Event manager (0,6-0,7 FTE)

What we do
We work closely with local organisations working on landscape restoration to strengthen their work, spark collaboration, and share best practices. By connecting them with funders, policy actors, and fellow changemakers, we amplify their impact at local, regional and global scale. Together with partners across sectors, we also work to shift financial flows and public policies towards creating regenerative land use systems. We advocate for tackling interlinked ecological, social, and economic issues in an integrated way through local regenerative solutions.

The Event Manager will join our Development & Communications team. The team consists of two teams: fundraising + communications. You will be in our communications team working closely together with the fundraising team

Your responsibilities
• Co-develop and execute the event strategy with the team lead, as part of the wider communications strategy.
• Be the focal point for external events production, supporting various teams to organise events of different sizes catered to our key

audiences, for example:

• Learning events for restoration practitioners and local change leaders (mainly in Europe).

• Inspiration events for funders, including landscape visits.

• Other types of events at local, regional, and global levels, where we aim to spread our message to specific audiences, including the wider public, funders, and policymakers – for example, side events at COP, New York Climate Week and EU Green Week

• In some cases, you will manage the whole event; in others, you may support other teams with specific aspects of event production.

• Responsible for project managing the communications plan for each event, overseeing key deadlines and briefing the other comms team members (notably the creative/digital team) to, for instance, create invitations, develop event brochures, select prominent invitees like press and influencers, and develop digital content around the event.
• Responsible for setting up an internal event management process to ensure the communications team has a clear overview of all external events.

• Evaluation of events once they have finished for optimisation of the event production process over time.

What do we offer
• The opportunity to create long-term sustainable and social impact across continents and incidental travel to landscape projects

• A salary ranging from 4000 euro to 5000 euro (depending on the level of experience) and 31 holidays, based on 40 hours/week
• A good pension scheme
• A dynamic and international scale-up environment with passionate, enthusiastic team members
• A yearly training budget to boost your skillset.
• We work in a hybrid setting, meaning working at least 50% from the office
• Fun activities to get to know your colleagues better: Healthy Monday lunches, monthly drinks and culture days

How to apply

We would love to hear why you think you are suitable for this position! If you have any questions about this position, please get in touch with Mariken van den Boogaard, mariken.vandenboogaard@commonland.com, Director Developments & Communication. Please send your CV and a short motivation letter using the application button below. We want to assess all candidates the same way for this position, so we ask all candidates to answer three questions (you can answer these questions via the website when you submit your application). These questions relate to criteria that are important to us for this position. We ask you to answer these questions with sufficient attention. Please apply before January 27th, 2025.

About Commonland
Commonland is an international non-profit that supports local organisations to restore landscapes and shift society towards a regenerative future. With our holistic approach – underpinned by the 4 Returns Framework – people and organisations all over the world are working with nature and their community to create a better tomorrow. The result: Thriving ecosystems, economies, and communities for generations to come.

Our core values are empowering each other, putting words into action and being compassionate & honest. These guiding principles help us to guide our actions, strengthen our culture and determine if we are on the right path to fulfilling our ambitious goals.

Having a diversity of voices and experiences at the table is foundational to our work supporting landscapes. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with diverse identities and backgrounds.

Our ideal candidate
You are an enthusiastic, proactive, and hands-on person. You are used to overseeing all the details that make an event an unforgettable experience for attendees. You have excellent project management skills and an entrepreneurial spirit, and you like to work across teams. You are experienced in managing all aspects of event management from communication to action on the ground.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in any relevant field of study

• At least 5 years of working experience in event management and communications

• Experience working in an international environment - strong intercultural communications skills and ability to diplomatically.

• Manage a wide range of stakeholders

• Native or near-native English verbal and written language skills; additional languages are a plus

• Passionate about sustainability and/or landscape restoration.

• Enjoys teamwork.

• You are an enthusiastic “doer” who likes to initiate ideas and put them into practice.

• You are eager to learn and work in a challenging international environment.

• You are located and eligible to work in the Netherlands