Project Manager sought with expertise in partnerships management and events, or policy and advocacy.
Do you have a passion for sustainability? Are you a strong project and stakeholder manager? Then the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) is looking for you because we need a new team member in our engagement team.
The private sector has a crucial role to play in advancing the sustainable development goals (SDGs), but to boost companies’ motivation, there needs to be real change in the way that their impact is measured. That’s why the WBA develops benchmarks that will compare companies’ performance on the SDGs. We strengthen, support and complement our benchmarks through active engagement with civil society, financial institutions, business networks and policy institutions. Many of these organisations make up our multi-stakeholder Alliance. Our Allies help provide an enabling environment for business in the achievement of the SDGs by amplifying the work of the WBA and using the benchmark data to progress system change.
The WBA’s community of Allies continues to grow. Working with dynamic and global team, your focus will be on coordinating the Alliance and potential Allies, supporting the policy and engagement efforts of the WBA through events and project management.
What you do:
- Manage the network of Allies on a day-to-day basis; support the Alliance, grow it as a community, by coordinating outreach and activities; working across benchmark teams to identify opportunities for Ally engagement;
- Working with the Engagement team to implement larger institutional engagement strategy;
- Support the WBA’s global engagement events by managing logistics from beginning to end, coordinating with participants, partners, service providers and venues, keeping track of budgets;
- Facilitate internal communications on policy and advocacy within the WBA so that everyone has the information they need to be effective;
- Ensure that all policy focused projects undertaken are delivered on time by keeping track of all commitments and supporting policy leads and other WBA staff in their delivery;
- Coordinate delivery of periodic reporting to funders.
Our Project Manager:
- Has proven experience in project management and/or event planning;
- Has a passion for sustainability and a general understanding of the policy world, some knowledge of working with international institutions preferred;
- Is an outstanding relationship manager, capable of building trust with Allies and communicating in a clear and concise way;
- Is flexible working in an evolving and fast changing environment, a self-starter that has a positive attitude and is able to plan and set priorities. Is effective in a remote working environment;
- Has excellent written and spoken English, a second language is desirable.
Our offer:
An inspiring and dynamic role, with room to grow in a welcoming team focused on impact, ambition and teamwork. We stimulate personal growth, believe in flexible working arrangements and you will receive market-based employment benefits. Inclusivity is one of our values, so your base location could be anywhere.