Description:
As the Event Manager at Commonland, you develop and deliver events that advance our mission to restore landscapes and move communities towards a regenerative future. You are part of the Communications team and work closely with the Fundraising team, making sure every event is strategically aligned, professionally executed and tailored to its audience, whether that’s restoration practitioners, funders, policymakers or the wider public. Your events help us strengthen local organisations working on landscape restoration, spark collaboration, share best practices and connect them with funders, policy actors and fellow changemakers. In doing so, you help amplify their impact at local, regional and global scale, and support our work with partners across sectors to shift financial flows and public policy toward regenerative land use systems.
Your impact
- Execute the event strategy with the team lead, as part of the wider communications strategy.
- External events production (on the ground or preparing colleagues to attend pending on Commonland’s involvement) of different sizes at local, regional, and global levels; e.g. side events at Amsterdam Climate Week, London Climate Action Week, United Nations Climate Change Conference, New York Climate Week.
- Support various teams to develop event impact strategies and actively seeking for participation opportunities, for example:
- Inspiration events for funders, e.g. landscape visits, and the Commonland team.
- Organizing (side) events or seeking speaking opportunities, where we aim to spread our message to specific audiences, including the wider public, funders, and policymakers.
- 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.
- Evaluation of events and tracking objectives and achievements once they have finished for optimisation of the event production process over time and adding a learning perspective to events evaluations.
What you bring
You’re an organiser at heart, someone who sees an event as a way to move people and ideas forward. You bring:
- A talent for making things happen (project management) - Whether it’s a small field visit in a restored landscape or a side event at a global conference, you plan it, coordinate it and deliver it. You keep timelines, budgets and deadlines under control, even with several projects running at once.
- An instinct for people (stakeholder management) - Funders, policymakers, press and influencers each want something different from an event. You sense what matters to them and shape the programme and communication so it lands with each group.
- A strategic eye (strategic thinking) - You turn the bigger communications picture into a sharp event approach. You know which stages are worth stepping onto, which speaking slots are worth chasing, and you look honestly at what worked so the next event has more impact.
- A team-player attitude (collaboration) - You brief colleagues clearly, offer flexible support, and make sure every event is a shared success rather than a solo performance.
- A drive to take the lead (proactive) - You own an event from the first spark of an idea to the last stacked chair. You enjoy launching new concepts and turning them into results that work in practice. A curious mind. In a fast-moving, international setting, you ask good questions, pick up new insights quickly and put them to work straight away.
- A curious mind (ability to learn) - In a fast-moving, international setting, you ask good questions, pick up new insights quickly and put them to work straight away.
What you also bring:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent level of working and thinking, with a proven track record in international event management.
- Located and eligible to work in the Netherlands.
- Fluency in English.