Energy Cities is looking for a Project Manager

Location: Besançon (France) or Brussels (Belgium)
Starting date: as soon as possible
Contract duration: 2 years

Main mission

• Contribute to the development and the implementation of Energy Cities’ strategy on fossil-free districts and buildings, energy communities and future-proof local governance.

• Help local authorities build their knowledge and experience in future-proofing their economies through pilot programs.

• Convert the insights gained from these pilot programs into valuable knowledge and use it to shape narratives at national and European levels to advance our mission.

Main responsibilities and tasks

• Supporting the implementation of Energy Cities’ activities in several  EU-funded projects: CLIMABOROUGH; European City Facility: LocalRES.

• In practice as a project manager, you will lead capacity building programmes for cities, support cities in their project journey, lead the implementation of learning programmes, animate communities, organise and facilitate workshops and meetings, develop content publications/deliverables, write case studies, engage with several partners and members, and manage projects’ activities (deliverables’ production, quality assurance, risk, cost and schedule management, monitoring of impacts, partners and stakeholders’ meetings, and reporting of activities to the European Commission and other funders). As an active member of our LEARN circle you will co-design our learning opportunities with local governments and stakeholders, to deliver the most useful learning opportunities and in the most appropriate format as part of our Transition Learning Centre.

• You could also actively participate on Energy Cities’ business development activities, mainly by developing new partnerships and taking part in the preparation of project proposals under EU funding programmes (LIFE, Horizon Europe, INTERREG, among others).

• You will have the opportunity to participate in the development of the association and work on different topics to make Energy Cities a better place to work (e.g. development of organisational tools and process, greening and teleworking policies, etc.). 

Requested background & experience

• A master’s degree in one of the following areas: engineering, economics, sustainable energy & climate, sustainable urban development & planning or similar

• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in Project Management and development of learning programmes (including e-learning)

• Experience in urban sustainability (namely in fossil-free districts and buildings and/or in energy communities) and EU programmes

• Interest in system change approaches (governance issues, transition management, stakeholders and citizen engagement, urban and energy planning, policies and financial instruments, etc.)

The skills we are looking for

• Proven Project Management skills

• Experience with instructional design, visual design and e-learning development techniques is a strong asset

• Ability to take initiative and a proactive approach to improve what exists and address issues and barriers

• Ability to engage and work with stakeholders

• Excellent organisational skills and capacity to work autonomously

• Good negotiating skills and capacity to present our priorities in a convincing manner

• Ability to work in an international and intercultural team and environment

• Excellent level of English (C level – CEFR)

• Independent user (B level) of other EU languages is considered a plus

Our team

Our staff includes 40 people based in two offices, in Brussels and Besançon. Our internal governance is based on the Holacracy principles: every decision is taken by the person or the “circle” (team) that is responsible for it. Team members have no function or title, they are fulfilling a role, or several ones defined in our “constitution”. The latter changes each time we identify a new need, making our organisation not only relatively horizontal with a co-ownership of the strategy, of its development, but also very agile. Learn more about Holacracy.

Motivation to apply

• You wish to use your project management skills to support cities in their transition

• You wish to engage with cities to reinforce their role in the transition

• You want to be part of a mission-oriented organisation  organised according to the holacracy principles

Contract information

• Location: Besançon (France) or Brussels (Belgium) –Please note that this job is an on-site position. We enjoy a part-time teleworking policy but expect our collaborators to regularly come to the office to ensure effective teamwork and cohesion.

• Availability to travel, in Europe in particular (mostly missions of 2-3 days)

• Salary conditions (depending on your profile and experience):

  • For Belgian contracts: 39.500 EUR to 44.000 EUR

  • For French contracts: 35.200 EUR to 38.300 EUR

  • Social advantages (depending on the country): attractive health and disability insurance, restaurant vouchers, transport allowance, teleworking allowance.

• Holidays:

  • For Belgian contracts: 20 days (legal) + 26,5 days (extra-legal)

  • For France contracts: 25 days for 35 hours per week OR forfait jour of 205 working days and remaining days are paid holidays

• You want to know more about our organisation and internal policies? Find out more here: https://linktr.ee/energycities

Application process

• Applications will be processed in the order they are received and interviews scheduled accordingly

• Applicants must have the legal right to work and live in Belgium or France

• Please send us a motivation letter and your updated resume using the form below

• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and interviewed