Senior Operations Director

Do you want to help lead one of the sharpest NGOs in Europe? Can you balance the needs for structure and efficiency in a growing organization, with multiple mission-driven teams and a strong focus on agility and innovation? You are visionary and led by an innovative, positive and strategic mindset that sees opportunities rather than limitations – for you and for others. Then you may be well T&E’s next senior operations director.

Transport & Environment (T&E) is Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group. In recent years, Transport & Environment has tripled its budget to now above €10m. We are an ambitious organization with a team of 68 dedicated professionals, with colleagues in Brussels, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Paris and London collaborating with our 63 member and supporter groups to achieve our mission: clean transport.

The Senior Operations Director will ensure sound management and continuity of the organisation, both responding to the needs of a growing, dynamic team and suggesting innovative new proposals. You will be a part of the senior management team, reporting directly to the Executive Director, managing a team of 6 based in Brussels.

In your role as Operations Director, you will be:

• Responsible for the coordination and development of the operations team in line with T&E’s strategic priorities.
• Directing T&E work on Organizational Development, Budget, Human Resources, Fundraising & Grant Management, Administration and Finance.
• Managing the overall organisation budget, preparing budgets for individual projects in coordination with project leads and supporting the teams in their management of individual project budgets.
• Leading, supporting and challenging your team to develop innovative project models and procedures ensuring management of complex programs throughout the organisation and across different countries.
• Implementing and following up on organisation-structure initiatives and new ways of working.
• You will be part of the leadership team, determining the overall strategy and day to day workings of the organisation.

The job requires that you:

• Have at least ten years professional experience leading organisational operations, including human resource management and with a knowledge of financial management. This experience should include at least 3 years’ experience leading small teams of highly effective individuals.
• Have experience reading, managing and updating budget and coordinating with teams on independent budgets for projects.
• Have experience working in an international setting, working across diverse cultures, and experience in a European NGO is particularly interesting. Experience of working through organisational change in this context is of particular interest.
• Have knowledge of the rules and regulations of working in a Belgian ASBL/AISBL, coordinating compliance with Belgian legislation on Administration, Finance and Human Resources.
• Have solid project management experience and be able to demonstrate managerial decision-making abilities.
• Have strong experience within economic management preferably within new economic models including social economy and philanthropy.
• Are sufficiently experienced to maintain the respect of your team and wider colleagues in the organisation, with a strong sense of coaching and collaborative leadership.
• Are a resourceful problem-solver who sets the scene quickly and ensures thorough completion, supporting colleagues to find and implement solutions.
• Have fluency in English and in either French or Dutch. Knowledge of another European language is a bonus.
• Have proficiency in MS Office. Google Business and knowledge of popular accounting software is a plus.
• Have excellent organisational, communication and written skills, particularly in English and French or Dutch.

We offer you:

• A comprehensive and competitive compensation package.
• A broad, professional network of passionate, international colleagues.
• A young, informal and dynamic working environment characterized by a modern management culture and cooperation across the organization.

How to apply

 To apply for this role, kindly send through a Microsoft Word version of your CV and a cover letter detailing why you are suited to this role. Please mark it for the attention of Gareth Griffiths, email address: [email protected].  Please subject your email with the following reference: T&E_SOD.

Please note that the interview dates for this role will be confirmed with you should your application be successful.

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