Policy Manager

Location: Belgium

Contract: 9 months, full-time

Start date: July 2025

Application deadline: 18 April 2025

We are looking for an experienced and motivated professional to work in our small team, with our members, to advance the policy advocacy agenda of the Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) industry. The position is for nine months (July 2025 to March 2026), with a possibility of extension if funding allows.

About us

Negative Emissions Platform is the leading membership association for companies in the CDR space, advocating for better recognition and regulation of atmospheric carbon removal solutions. Our primary focus is Europe but we are also active internationally. This position offers a unique opportunity to become a part of a growing industry that is critical to reversing climate change, in a period of important legislative and policy developments.

About you

You share our conviction that a workable portfolio of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies and solutions is urgently needed both to keep on reducing emissions and start removing legacy carbon from the atmosphere at scale. You see an urgent need for advocacy for negative emissions technologies and you want to use your talents in policy advocacy to make a positive impact for society and the planet.You’ll be part of a small team that is passionate about growing a small community of niche entrepreneurial climate defenders into a well-understood trusted and global powerhouse industry that goes beyond offering damage limitation and instead offers hope through solutions that can lower concentrations atmospheric greenhouse gases.

Timing

The primary reason for this role is maternity leave cover, and so the contract will initially be limited to the planned duration of the maternity leave, with a one-month overlap before it begins and after it ends. However, NEP is currently fundraising with a view to increasing its footprint and growing its team, and there is therefore a possibility that the successful candidate could be asked to stay on permanently.

Responsibilities

- Monitoring the developments in the EU, national and international regulatory environment likely to have a significant impact on the carbon removal industry and analysing their possible impact on members. Key parts of the climate policy agenda include carbon removal certification, EU climate targets, the creation of compliance market policies, and other cross-cutting elements of the EU and national legislation relevant to carbon removals;

- Developing common policy positions among members and supporting coordination of the association’s policy and advocacy work on a wide range of topics;

- Engaging in constructive dialogue with policy makers and regulators to represent the views of members and promote a supportive regulatory and financial framework for permanent carbon removals;Building and maintaining a network of trusted relationships within EU authorities and other public and private organisations such as NGOs and think tanks;

- Drafting policy papers, statements, briefs and other informational material

Experience and skills

Essential

- A university degree and at least 5 years of professional experience;

- Practical knowledge of relevant EU energy and climate policy framework especially in the field of CDR, carbon capture and removal technologies, renewable energy and fuels, sustainable finance, and international climate policy;

- Perfect fluency in spoken and written English; other languages a plus;

- Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis capability;

- Sound diplomatic judgement, good interpersonal skills and networking ability;

- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary network spread across different countries and time zones;

- Experience with working online (cloud-based documents, online meetings, online conferences);

-Ability to work in a small team and with limited budgets.

Desirable

-Experience in a member-based organisation

Applications

NEP has an office, but you will be free to work primarily from home. We have a strong preference for Brussels-based candidates because that is where most of the advocacy work will be located.

We encourage qualified candidates to submit their CV and 1-page cover letter in English to careers@negative-emissions.org by COB on the 18th of April 2025.

The subject of the email should indicate: [last name] [first name]/ Policy Officer

Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an online interview.

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