Director

Job description

• Leading, coordinating, and overseeing the Secretariat. The Secretariat currently consists of 15 staff members (including interns and volunteers from the European Solidarity Corps programme) and the Director carries the overall responsibility for this body.
• Having an overall responsibility for ESN’s management of human resources in the Brussels headquarters. This includes, but is not limited to, evaluation of staff performance, recruitment, negotiation of contracts and monitoring workloads.
• Overseeing ESN’s grant structures. ESN has several different external grants from the European Commission, Erasmus+ National Agencies, Council of Europe and the European Parliament. The Director is ESN’s contact points for these grants and often needs to write applications and reports for these.
• Supporting the Board with representation of ESN externally. This is done for example in the context of different projects.

These tasks are not set in stone. The Director will have some possibilities to shape the position according to the needs of the organisation, the needs of the office and the skills/experiences of his/her colleagues. In addition, there may be unforeseen and urgent tasks and the Director needs to show adaptability and flexibility for their implementation.

Qualifications and requirements

• You have a Higher Education degree, preferably a Master’s Degree;
• You have experience in leading teams, including supporting teams in achieving goals, implementing strategies, motivating team members to reach their full potential;
• You have experience in HR, including recruitment, evaluation, learning, and development.
• You know at least the basics of Belgian employment legislation;
• Your English is very good, both written and spoken;
• You have experience with NGO finances and a generally good understanding of financial operations;
• You have experience with with EU funding, preferably from the Erasmus+ Programme;
• You are social, optimistic and outgoing, and you see benefits and potential in networking and relationship-building;
• You see diversity and multiculturalism as a strength and you enjoy working with people coming from different backgrounds;
• You know how to represent the interests of an organisation at meetings and events. 

Qualifications and experience: not required but highly valued

• You have personal experience of Erasmus+ or other Higher Education mobility;
• You are familiar with topics like internationalisation of Higher Education, EU policy-making in the field of Education and Youth, and you have good general knowledge of the EU;
• You have knowledge of or experience with ESN or another student-led/volunteer organisation;
• You have a degree in organisational management, HR management, or a related field;
• You know about non-formal education and training/facilitation;
• You have knowledge of management tools and models.

Terms and conditions

• Full-time position (38 hours per week);
• Permanent contract;
• Salary 3300 EUR gross per month, plus a “13th month”;
• Public transportation in Brussels partially covered;
• A beneficial health insurance covered;
• Starting date as soon as possible

In order to apply, please fill in the application form and send it together with a CV to [email protected]. Deadline for the application is 12th of June, at 23:59 Brussels time. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible. Applicants may be invited to do a test in connection with the interview.

Please note that applicants need to have the right to work in Belgium before applying.

For more information on ESN, please visit our website www.esn.org. For information about the position, please contact [email protected].