Team Leader Stakeholder Engagement and Event Director

• Act as the primary contact for the Contracting Authority.
• Provide overall strategic leadership, technical oversight and operational coordination for the contract.
• Be responsible for the preparation and implementation of logistic aspects.
• Coordinate individual expert inputs and deliverables.
• Be responsible for reporting, including both operational and financial reporting.
• Ensure the successful implementation of all activities relating to:
• International multi-stakeholder consultations and dialogues.
• Activities of a policy forum on development.
• Activities of a global advisory platform for civil society and local authorities.
• Civil society engagement and consultation programmes.
• International, digital, and hybrid conferences, workshops and events.
• Lead and coordinate all project personnel.
• Maintain regular liaison with a specific directorate within a European institution, delegations of the European institution in third countries, member states, civil society organisations, local authorities, foundations, professional associations, business associations, government institutions and international organisations.
• Ensure that all contract activities are delivered in an integrated manner and that consultation processes, digital engagement activities and event-management activities operate as a coherent stakeholder-engagement ecosystem.

• University degree at Master's level (or equivalent) in a discipline relevant to the assignment.
• General understanding of EU institutional structures, policies, international partnerships, cooperation and development policy.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and reporting skills.
• Excellent civil society engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate high-level multi-stakeholder dialogue processes.
• High proficiency in written and spoken English.

Experience.

• Minimum 15 years of general professional working experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with European institutions on external relations and international cooperation and development policy.
• Minimum 5 years of professional working experience working on relations with priority regions for international partnerships.
• Successfully complied a Project Coordinator/Team Leader role in at least two projects with a minimum budget of EUR 3 million each.
• Minimum 5 years of experience involving at least three of the following stakeholder groups:
• Civil society organisations.
• Local authorities.
• Foundations.
• Professional associations.
• Business associations.
• Government institutions.
• International organisations.
• Minimum 3 years of experience organising and overseeing international conferences, workshops, seminars or large stakeholder events.

Desired.

• Experience supporting international partnerships, development cooperation or external action programmes.
• Experience managing hybrid stakeholder-engagement programmes combining consultation, communications and events.
• Additional EU languages.