How you’ll contribute

• Plan and deliver specific projects and tasks that contribute to the set-up of new initiatives supporting action on climate, energy & nature.
• Improve organisational effectiveness by identifying inefficiencies, optimizing workflows, and ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
• Contribute to resolving complex problems, applying knowledge of operational best practice and strong project management skills.
• Coordinate the design, piloting and implementation of new operational tools and processes, and monitor and report on their progress.
• Temporarily filling resource gaps when needed.
• Lead the development and delivery of briefings and training.
• Maintain a detailed overview of progress on assigned work and awareness of the bigger picture, ensuring delivery of work in line with organisational requirements.
• Build relationships and trust with colleagues to foster strong collaborations and achieve results. Keep stakeholders informed and manage expectations.
• Support other activities as requested by the Manager – Project Operations, Operations Director, Director of Organisational Development and COO.

Our ideal candidate has

• 5-8 years direct experience in nonprofit operations and/or project management, including experience across different operational areas (e.g. grants, procurement, MEL, finance, budgeting, IT, governance).
• Strong interest in operations and organisational development with a passion for improving effectiveness, and supporting others.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, proactive in anticipating challenges, with a pragmatic solutions-oriented approach to solving problems.
• A high level of self-motivation and the ability to work in a flexible and agile manner, with minimal supervision at times.
• The ability to manage deadlines, deal with uncertainty and change, and deliver high quality outputs within ambitious timeframes.
• The disposition to work generously in a high-trust global community of peers.
• Strong communication skills, and fluency in written and spoken English, our working language; additional languages are an asset.
• The versatility and adaptability necessary to flourish in a fast-paced and wide-ranging work environment and work across time zones using tools such as Zoom, Slack and email (Google Workspace).