OUR OFFER

This job is within Scale 9 in FMO and you will be hired as “Corporate Communications Officer”. This is a 0,8 FTE, which means you will work 32 hours per week, 4 days per week. The salary is around 60k, depending on your experience and background. Besides this we offer:

• Meaningful and impactful work in an international work environment.
• Premium-free pension and 25 holiday days.
• Flexible work arrangements and hybrid ways of working can be considered when working remotely.
• A 24/7 NS transport card and training budget.
• Our beautiful work premises are a 5-minute walk from Laan van NOI station in The Hague.

For more information, please visit our website. Secondary Benefits - FMO

You will work with people inside and outside FMO with varying event production experience. You will:

• Help them boost each event as a platform for change and encourage innovative approaches.
• Coach and build confidence in others, fostering buy-in for new methods.
• Empower others with guidance and course-correct diplomatically when needed.
• Manage design agencies and create smaller designs when necessary

Do you have a minimum of 10 years of experience with organizing business events, and are you keen to make the next step? Would you like to make a difference in a purpose-driven organization with a diverse events offering ranging from strategic convenings to live-streams from our fully equipped in-house studio? Then you might just be FMO’s new Events & Production professional!
FMO is the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, supporting entrepreneurs in over 80 emerging economies to foster inclusive and sustainable prosperity. Our work is challenging, as we operate in societies vulnerable to climate change and persistent inequality.
At the Corporate Stakeholder Engagement (CSE) department, we build trusted relationships with national and international stakeholders, including employees, governments, civil society, media, financial peers, knowledge partners, customers, and investees. By understanding and collaborating with each other, we can create a greater positive impact.
We are seeking an experienced events professional to join our department. This role involves organizing flagship events, managing our in-house studio, and strategically enhancing our convening power to facilitate positive impact.
Candidates must have extensive experience in organizing in-person, hybrid, and online events, managing design and production agencies, running multi-platform broadcasts and studio productions, and troubleshooting broadcasts and small-scale recordings.
The Event & Production Professional reports to the Director of Corporate Stakeholder Engagement.

The Events and Production role is a very diverse role. You will be responsible for different types of occasions, ranging from but not limited to:

• Organizing our annual flagship conferences (500-750 people): Future of Finance or Future of Energy
• Organizing our in-person All Staff events (600-800 people, twice a year)
• Running our hybrid All Staff meetings (from our in-house Studio, twice a year)
• Organizing our FMO Sports Day (350 people)
• Organizing larger client convenings (in-person and/or hybrid from our in-house Studio)
• Organizing small-scale stakeholder or customer meetings (on FMO premises or in one of our regional offices)
• Managing productions in our recording facilities (e.g. podcasts, webinars etc)
• Advising on smaller FMO events, organized by our respective departments or committees (e.g. staff party)

Organizing

FMO is renowned for our flagship conferences, taking a unique approach to inspire others in development finance. We host one major event annually. You will:

• Lead the strategic design and event team, coordinating all aspects including venue, suppliers, speakers, budgets, entertainment, tech, and logistics.
• Advise FMO’s leadership and subject matter experts, guiding them to shape impactful events.
• Be resilient, diplomatic, detail-oriented, and maintain high standards.
• Collaborate with communication colleagues to ensure timely content release.
• Oversee protocol and etiquette for high-level guests.
• Draft plans, prepare decisions, and conduct post-event analyses to improve future events.

Advising & designing

You will work with people inside and outside FMO with varying event production experience. You will:

• Help them boost each event as a platform for change and encourage innovative approaches.
• Coach and build confidence in others, fostering buy-in for new methods.
• Empower others with guidance and course-correct diplomatically when needed.
• Manage design agencies and create smaller designs when necessary.

Producing

We have a fully equipped in-house studio for hybrid meetings, webinars, client convenings, and trainings. You will:

• Manage studio production from start to finish, including hiring technical support and ensuring seamless delivery.
• Leverage our facilities creatively, such as creating podcasts to generate excitement for upcoming webinars
• Promote optimal use of studio facilities within FMO.