Programme Manager Europe

**Company Description** Who we are**

Porticus is a philanthropic organization that aims to create a just and sustainable future where human dignity flourishes. Our work aims to strengthen the resilience of communities so that all people have ownership over their future and natural resources are used in a sustainable way. Our work is realized through strong networks of partners including local and global NGOs, communities, people with lived experience, policy makers and co-funders.

With colleagues based in 14 offices around the world, we want to provide solutions to today’s social and environmental problems that benefit generations to come in four areas: the natural environment, society, education and faith.
**Job Description** What you’ll do**

The Programme Manager Europe is responsible for the design, coordination, execution and delivery in grant making in Central
- and Eastern Europe and Europe in general in the field of region-specific priorities (see further).

The PM reports to the Regional Director Europe (for Europe-wide work) and Country Manager CEE (for CEE specific). The PM role is based in Vienna (Austria); Brussels (Belgium) can be considered if necessary.

**Key responsibilities**

**Exploration**
- Identifies opportunities for strategy-aligned innovative regional [seeding] projects and programmes and clearly articulates the expected outcomes.

**Contextualisation**
- Works towards building grant ideas that are regionally contextual and built on the basis of momentum and opportunity.
- Participates in external platforms representing regional footprint for a challenge/workstream.
- Develops knowledge on region and/or challenge related topics and participates in related expert network.
- Continuously analyses opportunities, momentum, trends and challenges related to the sector and/or region they are responsible for.

**Strategy co-development and implementation**
- Shapes the European regional exploration in alignment with the European programmatic framework and leads its implementation, including but not limited to:

- Connecting the dots and advancing our learning on safeguarding democracy in Europe, polarization and belonging, civic participation and inclusion, rule of law, and on the intersection of democracy, environment, digitalization, media, human rights and European integration.
- Convening partners and other key stakeholders

**Storytelling**
- Represents the work internally and externally.
- Engages in relevant fora and champions the work of partners.
- Prepares communication material in collaboration with communication colleagues.

**Building & Maintaining Relationships**
- Builds and manages a trust-based external network of implementing partners and grantees, initiates screening of potential grantees.
- Manages partnerships and engages in dialogue on emerging and critical issues with diverse networks in the region.
- Understands the role and value of partners as contributing to the overall strategic intent.
- Contributes to annual reflection cycles with input, discussion and managing the integration of the learning in future work.
- Excels at good practice of financial and non-financial contribution to partners such as capacity building on fundraising and identifying co-funders.

**Qualifications** What you need for the role**

**Experience**
- Holds professional and/or academic qualifications and shows a sound comprehension of applied methods and techniques. Demonstrates a range of business experiences and achievements in the Philanthropic or Civil-Society Sector.
- ** Holds in-depth knowledge on the topics of: safeguarding and innovation of democracy in Europe, polarization, civic participation and inclusion, rule of law, and intersection of democracy, environment, digitalization, media, human rights and European integration.**:

- Has profound understanding on European cultural, historic, political and religious heritage, diversity and dynamics.
- Relevant work and (lived) experience (5+ years) necessary in Central
- and Eastern Europe
- Strong and relevant networks and contacts across European countries and institutions
- Experience of and commitment to, working with and through partners and contributing to partnership strategies
- Experience with strategy, monitoring, evaluation and learning (SMEL) and working with other technical advisors and research teams to establish effective monitoring systems in relation to funding activities

**Skills**
- Excellent English communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to analyze, structure and synthesize to contribute to joint strategies and concepts
- Experience in budget management
- Ability to accurately assess situations and find appropriate solutions to generate impact
- Strong networker, takes partners’ relationships to the next level to shape our work; engages with new partners of various profiles
- Ability to multi-task and set priorities and be an effective collaborator in a complex and dynamic internal and ext