$ads={1}
The European Climate Foundation (ECF) is a major philanthropic initiative working to help tackle the climate crisis by fostering the development of a net-zero emission society at the national, European and global level. We support over 1000 partner organisations to carry out activities that drive urgent and ambitious policy in support of the objectives of the Paris Agreement, contribute to the public debate on climate action and help deliver a socially responsible transition to a net-zero economy and sustainable society in Europe and around the world. The ECF brings together diverse perspectives and backgrounds to find the best innovative solutions to tackle climate change. We are focusing on engaging and hiring great people from a wide diversity of backgrounds to strengthen the cause. If you share our values of respect, innovation, and collaboration, join us.
Position:
Positioned at the center of the European philanthropic ecosystem around climate, the ECF fulfills its mission either through providing grants directly to partner organisations, or through providing a legal and fiscal hosting to several organisations (called “platforms”) working on specific climate-related topics. A platform hosted at the ECF is an organisation which has its own governance, strategy, staff and funding, and most of the time a global outreach, but relies on the ECF operational support for the usual administrative activities (HR, Finance, IT, Legal, etc..). The ECF has known a tremendous growth over the recent years as a result of its successful strategy. Such evolution entails the need to adapt the structure to respond to higher standards and additional complexity. In this context, the ECF is recruiting a dedicated Operational Manager to professionalise ECF service offerings to hosted platforms within the foundation, and coordinate operational platform needs and expectations. The Operational Manager will also be in charge of coordinating certain internal operational projects and participates to the optimalisation of ECF operational processes.
Key responsibilities
- In liaison with the different support departments, coordinate overall operational support and services to hosted platforms; ensure that the platform support needs are supported by the ECF, and that the ECF operational requirements are known, understood and met by the platforms.
oversee overall governance of hosted platforms according to ECF governance and principles.
- Coordinate both platform incubation and spin-off projects with the platforms and ECF teams until full independence.
- Based on the input from the various ECF teams involved and the expectations from the platforms, define various potential levels of services (e.g. full support vs limited support.
- Contribute to the definition of the cost drivers to implement the most adequate cost recovery model.
- Coordinate certain internal cross cutting operational projects
- Document current operational processes, recommend improvements, and evaluate the efficiency of changes made to ECF operational processes.
Requirements:
University degree with a background in project management, economics, optimisation, engineering, or equivalent;
- Minimum of 8 years’ professional experience, of which at least 3 years in project management or in operations management in an international organisation;
- Previous experience in NGOs is a plus;
- Strong interest in all aspects of creating new partnerships and service offerings;
- Flexible, you like to structure but blossom in organic environments;
- Proven networking skills that enable effective collaboration with a diverse group of partners;
- Capacity to negotiate and present at all levels of the organisations;
- Demonstrated experience in supporting operational change as well as design, implementation and evaluation of operational processes;
- Ability to prioritise and take a “helicopter view”, but keeping a critical eye and attention to details when necessary;
- Previous experience in successfully accompanying change;
- You enjoy working independently and interfacing with multiple stakeholders;
- Good written and verbal communication skills, fluent in English.
Other information:
What we offer
- The unique opportunity to work as part of a highly dynamic, international group of individuals who combine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work;
- A permanent contract in a growing organization;
- A flexible work environment and a space to develop and challenge yourself;
Location Brussels or The Hague.
The role includes some travelling as required. Start date ASAP
How to apply Please upload your
- CV (in English)
- Cover letter (in English).
Candidates need to be in the possession of a work permit for the work location.
All applications will be treated confidentially. We will store your information in our internal database unless you specifically request otherwise. Diversity statement
We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our organisation. We strongly encourage candidates from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds to apply.
