Project Lead

7 September 2026

About us

RREUSE is Europe’s largest network of social enterprises active in the circular economy, notably in the fields of re-use, repair and recycling. Our 30+ members include individual social enterprises and their networks through which we collectively represent over 1,300 social enterprises from 30 countries.

Our mission is to serve and represent our social and circular enterprise community, helping drive their development through positive change to European policy, best-practice exchange, innovative partnerships and projects.

Our vision is an inclusive circular economy based on re-use and repair in solidarity with people and with respect for the environment.

About the role

We are looking for a highly motivated professional to join our Brussels-based secretariat as the main person responsible for managing a Horizon project financed by the European Commission, where RREUSE is the lead partner, with 20+ partners including several RREUSE members.

The four-year project aims to strengthen the capacities, resilience, and scalability of social circular enterprises in the EU's transition to a circular economy, with a focus on the textiles and construction sectors.

The person will manage the project consortium and monitor the project implementation by all partners.

The person will also implement selected project content tasks in cooperation with the Policy and Project Officer.

As a second role, the person will contribute to content development of another project, funded by a private funder: the RREUSE Academy. The Academy is being developed to strengthen the capacity of social enterprises in the circular economy through training, peer learning, practical tools, and research.

It will serve as a platform for knowledge development and exchange, supporting social enterprises and ecosystem actors to build skills, share good practices, and advance the sector.

The Project Lead will report directly to RREUSE management and will most regularly collaborate with RREUSE’s Programme Development Manager, Policy and Project Officer, and Finance and HR Manager in implementing project activities.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Coordinating the project consortium of around 20 partners as the project lead partner and main project responsible
• Overseeing the timely and quality delivery of all project deliverables, milestones and reports by the project partners and by RREUSE
• Developing and implementing a timeline and format for consortium members’ reporting
• Collecting and consolidating data from partners for interim and final reports
• Narrative reporting on behalf of RREUSE to EU institutions
• Liaising with representatives of EU institutions funding the Horizon project
• Monitoring project budgets of RREUSE and project partners and liaising with partners on the distribution of funding
• Assisting the Finance and HR Manager on financial reporting
• Organizing and facilitating project meetings
• Coordinating with relevant staff members to ensure the project is on track
• Organizing tenders and outsourcing of selected outputs
• Representing RREUSE in public events to disseminate project results
• Implementing selected project content tasks where RREUSE is the contributor or responsible, in cooperation with the Policy and Project Officer
• Planning, preparing and delivering quality project outputs, including public outputs and publications
• Support the implementation, coordination, and reporting of Academy activities delivered through a project funded by a private partner
• Coordination and reporting to the Programme Development Manager who is leading the Academy activities under various funding lines

Other

• Undertaking other tasks – e.g. contributing to fundraising, research, organising events, administrative assistance – depending on project-related workload, organizational needs and the person’s skills

What we are looking for

Our ideal candidate will bring the following:

• A proven record of experience in EU project management, including the corresponding monitoring methodologies, budget supervision and final reporting
• Experience in managing projects as a project lead partner or with seven-digit budgets
• Supreme organisational skills and ability to develop and administer systems for efficient coordination of project activities
• Ability to plan own workload and support others to facilitate the smooth delivery of multiple priorities
• A demonstrable knowledge and interest in social and environmental sustainability topics, in particular implementation aspects of the circular economy and/or activities of the social
• Experience supporting the coordination and delivery of training, learning, or capaci