ISSB Engagement Project Manager

Based: Frankfurt, London, Montreal

Status: 12 month fixed term contract, full-time

Reports to: Chief of Engagement

Job purpose:

Manage the range of ISSB Engagement projects that help the ISSB achieve its adoption and application objectives via stakeholder engagement with regulators, policymakers, companies, investors, the accountancy profession and other key stakeholders. This includes internal and external reporting on a systematic as well as ad-hoc basis.

The team

ISSB Engagement

Principal accountabilities

• Manage a team-wide portfolio of projects ensuring the smooth running, and creating workstreams for each project;

• Lead internal stakeholder management, communications and reporting for each project. Communicate project status to ensure key stakeholders and leadership are aware of each project’s progress. Compile end of year reports for publication on capacity building progress;

• Lead and recommend resolution where appropriate, ensuring escalation of schedule conflicts and capacity challenges appropriately;

• Support internal governance processes, including risk management, annual workplans and budgets;

• Liaise closely with fundraising team, including inputs to pitches, proposals, and reporting KPIs to donors and other stakeholders;

• Manage the requests the Foundation receives to speak at third party events, securing a decision internally and communicating with event managers;

• Support event planning and logistics associated with hosting webinars and in-person events;

• Surface ideas for improvements to ISSB Engagement operations; and

• Help in other ways as needed to ensure IFRS Foundation achieves its ISSB Engagement objectives.

Qualifications & experience

• Demonstrated project management experience working across a team to keep projects on track and to completion in a fast-moving environment.

• Ideal experience in applying organisational policies and regulations, ensuring compliance and continuously monitoring and improving governance practices.

• Proven experience with high volume, co-ordination types of activities.

• Experience with Microsoft Planner, Workfront or other project management tools to analyse and synthesise data and prepare written and visual materials. Proficiency in MS Office 365, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Good experience in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and foster a positive team culture.

Skills and attributes

• Strong project management skills with proven ability to juggle multiple priorities, projects, campaigns, and tasks in a dynamic environment

• Tremendous organisational skills and attention to detail

• Execution-oriented, able to get things done quickly and with excellent quality

• Strong process orientation; able to see how to improve things

• Naturally collaboration oriented, with an excitement working in a cross-functional role

• High level of autonomy and resourcefulness and strong problem-solving skills.

• Excellent understanding of and commitment to the mission of the ISSB and IFRS Foundation. 

Application Closing Date: 15th May 2025

Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate before the closing date.

About us

At the IFRS Foundation, we believe better information leads to better decisions. We set financial reporting standards that enable companies to meet the evolving information needs of the global capital markets. United by our purpose to foster trust, growth and long-term financial stability in the global economy, we engage in challenging, meaningful work every day—across all our areas of expertise.

If you share our passion for this mission, we want to hear from you.

Diverse perspectives. International expertise.

Working for our global organisation offers many benefits, including:

• rewarding work that serves the public interest;

• engagement with diverse international experts;

• inclusive and collaborative teams;

• intellectually challenging projects;

• flexible working arrangements;

• numerous areas of specialisation; and

• opportunities for professional growth and development.

Diversity and inclusion are seen as key strengths of our organisation. These qualities are essential for us to engage with and meet the needs of our varied global stakeholders, and they are part of what makes the IFRS Foundation a great place to work.

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