Senior Manager, Systems Evidence and Learning

At EIT Climate-KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and we encourage personal development, learning and growth.

When recruiting, we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations. And because our team has differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns. We’re happy to discuss your situation during the interview and see how best we can support you.

EIT Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative, entrusted by the European Commission to catalyse transformation through innovation. Headquartered in Amsterdam, with circa 160 people distributed all over the EU, EIT Climate-KIC leads and orchestrates innovation with a community of more than 400. Together we conduct activities in 39 countries. We partner with cities, regions, governments and communities with the highest climate action ambition; providing the framework and expert support to holistically manage the complexity of climate change and deliver accelerated climate action.

EIT Climate-KIC operates as a not-for-profit platform working through public-private partnership, wielding both public and private funding. We consist of 3 Legal entities: a Dutch BV Holding company (for profit) with 14 branches in European jurisdictions, providing grant management, innovation orchestration services, and impact investment advisory owned by a Dutch-based foundation with charity status – Climate-KIC International Foundation. Historically, we have been funded by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), but we are currently transitioning to a multi-funder model.

• Working with key stakeholders across Climate-KIC to develop buy-in, skills and take up of the Impact Framework
• Facilitating workshops to:
  • (Co)design MEL context-adequate MEL Frameworks, including Theory of Change and Measurement and Learning tools, with diverse current and potential partners
  • Sense make quantitative and qualitative data with diverse groups of stakeholders
• Build MEL capacity of EIT Climate-KIC staff and partners
• Analysing and synthetizing reports to produce actionable internal and external intelligence reports
• Support the development of a systems innovation MEL approach as a service 
• Support embedding this service within Future Funding activities
• Work across the team and with external parties to hone a specific set of services  
• Implement and operationalize the Impact Framework as needed, including supporting all internal processes and reporting to Boards as needed
• Deliver services to external clients as needed
• Support monitoring, learning and portfolio management processes across EIT Climate-KIC
• Engage proactively with internal and external stakeholders to communicate and market our service and collect feedback for improvement 

• Establishing a strong ‘systems innovation’ MEL service proposition 
• Supporting all Future Funding bids where MEL is a key feature of the proposition, including designing appropriate processes
• Delivering aspects of the service to clients as needed
• Finding trusted community members and other organizations who can help enhance the service 
• Find insights, intelligence and knowledge that help develop the service

• Native-level proficiency in English; proficiency in other EU languages is a plus.
• ‘Get it done today’ orientation  
• Passionate and committed  
• Collaborative and team-focus 
• Friendly, constructive, and visionary 
• Risk taking approach 
• Analytical with careful attention to detail 

How much time will you spend in this role?  

80% of the time, with the remaining 20% dedicated to learning and taking care of yourself

Your core Community of Purpose, where you can develop further is:  

As a member of the MEL team, you will contribute your insights and learning to the Community of Purpose asking: How do we create the norms, values, mindsets, behaviours, culture and identity needed to support a net-zero, resilient future?  

Depending on the specific sub-teams you join, you may also contribute to other Communities of Purpose.

Community of Practice:  

Every person working in Climate-KIC will spend an average of 4 points (2 working days) per month honing their skills and strengthening their capabilities as part of one or more Communities of Practice.