SENIOR CONSULTANT IN CO-CREATION & STRATEGY - BRUSSELS

Full-time position
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Starting date: Oct - Dec 2021
Minimum: 8 to 15 years of professional work experience
Apply quickly: rolling evaluation as applications come in

FOCUS

Prospex Institute is looking for an experienced consultant with a background in co-creation and strategy, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, research & innovation, participatory processes, and related methods. The tasks comprise facilitating and managing the implementation of stakeholder engagement and strategic processes in international projects (including EU Horizon research projects) in various fields (e.g. biodiversity restoration, circular economy, energy, life sciences, food safety) with diverse stakeholders (from government, business, research to civil society and citizens).

TASKS

Engagement, co-creation & facilitation

Develop strategies and approaches on engaging with specific stakeholder groups, mindful of concerns for diversity and inclusivity
Develop proposals for courses of action and planning across organisations & countries, supporting implementation and evaluation
Design and facilitate/moderate participatory and co-creation processes, including multi-stakeholder, analogue, digital & hybrid ones
Alliance building and networking with key stakeholder groups, contributing to proposals
Devise and supervise stakeholder mapping and related activities

Project management

Oversee projects for engagement of diverse stakeholders on societally relevant issues in Europe and beyond
Guide and supervise project teams
Supervise the implementation of short-term consultancy projects
Guide and contribute to the creation of reports and publications and transferring research into materials and tools usable in stakeholder and citizen engagement
Participation in meetings and events across Europe (COVID-19 situation allowing)

Potential additional tasks, depending on your profile

Strategy development & foresight: devise and facilitate participatory strategy and foresight processes
Socio-economic assessment / research: guide and perform assessments and analyses on a variety of topics, e.g., market assessments, sustainability analyses

YOUR PROFILE

Degree & expertise

An adequate academic qualification (minimum: Master’s degree) in a relevant field
Expertise in co-creative, dialogue, participatory processes
Asset: background in one of the following fields: (a) Strategy development & foresight; (b) Socio-economic assessment / research

Experience & interests

8 to 15 years’ professional experience
Passionate about dialogue processes and engagement of citizens and stakeholders, also in advanced content, research and technical fields
Interested in a variety of topics including sustainability, research and innovation

Skills & attitudes

Excellent skills in designing processes and in building rapport with diverse groups and personalities
Very good analytical skills combined with organisational and project management skills
Ability to guide and support teams in implementing projects
A team player and able to work independently, with a professional, open-minded and pro-active, respectful and user-/client-friendly attitude

Language, location & travel

An excellent command of English; other languages an important asset
Willing to work with basis in Brussels; familiarity with the Belgian and/or EU environment an asset
Willing to travel frequently, also internationally, between 1 day and several days per month (COVID-19 situation allowing)

WE OFFER

The opportunity for meaningful contribution to addressing society’s challenges
Inclusion in international, high-level projects
A competitive salary package in line with position and experience
Opportunities to help shape the development of a fast-growing organization
An innovative, inspiring, and positive work environment with an open team culture
A combination of content and engagement-oriented work and of team and self-guided work

WE ARE

A highly professional, internationally recognised and growing non-for-profit organization
Contributing to key topics with society – for society
A multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team in different locations in Europe
Working with top level partners across Europe and beyond
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with an international network and reach
More at www.prospex-institute.org

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Then please fill in this application form: https://prospex.typeform.com/SrConsultantBxl

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