Executive Director – Flamma

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Belgium.

📋 Description

• Lead a forward-thinking strategic communications program dedicated to fostering significant advancements in gender equality.

• Establish Flamma’s strategic framework, including priorities, purpose, and objectives.

• Examine political, cultural, and media landscapes to pinpoint leverage points, risks, and opportunities.

• Create enduring communications strategies that influence the understanding and actions regarding gender equality issues.

• Identify and counteract damaging or retrogressive narratives through strategic communication efforts.

• Direct the development and implementation of Flamma’s strategic vision and operational streams.

• Guide the organization’s expansion into new countries and regions.

• Align Flamma’s goals with the overarching objectives of the Meliore Foundation.

• Represent Flamma to key stakeholders within media, philanthropy, advocacy, and cultural sectors.

• Forge strategic partnerships and act as a thought leader for gender equality advocates.

• Cultivate strong relationships and positioning with Meliore and its initiatives.

• Recruit and nurture a high-performing team.

• Oversee operations, milestones, strategic objectives, deliverables, and budget management.

• Promote collective accountability for network strategy and establish scalable organizational processes.

• Ensure the wellbeing of program staff.

• Supervise the creation of a monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework.

• Ensure thorough monitoring and evaluation while adjusting strategies as necessary.

• Maintain compliance with regulatory and legal standards.

• Mobilize philanthropic resources and spearhead fundraising efforts.

• Build multi-year funding relationships at a foundation-wide level.

• Manage program financial accountability and oversight.

• Collaborate with development teams and philanthropic partners to secure resources, co-design initiatives, and communicate impact.

• Ensure the program’s financial viability and preparedness for scaling.

⛳️ Requirements

• Empathetic leadership skills, combined with an entrepreneurial mindset and a collaborative work approach, adept at navigating uncertainty with creativity and purpose.

• Strong political acumen in complex, fast-evolving environments, evaluating risks, opportunities, and potential backlash across diverse geographic contexts to further social or gender justice goals.

• At least 15 years of leadership experience in strategic communications, campaigns, or movement-building, ideally in the realm of gender justice.

• Proven success in leading teams and managing intricate, cross-sector initiatives.

• Strong skills in strategic communications and political framing, with the capacity to translate complex social dynamics into compelling narratives and influence-driven interventions.

• Extensive experience in partnership development, stakeholder engagement, and funder relations, with excellent networking and relationship-building abilities.

• Significant experience in fundraising, with a proven history of mobilizing philanthropic resources.

• Proven management experience, including strategy formulation, operational planning, and budget oversight.

• Exceptional English language proficiency, with a history of producing engaging and impactful communication materials; additional languages are a bonus.

• Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment across multiple time zones, utilizing tools such as Slack and Google Workspace.

• Commitment to an inclusive and empowering approach to advancing gender equality.

• Only candidates with the right to work in their location will be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Join a remote-first, international network of professionals focused on climate, energy, and nature, working alongside dynamic, culturally diverse individuals who blend their passion for making a difference with a rigorous, results-oriented work ethic.

• Enjoy 6 offline days (without calls or meetings) each year to concentrate on your work.

• Experience reduced working hours on Fridays during the Dry Season (summer).

• Gain access to our employee assistance program to support your mental health and personal growth.

• Benefit from supplemental paid business closure for year-end holidays.

• Maternity leave matched to 20 weeks where regulations permit a shorter duration.

• Take part in regular opportunities for connection and collaboration with colleagues around the globe.

• Secure a full-time position with either an employment or consultant contract, depending on location, for a duration of 12 months, with possible renewal after one year.

• Some international travel will be required.

• Co-working spaces may be available in select locations.