The RIPE NCC is looking for a Community Development Manager to establish a long-term vision for engaging with diverse communities across our service region. You will lead a team to deliver impactful programs and partnerships, setting the engagement strategy and overseeing flagship activities.
What You'll Do
- Set the vision and tactics for engagement with membership and the RIPE community across more than 70 countries, ensuring activities are inclusive and aligned with long-term goals.
- Lead and support a team working on diverse projects, including academic outreach, partnerships, sponsorships, Internet measurement initiatives, and fellowship programs.
- Align team efforts under shared objectives, foster collaboration, and ensure delivery of measurable outcomes that strengthen community engagement.
- Collaborate with teams like Communications and Events to oversee flagship activities, including RIPE Meetings, regional meetings, RIPE NCC Days, and Internet Measurement Days.
- Develop and manage sponsorships and partnerships to support events and promote data services and platforms like RIPE Atlas, RIS, K-root, and AuthDNS.
What We're Looking For
- Serve the Mission: Align priorities, actions, and decisions with the RIPE NCC’s mission to strengthen the Internet and its community.
- Foster Collaboration: Build trust and create an inclusive environment where diverse voices across 70+ countries can work together effectively.
- Communicate with Clarity: Convey information and expectations clearly, consistently, and transparently, adjusting style to audience and context.
- Embrace Diversity: Actively value the cultural, regional, and professional diversity from our service region, ensuring underrepresented voices are included and empowered.
- Inspire Growth: Support the development of your team and community members, encouraging innovation and new approaches to engagement.
- Enable Change: Lead your team and stakeholders through change with empathy and resilience, ensuring work stays relevant in a fast-evolving environment.
- Act with Courage: Make difficult decisions, address challenges head-on, and stand up for what is right.
Team & Environment
You will be the manager for the Community Development team.
Benefits & Compensation
- Annual salary up to EUR 109,000 (before tax), including 8% annual 'holiday pay' and a 5% end-of-year allowance.
- Annual budgets for health, transportation, and technology purposes.
- Non-contributory pension scheme, paid parental leave, and top-tier health insurance coverage for you and your family.
- 33 vacation days for a full-time (37.5 hours) schedule.
- Generous annual training budget for professional development and an organisation-wide internal training program.
- In-house free barista providing healthy varied lunches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and breakfasts on Thursdays.
- Monthly office social events, casual team outings, an annual Christmas party, and a summer BBQ.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
The RIPE NCC values openness, inclusivity, and creativity, celebrating unique perspectives and talents from different backgrounds and cultures.
