Sustainability Project Manager at Science For Change!

Project Management

• Project Leadership & Coordination: Lead and coordinate complex sustainability projects from initiation to closure, including defining objectives, detailed planning, resource allocation, timeline management and implementation. These functions include the follow-up of the work and compliance with the established deadlines, the contact with the European consortium partners and/or clients, the presentation of the projects in events, the attendance to consortium meetings, the preparation of deliverables, dissemination articles and scientific papers, according to the needs and requirements of the project.
• Partner Liaison: Act as the primary liaison between internal teams, external partners (universities, public administrations, communities), and national/international funding bodies.
• Grant Compliance, Excellence & Reporting: Ensure strict adherence to grant requirements and reporting guidelines for projects funded by various agencies (e.g., European Commission, Catalan or Spanish government, etc.), while guaranteeing excellence in the deliverables.
• Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Assessment: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs), monitor project progress, evaluate outcomes, and assess the overall impact on sustainability goals.
• Risk Management: Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure smooth execution and successful delivery.
• Communication & Dissemination: Contribute to the effective communication and dissemination of project results and impact to diverse audiences, including writing papers, attendance to scientific conferences and/or sectoral fairs, writing blog articles or posts for social networks, etc.
• Business Development: Contribute to identifying new funding opportunities, synergies or other paths of collaboration, both at the private and public level, and to the design of new projects answering them.

Promotion of new projects within the Sustainability Area

• Market Transfer: Contribute to the valorization and transfer to the market of the developed methodologies by SFC in the Sustainability Area with the collaboration of the Business Area, by chasing collaboration agreements and new private projects with research organisations and clients.
• Client Engagement: Engage with external partners (universities, public administrations, private companies, NGOs…) to explore and materialise new business opportunities with the support of the Business Area.
• Proposal Development: Contribute to the development of proposals, private offers and technical bids to answer to public or private calls or new business opportunities and enlarge the SFC portfolio.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• University degree in Environmental, Chemical, Agricultural, Agri-food or related Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or related fields.
• A Master's degree or a PhD in Sustainability, Circular Economy, Environmental Management, or similar will be highly valued.
• Knowledge of European funding programmes (HE, H2020, Interreg, Eurostars, Life+, Erasmus+, Creative Europe), as well as national (CDTI, FECYT, Next Generation) and regional (Catalonia) funding instruments.
• Professional proficiency in Spanish, English and Catalan.
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable experience in managing complex projects, preferably in the sustainability, agri-food or circular economy sectors.
• Experience in managing projects funded by European frameworks and national funds will be highly valued, preferably in scientific or consultancy environments.
• Solid understanding of sustainability principles, circular economy, climate emergency, biodiversity, and citizen engagement in environmental issues.

Interpersonal skills

• Proficiency at scientific and technical level.
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to think autonomously and to respond to tight deadlines.
• Ability to multitask and prioritise workload in a demanding environment.
• Proactive, problem-solving skills and adaptation capacity.
• High attention to detail.
• Interpersonal skills to interact in a professional and kind manner in multicultural environments, including the SFC team and external partners, clients and organisations.
• High attention to detail.
• Values oriented by human-nature-sustainability relationships.
• Commercial and strategic view.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to contribute to meaningful and impactful research projects that can make a difference in our society and planet.
• A dynamic, collaborative and international work environment.
• Professional growth opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options (2 remote working days).
• A nice office with a terrace in the centre of Barcelona.
• Coffee, fruit and biscuits to share with a young and motivated team, interested in improving society with a gender perspective, with a huge mix of interdisciplinary knowledge… and, above all, a super nice team! :)