management (English speaking*) is the job for you!   

What are we looking for?  

We are looking for an experienced communications advisor who can think strategically and at the same time likes to roll up their sleeves. In this role, you will be responsible for internal communications within Investment Management, a business unit in transition. You will ensure that all communication activities - from strategy to implementation - run smoothly and you will direct all internal communication projects. In doing so, you work closely with the Investment Management Directorate (DOVB) and are their sparring partner when it comes to communication issues. You switch smoothly between organizing daily communication, strategic change projects and coordinating external specialists.  

What will you do?  

Your goal is to ensure that all Investment Management employees are informed and involved on everything that is happening within the Investment Management Unit, its strategy and working towards the future. You want employees to be empowered in their role or function and feed their company pride. In doing so, you will be responsible for preparing the communication annual plan and ensuring its implementation and monitoring. You will respond to ad hoc communication needs and initiate communication based on current developments. You are an important discussion partner for the Investment Management Directorate, advising and supporting them with communication issues. At the same time, you also liaise with staff and program managers to ensure that messages are streamlined. In addition, you will also work with external parties to realize major strategic communications projects and ensure that these projects are well coordinated with day-to-day internal communications.  

What do you need to be successful?  

To succeed in this role, you must have a good understanding of how PGGM and the Investment Management business unit work. You recognize stories of value within our organization, and are a cultural carrier to these values. You are a good listener and easily develop new relationships with stakeholders in our Investment Management department such as the Management Team, Leaders and teams in all departments.  You will work closely with the Change Project Manager, who is responsible for the ‘Let's Change The Future’ communications plan. This plan is directly linked to the Strategy 2030 program, a crucial change project within Investment Management. Together you will ensure alignment between day-to-day and strategic communications.  Next to internal orientation it works for you when you have a natural curiosity in the outside world, its transitions and its relevance to PGGM Investment Management. Being part of the Corporate Communications team you will have access to various communications specialists such as Public Affairs and External Communications.   

A day in the life of...    

You enter the building in the morning and go up the escalator. You wave to the colleague in the Change Lab who is already preparing the materials for the inspiration session you are organizing there. After this session is over and you have gathered all the input and materials, you find a spot in the Grand Café and work through some emails. Then it's time for a healthy lunch in the company restaurant and a walk through the park with some colleagues. In the afternoon, you find a focus workstation. You need to work out an advice and plan and don't want to be disturbed for a while. Tomorrow you will be presenting at the board meeting and you want to be well prepared. You go over your presentation with the Change project manager and add the latest Intranet visit figures and the latest Investment Management employee session. At the end of the day, you join your colleagues from Corporate Communications for a drink in the lobby. And the day is over!    

GGM Investment Management is the exclusive Asset Manager for Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) and has 250 billion Assets Under Management. In this strategic partnership PGGM Investment Management it is our investment belief that we want to combine a financial and societal return: a good return on investment for our clients’ participants as well as the contribution to the broader society and the real economy. This is a pioneering journey, in which we want every employee to participate. The unit is in full transition towards 2030, with a shift from an executive to an advisory role towards PFZW. The working language is English since 2024, and the culture is internationally oriented. In this dynamic environment, you will work with some 500 colleagues who are driven to perform and where innovation is central.  Your ‘home base’ next to your co-workers in the Investment Management Unit is the Corporate Communication Team, in which other Internal Communications Professionals, as well as External Communications (Branding, Spokesperson, Reputation & Media) and Public Affairs (lobbyists in Brussels and The Hague) are happy to welcome you in joint plans and efforts. The Director of Corporate Communications is your manager.  

What do we offer?  

A challenging position in which you are both strategically and operationally involved in the internal communication of a business unit that is in full development. You work in an international and innovative environment with room to develop yourself. Moreover, you will be part of a professional Corporate Communications team that is always ready to help you. You will have the opportunity to influence the transition of Investment Management and to add value from your communications specialty.   

Is this you?  

You are entrepreneurial, flexible and proactive. You like an environment of constant change in which your communication talent can make a difference. You feel at home in an international context and fancy a role where you can make a real impact. You speak and write English fluently.    

An assignment is part of the procedure

Does this sound like the challenge for you? Then apply now and help shape the future of PGGM Investment Management!   

 You can count on:    

• a position with guaranteed social impact.    
• a gross monthly salary between €4.290,- and  €6.128,-  based on 36 hours, depending on your knowledge and experience.    
• a gross monthly salary in scale 16 of the CLA.    
• a 36-hour working week with flexible working hours.    
• a good pension plan as a participant of PFZW pension fund (71% paid by PGGM, 29% by employee).    
• a generous training budget for internal and external training or education.    
• A guaranteed year-end payment of 8,33% 
• Over 26 vacation days (Employees have the choice to exchange a maximum of two national Christian holidays with a day that is important to them)  
• Net internet allowance of €37.50 per month (€450 per year) 
• Annual Fit for the Future budget of €300, which you can use to improve mental, physical or financial fitness 
• Collective health insurance with CZ. You get a discount on CZ's supplementary packages.    
• a home working arrangement with a reimbursement of up to EUR 900,- including VAT to make your home office arbo-proof.    

More information about our terms of employment and salary scales can be found in our CLA, which can be found under 'Terms of employment' at pggm.nl/werken-bij.   

PGGM is a large employer in the Utrecht region with around 1,800 employees working in pension management, asset management or staff services such as HR, Communications, Strategy, Finance & Control and Risk and IT. PGGM is a pension administration organization, serving pension funds such as PFZW (Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn), STiPP and BPF Schilders. We have adopted a joint corporate strategy with our largest client PFZW, with the principal aim of strengthening participants' trust.     

*Since 2024 PGGM Investment Management has started a shift-to-English approach. The working language (documents, presentations, sessions) is English. Both Dutch and English speaking applicants are welcomed.  A