EU Executive Director
Location: Hybrid (within Belgium)
Hours: Part-time (30.4 hours) or full time (38 hours). Our full-time week can be worked across 4 days. We will consider flexible working requests.
Salary: €5,200/month (gross, FTE, pro-rated for part-time) + pension scheme of 4.5% of gross annual salary. Automatic indexation of gross salary to account for inflation.
Benefits:
5 extra legal holidays on top of the 20 statutory holidays
Meal vouchers, which can be spent in supermarkets & most restaurants, of €7/day
Transportation cost of €52/month
Work from home allowance of €151.70/month
DKV health insurance coverage (including hospitalisation and ambulatory)
Phone allowance of €20/month
Frais De Représentation of €250/month
Remote work from abroad in the EU for up to 3 months per year
Responsibilities of the Executive Director
The Executive Director of our EU office leads a team of 10 staff and 2 regular contractors to take our strategy forward, and work with our motivated and committed Board of Directors to develop the organisation. They will work as part of an international senior management team alongside Positive Money’s UK Co-Executive Directors and the International Director of HR & Operations, to develop our wider international work.
The Executive Director will also be an experienced people leader and be familiar with the new economy movement. They will support the team to fulfill its potential, provide credible external representation, lead fundraising activities, develop the organisation's goals and plans, and shape Positive Money's culture and values.
Strategy Development
Work with the Board to define and hold the organisation’s long-term strategy, vision, and mission.
Create and maintain the organisational architecture that allows the strategy to be achieved.
Facilitate and support the staff team in collaboratively delivering the strategy.
Delivery of Programmes, Fundraising and Operations
Lead the development and implementation of the fundraising strategy, working collaboratively with senior leaders to build and maintain funder relationships.
Oversee all programmes, functions, and workstreams to ensure they jointly add up to delivering the strategy, encouraging shared responsibility for the organization’s outcomes and ensuring quality of output.
Facilitate collaborative planning and prioritisation of resources and time across the organisation.
Enable organisation-wide change by co-creating solutions to complex challenges, fostering a shared leadership approach to organisational development.
Manage organisational financial health and budget, with the support of the Head of Finance and Operations.
Enable shared responsibility for anticipating and managing organisational risk, fostering a proactive and collaborative approach to risk management.
Collaborate with the Chair of the Board of Directors to ensure board effectiveness and good governance.
Work with the International Senior Management Team (ISMT) to support international organisational development, facilitating solutions for complex, cross-organisational challenges through collaborative leadership.
Collaborate with the ISMT to develop organisation-wide strategies and systems that support overall strategic alignment, team culture, and operational effectiveness across all areas of our work. Implement these strategies at the EU level, while adapting specific approaches and systems to meet the needs of the EU office.
External Representation
Create, develop, and manage high-value strategic relationships with leaders in the new economy movement, partner organisations and funders.
Act as spokesperson for Positive Money, with funders, the media, and with other key stakeholders.
People and Culture
Champion the development of the whole staff team, facilitating a collaborative and inclusive approach that recruits, motivates and empowers all staff to reach their full potential.
Directly line-manage 4-5 senior staff and occasional contractors.
Foster open communication and collective accountability across the organisation, encouraging dialogue across differences.
Role model self-awareness and self-reflection and promote high levels of these capabilities.
Maintain and develop a high level of understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts and foster this across the team, and in all areas of the organisation’s work.
Proactively support senior leaders to excel in their roles.
Work with the ISMT to shape, define and model the organisational culture both internally and externally.
Candidate Profile
We invite anyone who is interested to apply, regardless of background, experience, or credentials. We are open to candidates who may be considering this as their first role at CEO or Executive Director level, as well as candidates who may already have experience.
We aim to select candidates based on performance in our selection process and actively try to minimise the influence of our biases. There is no perfect candidate, so if you can picture yourself thriving in this role, we would love to hear from you.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
You have experience of managing and developing people, with a coaching approach, which includes getting the best out of team members, giving clear feedback, modeling accountability, having a learning mentality and applying best practices in equitable management.
You understand the new economy movement and sustainable finance agenda and have a willingness to grow as a thought leader in this space, developing your ability to represent Positive Money in various settings. As the face of the organization, you should have an affinity for public speaking and be comfortable participating in high-level political forums.
You are a strategic thinker, able to translate an organisational strategy into actionable plans and able to adapt to the evolving needs of the organization, consistently overcoming challenges and leveraging resources to creatively solve problems.
You have knowledge of what it means to run a non-profit effectively (i.e., governance, operations, finance, ensuring quality control).
You are familiar with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts, and are motivated to integrate them into all aspects of our work.
You have a willingness to develop the ability to oversee successful philanthropic fundraising, including an ability to align fundraising strategy with organisational strategy and develop long-lasting relationships with funders and stakeholders.
You understand advocacy, research, and/or policy development work, especially in the EU.
Values & Behaviours
You have a passion for our mission of reforming money and banking to build a fair, democratic and sustainable economy.
You have a genuine commitment to continued learning about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts.
You bring self-awareness and an appetite to reflect on your own behaviour and practices, inviting accountability on your leadership.
You like complex challenges and are willing to dive into uncertain new areas of work. You have self-care strategies that you are happy to share.
You are open and responsive to ideas and able to use tact and discretion to help resolve disagreement.
How to apply
Please complete the application form by January 12, 2025.
Please note that candidates must be legally able to work in Belgium. We’re unable to sponsor visas at this time.
Process
The recruitment process will include a series of interviews—up to three—conducted between January and February to accommodate the availability of both candidates and interviewers. These interviews will involve board members and staff to ensure a comprehensive assessment. We prioritize creating opportunities for candidates to learn more about our organization and engage in meaningful conversations throughout the process.
Equality Statement
Positive Money is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, size, national origin, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, or genetic information. We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse, culturally competent staff at all levels of the organisation. We strongly encourage people of the global majority, especially Black and Asian folks, LGBTQIA+ individuals, persons living with disabilities, women, non-binary individuals, and people of various socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position.
Queries
If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email Flavia D’Erasmo at flavia.derasmo@positivemoney.org.