Development Officer (m/f/d)

  • Brussels, Belgium

    Arbeitsort

  • > 2 years experience, Full-time

    Job Level

  • Arbeitsbeginn : Ab sofort

    Arbeitsbeginn

  • Bewerbungsfrist : 11.04.2023

    Bewerbungsschluss

We are seeking an Development Officer to join our Membership and Development Division to support the Membership and Development Director and Development Officer (who during the second half of the year will be on parental leave) with the proper implementation of the EEB’s 2022-2024 fundraising strategy as an integral part of the EEB’s overall Long-Term Strategy (LTS) 2020-2030, Operating Grant and annual Work Programmes. In addition, the Development Officer will support effective knowledge-, tool- and information-management and internal coordination of fundraising matters to help achieve our vision of a better future where people and nature thrive together.

You will preferably have two to three years’ experience in research, proposal development/fundraising matters and a personal commitment to the work we do. We want to interview candidates who care about the environment and have good knowledge of the donor landscape for European NGOs.

The work consists of:

Fundraising

  • Researching funding opportunities and intelligence gathering on the fundraising landscape and other topics of relevance;
  • Identifying and assessing funding opportunities relevant to EEB organisational priorities;
  • Providing the fundraising team with regular information updates on funding opportunities;
  • Supporting with proposal development, when needed;
  • Encouraging joint projects across EEB teams and EEB members;
  • Supporting the application-, monitoring- and reporting-process of our EU LIFE Programme operating grant;
  • Supporting the drafting of our annual Work Programmes and the donor outreach exercise linked to it once published;
  • Supporting the internal fundraising team (meetings, agendas, reports);
  • Helping to prepare presentation materials for training sessions and donor pitches;
  • Working effectively with all EEB teams to support fundraising matters across the EEB and to offer ideas for improvement or change in all operational areas;
  • Participating in external meetings as required.

Development

  • Maintaining Databases:
    • Tracking project proposals and grant applications in the project tracker;
    • Collecting, inputting and maintaining donor and project information databases.
  • EEB Project and Finance Management Tool – The Force:
    • Supporting the internal task force in charge of putting in place new project- and finance management tools;
    • Supporting smooth migration of project tracker and its data into new tool and general transition to the new project- and finance management tool;
    • Supporting the fundraising and donor outreach to secure additional funding for the tool;
    • Supporting proper implementation and further development of the internal project management guide.
  • Partner-, member and donor-relations:
    • Keeping donor information on the EEB website up to date;
    • Supporting the work to develop and keep a donor database up to date for management of relationships with donors;
    • Helping to strengthen relationships with member organisations.

Qualities and experience:

Qualifications

  • A relevant degree in development or environmental field; European studies or similar;
  • Preferably at least two to three years’ experience in research, proposal development/fundraising matters;
  • Experience working for a civil society, membership or other purpose-driven organisation;
  • Knowledge of donor landscape for European NGOs, experience of private sector funding a plus;
  • Experience in database management (familiarity with Salesforce is an asset).

Skills and Competencies

  • Interest in and good knowledge of EU politics and processes as well as environmental and sustainability matters;
  • Ability to plan, prioritise and manage the workload and a flexible and positive approach to problem solving;
  • Excellent organisational skills;
  • Excellent research skills and ability to present technical information in a simplified form;
  • Experience in designing and implementing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) tools and working with logframes or similar concepts is an asset;
  • Good writing, communication and presentation skills;
  • Good team player;
  • Competence with standard Office software;
  • Flexibility around working times as necessary;
  • High level of written and spoken English (native speaker or equivalent); knowledge of other widely spoken European languages an asset;
  • Subscribes to the EEB’s values.

The EEB offers:

  • A competitive salary (starting from € 2,700 monthly gross, subject to level of experience), coupled with various benefits: holiday bonus, 13th month, pension scheme, luncheon vouchers, teleworking indemnity;
  • A full-time fixed term contract of one year (renewal subject to funding);
  • A stimulating, international work environment;
  • An opportunity to work for a worthy cause.

Application process:

Applications consisting of 1) a letter of motivation including information about a recent, successful funding application you have been involved in (funding programme, size, your role), 2) a comprehensive CV and 3) a completed questionnaire (see below) should be sent to personnel@eeb.org. Only applications comprising these three elements will be considered. Please clearly mark: “Development Officer” in the subject of your email.

Questionnaire for Development Officer post:

Please answer the following questions

  1. Please explain how you would go about the task of proactively researching funding opportunities.
    (max. 300 words)
  2. As EEB Development Officer:
    1. How would you go about the development of a donor database to help manage relationships with donors?
    2. What other tools and methods would you use to nurture donor relations?
      (max. 300 words)

Location: As our contracts fall under Belgian law, the candidate must commit to being officially registered in Belgium and working most of the time from our office in Brussels. This currently entails structural teleworking (with at least 1 day in the office per week depending on the position).
Deadline for Application: Tuesday 11 April 2023
Interviews first round: Tuesday 2 May – Thursday 4 May 2023 at the EEB Brussels office
Starting date: May/June 2023, at earliest convenience

The EEB is an equal-opportunities and family-friendly employer. We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates.

Due to limited staff resources and numbers of applications anticipated, only candidates selected for interviews will receive a reply.

Please note that we will ask shortlisted candidates to provide two references.

Please read our recruitment privacy statement before applying.

Veröffentlicht am: 27.03.2023