Duration: 24 Months
Location: EBAN Headquarters, Avenue des Arts 56, 1000, Brussels Belgium
How to apply: Send a CV and motivational letter to info@eban.org and abel@eban.org
Indicative starting date: February 2025
Deadline to apply: 12/01/2025
The European Business Angels Network (EBAN) is a global network of early-stage investors, gathering +100 members in +50 countries including business angels, business angel networks, business angel federations, early-stage funds, business accelerators, and electronic funding platforms. Since its inception in 1999, EBAN has demonstrated commitment to developing capacity, knowledge, and experience in the context of financing early-stage ventures, especially angel investment, investment in innovative companies, support of entrepreneurship, and startup growth. Recent market research reports that angel investing accounts for more than two-thirds of private investments made into early-stage SMEs and start-ups, with the European business angel market representing a cumulative annual investment of nearly 8 billion Euros. The investment activity in our network is essential to finance innovation and bring it to the market, ultimately creating jobs, and driving economic growth and societal well-being. EBAN’s main five pillars of activity are:
- Setting professional standards, training, and certification
- Research and advocacy
- Ecosystem Building
- Awareness and Capacity building
- Cross-border syndication and co-investment support
EBAN is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our team in Brussels in the role of EU Project Manager. The selected candidate will be responsible for the daily implementation and management of multiple Horizon Europe/Erasmus+ projects funded by the European Commission. Our projects focus on training and accelerating startups, on connecting startups with investors, and on developing educational content about early stage investing and technology. EBAN’s ongoing projects can be found here: https://www.eban.org/current-eu-projects/
Your role
The role requires a proactive individual with energy and focus, able to take ownership of his/her tasks and multitask. The ideal candidate is passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship, and early-stage investment, enjoys interacting with multiple international actors both online and offline, and has good organizational skills as well as oral and written communication skills. She/He will play a pivotal liaison role with all internal and external stakeholders, spanning all Work Packages (WPs) and tasks.
These include but are not limited to:
- Monitoring the overall progress regarding milestones and deliverables
- Operationalisation and timing of all activities in the project
- Acting as the centre of communication between all internal and external stakeholders
- Champion the preparation of deliverables
- Preparation of the technical interim and final reports
- Ensuring the timely preparation and submission of financial reports
- Financial planning, budgeting and EU Project accounting
- Representing EBAN in EU Project events and Project Consortium meetings
Candidate profile
Available for a full-time role (i.e. 38 hours a week), starting in February 2025, based in Brussels with flexible home-office work schedules.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Horizon, Erasmus+, or other EU Funded initiatives Project Management roles
- Proficiency in written and spoken English and another EU language
- Exceptional organisational skills and high attention to detail
- Ability to cope with tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with dynamic and diverse staff
- High level of resilience
- Team spirit and the ability to work independently
- Knowledge of EU project technical reporting and financial reporting
Offered Conditions
- Full-time contract (i.e. 38 hours a week) with an attractive salary, meal and transportation allowance.
- Full immersion in global early-stage investment and entrepreneurship
- Continuous development and career progression opportunities
Interested candidates are welcome to send a CV and a one-page motivational letter to:
Abel Fernandez, EU Project Director, abel@eban.org
and to : info@eban.org
Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an online or face-to-face interview in Brussels.