You will work closely with the Flexibles Lead to drive the Flexibles Programme, being the main person responsible for shaping and delivering several of its projects and related stakeholder engagement. Your role will involve representing the programme externally and building momentum behind it.
Main Areas of Work
- Programme Delivery – Manage the delivery of multiple projects, ensuring they are aligned to maximise the programme’s impact. Projects may range from a packaging innovation programme to analytical studies, or work streams on policy, financing mechanisms or recyclability guidelines, for example. Your role will involve: determining which partners might be needed to deliver, choosing the best governance setup, engaging the different partners, funders and stakeholders involved, and steering the projects to ensure they stay on track.
- Relationship Management and Development – Build and manage strong relationships with a wide network of businesses, innovators, investors, NGOs and other actors engaged in the programme. Shape and drive active and structured convening of this network to further stimulate momentum, alignment and collaboration. Represent the Foundation at key meetings and events, and on occasions with the media, to consistently promote our vision of a circular economy and expand momentum behind the programme. International travel to events and to engage local stakeholders is occasionally required.
- Programme Strategy Setting – Support the Flexibles Lead to develop and evolve the programme’s strategy. Based on continuous stakeholder engagement and a deep understanding of the topic, proactively identify and help prioritise impact opportunities, and co‑shape the plans, governance and engagement model needed to turn these into real action.
Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years relevant work experience in a relevant sector (e.g. consultancy, business, NGO, or packaging innovation).
- Extensive project management experience with proven capability of managing multiple projects in parallel with tight deadlines and multiple stakeholders involved, ensuring high‑quality results, and effectively collaborating with various internal departments and external partners.
- Experience in (management) consulting is a plus.
- Extensive relationship management experience, particularly in the context of global, multi‑stakeholder initiatives; the ability to interact effectively with individuals at various management levels across a variety of organisations and geographies.
- Strong analytical thinking skills: ability to process, structure and synthesise complex information and communicate it in a way that is tailored to the relevant audience.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including public speaking; evidence of shaping and delivering impactful workshops; evidence of mobilising stakeholders behind a common agenda; evidence of having written engaging documents.
- Experience or strong understanding of packaging innovation is a definite plus.
- Ability to quickly grasp technical content and navigate conversations with technical experts is essential.
- Experience in or strong understanding of the packaging or waste management sector in developing economies, especially South/South‑East Asia, is a plus.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
EEO Statement
We are keen to receive applications from people from under‑represented backgrounds, including (but not limited to) those of colour, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and people from other marginalised groups. It is important to us that our recruitment approach makes the opportunity as accessible as possible and ensures a diverse range of people are able to demonstrate their potential. We would be happy to provide any further support that you may require – please get in touch so that we can work together.
Benefits & Compensation
Salary package: circa £59,000 per annum plus generous holiday allowance, 25 days plus UK Bank Holidays plus discretionary organisational extra days leave at Christmas and Easter, generous parental leave; enhanced pension options/private health scheme after 6 months; wellbeing programme. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation offers flexible working options to support the well‑being of our employees.
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