Meliore Foundation | Project Manager – Project Management Unit (PMU)

Application Deadline: 1 September 2026

Department: Operations & Network Support

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: EU / UK

Description

How you'll contribute

• Partner with programme teams to translate strategic objectives into clear delivery approaches and actionable plans.
• Work collaboratively across communications, digital, insights, analytics, operations, and leadership teams to coordinate delivery and drive alignment.
• Support complex projects operating in fast-moving and often ambiguous environments.
• Balance structure, governance, and accountability with the flexibility required for effective campaign delivery.
• Develop project approaches, governance frameworks, delivery plans, reporting mechanisms, and project documentation.
• Monitor progress, manage risks, dependencies, issues, and resources, adapting plans as priorities evolve.
• Ensure projects are delivered against agreed objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

• Build trusted relationships across teams, functions, regions, and seniority levels.
• Facilitate project planning, prioritisation, workshops, problem-solving, and decision-making processes.
• Align diverse stakeholders around shared objectives and navigate competing priorities to maintain delivery momentum.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders.
  
  

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management frameworks, tools, systems, and ways of working.
• Capture and share lessons learned to strengthen organisational capability and improve future delivery.
• Mentor, coach, and line manage junior project management staff, supporting their professional development and application of best practice.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the Project Management Unit and the evolution of project management practice across Meliore.

Our ideal candidate has

• Previous experience of 5+ years as a Project Manager or Project Coordinator.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects from initiation through to completion.
• Strong technical project management expertise, with experience applying and adapting project management methodologies to different delivery contexts.
• Experience supporting strategic communications, advocacy, campaigning, or other mission-driven programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence without formal authority.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and create clarity in complex environments.
• Experience managing project governance, risks, dependencies, budgets, and resources.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working across cultures, time zones, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver shared outcomes.
• A collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Fluency in written and spoken English (our working language). Additional languages are an advantage.
• Professional project management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, DASM, or equivalent) is strongly preferred.

Why join us?

• Be part of a remote-first, international network of professionals working on climate, energy and nature and work with a bunch of dynamic, culturally diverse individuals who combine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work.
• 6 offline days (with no calls or meetings) per year to focus on your work
• Reduced working time on Fridays during the Dry Season (summer)
• Access to our employee assistance program to support your mental health and personal development
• Supplementary paid business closure for end-of-year holidays
• Maternity leave matched to 20 weeks for countries where regulation allows less than that
• Enjoy regular opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world
• A full-time position with an employment or consultant contract, subject to location, for 12 months, with possible renewal after one year.