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Posted 10/09/2022 inRemote byAlliance for Our Planet Print Grant Management Business Partner Climate-KIC Amsterdam, Netherlands Full-Time Contact Member More Details

LEVEL

Intermediate

CONTRACT

Fixed term contract for 12 months

APPLY BY

28 Sep 2022

SALARY

Competitive for non-profit information

START DATE

01 Jan 2023

LOCATION

Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Belgium

About Us

EIT Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe's foremost climate innovation initiative. We understand that keeping global temperature rise below 1.5 ̊C demands unprecedented change. It requires new social dynamics, ways of doing business, capital flows, policymaking, economic models, and new ways of living. That is why our mission is to leverage the power of systems innovation to transform whole places, industries and value chains by 2030, working across sectors to develop and scale ambitious, mission-led programmes.

Established in 2010 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we orchestrate a community of more than 400 organisations including large corporations and SMEs, municipal and regional governments, universities and research institutes, as well as non-governmental organisations and uncommon actors. Historically, we have been funded by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), but we are currently transitioning to a multi-funder model.

Climate-KIC colleagues are based in one of our local offices across Europe, or work remotely from home based in one of the countries we have a branch in. We meet at our local offices to exchange and connect, and use online collaboration tools to work with each other and with our Community. On occasion, we meet in person as teams, and once per year as an organisation.

As a mission-driven organisation dedicated to climate transformation, we consider the climate impact of our own actions, for example, travel, catering, or IT equipment.

At EIT Climate-KIC we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and encourages personal development, learning and growth. When recruiting we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations. And because our team has differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns.

How to Apply

To apply, please follow the country-specific link: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Spain.

Candidates must have the right to work in the EU prior to applying for the position. Ideally, the successful candidate will be based close to an EIT Climate-KIC office but we support full remote or hybrid forms of working and offer a high degree of flexibility.

We accept applications until September 28th, 2022 at 23:59 CEST.

About the Role

The Business Desk is the core hub of grant management for EIT Climate-KIC and the Business Partner will play an essential role to bring technical and pragmatic operational and strategic guidance to ensure the service is seamless and joined up with the rest of the organisation's enabling service ecosystem.

The Business Partner will work collaboratively with the Business Desk team to ensure EIT Climate-KIC consistently and professionally meets funder obligations and expectations, with a diligent focus on continuous process improvement and a can-do approach to problem-solving. The Business Partner will provide leadership and expertise to support the ongoing development of a highly competent team who manages the core processes, to innovate and evolve as we grow our funder landscape – with a specific focus on agile and efficient approaches.

Professional grant management is a key capability of EIT Climate-KIC. We strive to achieve effective and efficient use of resources through professional grant management, alongside working to retain the type of agility that is essential in the innovation space. Our mandate is to deliver systems innovation-as-a-service to our community, which means alongside funding we deliver knowledge and insights through quality data and convening diverse networks across Europe and beyond. Given the breadth and depth of the organisation's scope, it is essential that the work of grant management is undertaken in a way that optimises and focuses time and resources on making an impact on climate change – and effectively manages the number of administrative resources required to do so.

The Business Desk team is aligned with our project delivery teams, working through the following processes:

• Planning: Supporting EIT Climate-KIC business planning and funder business plans;
• Commissioning and contracting: including, funding source allocation, Call and selection process governance, contract structure and reporting, and learning;
• Ongoing delivery support: including, monitoring, quality assurance, change management, procurement process support, learning support;
• Closure: including, contract closing, reporting and learning.

This role is at the intermediate level. EIT Climate-KIC uses a customized capability framework.

Key Responsibilities

Works cross-organisationally to implement and continuously improve the governance and processes to manage an effective and compliant Business Desk service covering end-to-end grant management (commissioning, contracting, cost, and performance monitoring);

Manages to evolve external funder requirements, policies, regulations and procedures and ensures practices, policies, and procedures are updated

Identifies training and capability needs to ensure the team has the know-how to be successful

Implements and maintains effective systems, tools, and processes to support grant delivery and helps to build tools and services that benefit EIT Climate-KIC in administration and funder reporting;

Effectively and inclusively co-ordinates engagement for policy and process development with relevant stakeholders;

Tenacious focus on continuous improvement of the Business Desk function to ensure it is joined-up, coherent, and synergistic with the enabling services model.

Key Working Relationships

Works closely with the delivery teams across EIT Climate-KIC;

Coordinates with other enabling services teams and functions including Community Desk, Legal, Procurement, and Finance

Range of public and private funders

EIT Climate-KIC partner community

About You

Qualifications

• A relevant academic degree or professional qualification is desirable, alongside the experience outlined below.
• A project management qualification is desirable.

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in public and/or private funding environments;
• Good experience working with EU and international grant programmes, including solid knowledge of contractual management;
• Demonstrated experience in grant administration;
• Experience in negotiating win-win outcomes and establishing workload priorities;
• Operational experience including budgeting, financial administration, project management, business analytics and reporting;
• Interest in working in a major European innovation programme and committed to helping the programme grow and generate real impact;
• Interest in and/or prior experience in climate change.

Skills

• Fluent in English, fluency in other European languages is an asset
• Experience or willingness to work with collaborative IT applications (we use Office 365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Miro, Zoom, Mentimeter, etc.)
• Grant management and administration, including substantial experience managing call processes, contracting, monitoring, and reporting based on a range of funding models;
• Experience in designing and implementing operational processes and systems to support business activities;
• Capable of managing, storing, organising data & knowledge and making it available to others using a variety of IT tools, including Microsoft Office products and Salesforce, including expert Excel skills
• Strong and effective communication and analytical capabilities;
• A strong collaborative approach to working with a proactive service-oriented attitude
• Qualities, Personal Style, and Approach
• Curious with a learning mindset
• Pro-active with a drive for problem-solving
• Resilient to uncertainty an evolving internal and external landscape
• Confidence to encourage creativity in others;
• Ability to develop effective long-term relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
• Analytical with attention to detail and the ability to learn quickly
• Self-starter with a team mindset
• Customer service ethos and commitment to continuous improvement
• Aware and sympathetic to the mission and purpose of addressing climate change

Our application and recruitment process

Climate-KIC values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background.

Your application should be written in English and consist of:

• a full curriculum vitae
• a covering letter describing briefly how your profile, skills and experience meet the criteria outlined in the person specification, and outlining your interest in and vision for the role.
• your current salary
• where you saw this role advertised.

Please send your full application using the "apply now" button above. You should state your full name, followed by the role for which you are applying for in the subject line of the email. The deadline for receipt of applications is 23.59 GMT on the date published on the job advert.

Receipt of your application will be acknowledged by email.

Your application will be reviewed on or around the closing date for the vacancy for which you have applied. If your application is shortlisted for interview, you will be contacted directly by Climate-KIC.

Candidates invited to a first interview, will be notified of the outcome and informed about next stages if they are successful.

NB/ This advertisement will be taken down from the website after the closing date so it is a good idea to copy and keep the text for reference to use should you be invited to interview.

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