The vision of CAN Europe is to tackle the climate crisis in a manner that promotes equity and social justice between people, sustainable development of all communities, and protection of the global environment. In this regard, CAN Europe is strongly committed to providing equal opportunity, fair and equal treatment in employment to all employees and applicants.
At CAN Europe Secretariat, you will be working with a diverse and brilliant group of people who collaborate on a regular basis. It is crucial for us to work in a supportive manner in a safe workplace to address one of the biggest challenges of our time.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in fundraising, donor management or in a related role;
- In-depth knowledge of the philanthropic and institutional funding landscape for Europe (including EU funding programmes and foundations funding European NGOs),
- Excellent level of written and spoken English, with good proofreading ability;
- Outstanding communication and networking skills; proven ability to form good working relations, both internally and externally;
- Experience in creative proposal writing combined with the ability to structure impacts, outcomes and outputs (chain of results);
- Understanding of NGO finances and budget: comfortable enough with figures to manipulate, present and negotiate budgets;
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, problem solving and strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to multitask, coordinate multiple stakeholders and meet deadlines;
- High level of motivation and initiative and ability to motivate colleagues toward a common goal;
- Ability to put in place practices and processes that enable the integration and convergence of a wide range of different objectives and positions.
- Demonstrated alignment with the mission, the modes of action, and the values of CAN Europe.