Market-Based Measures Program Coordinator (Maternity Cover 9-12 Months)

About the Position

Market-Based Measures Program Coordinator (Maternity Cover 9-12 Months)

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Type: Full-time, Temporary

Salary: 45,000 - 50,000 € per year

PLEASE NOTE: We're only considering candidates who are already based in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, we can't offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation. Thank you for understanding.

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About the Role

Are you passionate about sustainability and skilled at keeping complex programs running smoothly? We're looking for a proactive and organized Program Coordinator to support Smart Freight Centre's Market-Based Measures (MBM) program. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys connecting people, coordinating projects, organizing events, and ensuring that important work gets delivered effectively.

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Responsibilities

• Program Coordination

  • Coordinate program activities, workplans, timelines, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.
  • Maintain project documentation, trackers, and shared resources.
  • Identify opportunities to improve program processes, coordination mechanisms, and ways of working.

• Working Groups & Secretariat Support

  • Serve as secretariat for expert working groups, advisory boards, and community forums.
  • Coordinate consultations, surveys, stakeholder feedback processes, and follow-up activities.
  • Prepare agendas, presentations, briefing materials, meeting summaries, and decision records.
  • Track actions, decisions, and stakeholder input, ensuring effective follow-through.
  • Support governance and stakeholder engagement processes across programs.

• Stakeholder & Community Engagement

  • Maintain stakeholder and member records in Salesforce and other systems.
  • Coordinate onboarding, engagement, and communications with members, experts, and partners.
  • Support relationship management by ensuring timely communication and visibility of stakeholder updates across the team.

• Events & Communications

  • Organize virtual and in-person meetings, workshops, webinars, and community events.
  • Manage logistics, participant communications, materials, and follow-up activities.
  • Draft and distribute stakeholder communications, updates, newsletters, and invitations.
  • Coordinate publication and review processes for reports, guidance documents, and program outputs.

• Knowledge Management & Reporting

  • Maintain program repositories, meeting records, guidance materials, and knowledge resources.
  • Support management, donor, and project reporting through collection and analysis of program data.
  • Monitor participation, engagement, and program performance metrics.
  • Support contracts, consultant administration, invoices, and other operational processes as needed.

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Requirements

• Experience: 1–3 years of experience in a coordination or support role (but we’re open to motivated starters!)
• Skills:
  • Strong sense of organization and attention to detail
  • Hands-on attitude
  • Confidence using digital tools like MS Office, and openness to learning systems like Salesforce or SharePoint
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
  • An interest in sustainability and helping to reduce freight emissions
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Curiosity and flexibility

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We Offer

• Join a culture of collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.
• 27 days of holiday and 10 public holidays.
• Office located in the heart of Amsterdam, offering hybrid working.
• NS Business card for commuting.
• Bike loan scheme.
• Unlimited access to Coursera and other learning opportunities.
• Full access to OpenUp for mental health support.
• Team-building activities and social events.

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About Smart Freight Centre

Think about the package that just arrived at your doorstep. The products on store shelves, or the goods being shipped across oceans. Logistics is everywhere, powering the world we live in. And because it’s everywhere, it’s also one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions globally.

That’s where Smart Freight Centre (SFC) steps in. We’re tackling the carbon footprint of logistics head-on, working with businesses, governments, and key players around the globe. Our mission? To transform the logistics sector into a zero-emission industry by 2050, or hopefully even sooner. Want to help drive this change? Join us.

Learn more about us