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Brussels - Belgium

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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1 Vacancy

Job Description

Energy and Climate Director

The deadline for applications is Sunday 6th April 2025.

Location: Brussels is the preferred location but Madrid Rome Paris Berlin Warsaw London or Amsterdam would be considered


Location type: Hybrid

Reporting to: Senior Director of Shipping Aviation and Energy

Manages: Team of 6 with 4 direct reports

Annual salary: 71K EUR


Contract type: Permanent

Candidate level: Senior Executive

Background
At T&E we believe the future of transport is inseparable from the future of energy. Our vision is bold: We want to move away from fossil fuels and clean up the energy that powers transport. We need to transform the way we power aviation and shipping sectors and turn vehicles into assets for the electricity grid enabled by a dynamic smart and renewablesbased power system. Our recent strategy for the next five years makes it clear: As the energy question becomes more central to the organisation we must ensure better organisational alignment on goals and strategy understanding the potential and limits of the EU and national energy systems and ensuring our strategies are coherent and not siloed. The energy team has an important role to play in this.

Purpose of role
To help turn this vision into reality we are looking for an Energy and Climate Director. Youll play a key role in ensuring that we push the boundaries of whats possiblewhether its unlocking the potential of green hydrogen maximizing grid flexibility or ensuring the seamless integration of clean energy into the transport sector. Overarching climate goals and tools will play a key role in delivering this vision. This is your opportunity to help redefine the future of the transport system making a lasting environmental impact at scale.

With energy becoming increasingly central to our mission we need a strategic leader who can unify our efforts across the EU and beyond bridging transport energy systems and climate instruments pushing back on false solutions and aligning all T&E policy teams to work together toward a common goal. If youre ready to lead transformative change and help us turbocharge the green transition we want you on our team.

Primary responsibilities
The job holder will have the following key responsibilities:
  • Leading and implementing T&Es political strategy on energy transition and the EUs climate framework and key overarching tools.
  • Leading a growing team of policy campaign and analytical staff overseeing their professional development and guiding their work to achieve T&Es clean energy and climate instruments priorities.
  • Supporting the building and implementation of national strategies in Europe and Asia.
  • Leading fundraising for the energy and climate team and the organisation.
  • Further developing T&Es advocacy strategy towards high level EU international and national regulators politicians and media presenting at high level meetings and events.
  • Coordinating policy positions and strategies with other Directors and Senior Directors.
  • Leading and guiding the team in efforts to build partnerships with key industry players funders NGOs T&Es members and other civil society organisations.
  • Maintain and grow T&Es media impact in key European and international media markets.
  • Commissioning and delivery of impactful research both inhouse and externally (including market research emissions analysis etc..
Experience
  • Five to seven years of relevant experience managing energy and climate related teams either in the energy sector the EU government advocacy or in INGOs.
  • Strong interpersonal and teamworking skills and a willingness to develop a network in both the energy and climate instruments sectors.
  • Demonstrated success in leading crossfunctional teams and managing complex projects.
  • Strong network within the European energy and climate policy instruments communities and a solid understanding of international energy issues.
  • Experience in strategic planning and policy analysis with the ability to think critically and innovatively about the future of energy in Europe and beyond.
  • Good financial acumen with experience in budget management.
  • Ability to deliver to tight deadlines; eager to learn with a positive and optimistic attitude when faced with challenges.
  • The confidence to think and act with initiative to engage and influence policymakers of different stripes industry representatives and other stakeholders at the highest level.
  • The ability and motivation to learn technical economic and legal information to independently develop new political economic or legal arguments and evidence and use them to convince key stakeholders.
Please contact Ruth Gardner at
for any queries you may have.

The deadline for application is Sunday 6th April 2025

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