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Foundation for Environmental Education 
Director for FEE’s Certification Body

Reports to: CEO 

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 

Position: Full time 

Salary and benefits: DKK 51,400-54,600 monthly plus 10% pension and generous holiday package 

Join our dynamic team and be a catalyst for positive change!  
Are you ready to safeguard the credibility behind some of the world’s most trusted environmental programmes? FEE is looking for a strategic and detail-driven leader to build and guide our new Certification Body Unit at a pivotal moment of growth. In this role, you will turn principles into practice, ensuring that thousands of establishments each year achieve certification following the highest international standards. Your ability to combine big-picture vision with rigorous oversight and practical planning will be crucial as you navigate accreditation requirements, lead a diverse technical team, and uphold the integrity, impartiality, and global reputation of FEE’s work. If you thrive where structure, collaboration, and purpose meet, this is your opportunity to shape a Certification Body with worldwide influence. 

About FEE

The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is one of the world’s largest environmental education organisations, with members in over 85 countries. Through our programmes, FEE works to promote sustainable development and deliver high-quality environmental education on a global scale. Our educational programmes – Eco-Campus, Eco-Schools, Learning About Ecosystems and Forests, and Young Reporters for the Environment - empower young people to create an environmentally conscious world through a hands-on, solutions-based approach. Our eco-tourism programmes, Green Key and Blue Flag, are globally recognised for promoting and certifying sustainable business practices while ensuring the protection of natural resources. FEE is ensuring that our eco-tourism programmes are aligned with international regulation.  

As an organisation, FEE is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, inclusion, and environmental justice within our network and in all our communications. 

For more information about the Foundation for Environmental Education, check our website www.fee.global. 

Position Overview

As the Director of the Certification Body Unit, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that FEE’s Certification Body is set up and operates within the scopes of the Accreditation of the Certification Body as provided by DANAK (Denmark’s National Accreditation Body). The Accreditation is part of ensuring the integrity and credibility of FEE’s programmes.  

Your responsibilities will encompass strategic planning, project coordination, and effective communication across stakeholders. You will lead strategic initiatives, ensuring our efforts in the network to maximising our impact. Your genuine commitment to environmental preservation will be the driving force behind everything you do, inspiring others and fuelling our collective drive for positive change. 

Duties and responsibilities: 

The Certification Body Director is responsible for the set-up of the Certification Body Unit in the FEE Head Office: 

  • Ensure that the Certification Body unit can perform the following tasks per 1 October 2026: 

  • Review and decide on certifications for 5,000+ Green Key applicant establishments each year 

  • Communicate with applicant establishments on rectification of non-conformities  

  • Management of complaints, appeals, suspensions and withdrawals 

  • Confirmation of conformity after surveillance activities 

  • Approve auditors 

  • Negotiate contracts (including financial aspects) with auditors and auditing companies  

  • Assign audits to auditors 

  • Employ/contract with relevant staff: 

  • Hire two coordinators to support in the set-up of the Certification Body 

  • Contract with 15-20 technical staff members (to carry out the tasks listed above) 

  • Assigning the various tasks to the various technical staff members 

  • Ensuring the development of the application for accreditation of FEE’s Certification Body with DANAK  

  • Ensure that the employed/contracted staff comply with FEE policies (including policy on impartiality, objectivity, confidentiality, non-discrimination, anti-bribery and anti-corruption) 

  • Administrative overall day-to-day management of the Certification Body unit 

  • Financial overall day-to-day management of the Certification Body unit 

  • Regular reporting to the FEE CEO and the FEE Board 

  • Regular cooperation with the FEE HO finance team and the FEE HO Admin and HR team 

  • Cooperation with the external impartiality committee 

Skills & Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, sustainability, or related field. 

  • A minimum of ten years of experience in work with a certification scheme, environmental project management (including team management).  

  • Proven leadership experience.  

  • Knowledge about ISO standards (particularly ISO/IEC 17065:2012). 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders and build consensus.  

  • Proficiency in project management tools and techniques. 

  • Fluent in English language. Additional knowledge about other languages, such as Spanish, French or Danish will be considered a plus. 

  • Solution-oriented and proactively address your tasks and challenges. 

  • You appreciate working in a multicultural environment. 

 

FEE offers: 

A collaborative, international, and values-driven working environment where sustainability is at the core of everything we do. This role provides significant autonomy and responsibility, allowing you to shape and build a Certification Body of global relevance while working closely with engaged colleagues and stakeholders across countries and cultures. The position combines strategic leadership with hands-on impact and offers flexibility, professional development, and the opportunity to contribute directly to credible environmental change. 

 

Job type 

This is a permanent full-time position (37 hours per week incl. ½ hour paid lunch) that offers great flexibility and an 50/50 working from home/office scheme to ensure a good work-life balance. 

 
Compensation 

The position will be compensated at 51,400-54,600 DKK per month plus a 10% pension and a generous vacation scheme. The exact salary will depend on prior experience.  

 
Start date 

Preferably 1 April 2026.  

Application 

If you are a proactive and driven individual with a passion for leadership, development and coordination of a new unit in FEE, we invite you to join our team as Certification Body Director. Submit your application and resume to hr@fee.global no later than 28 February 2026. We will be conduction interviews on an ongoing basis. 

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities, and from all parts of the FEE network and beyond. 

Danish work permission/visa  

This job requires that you have or can obtain permission to live and work in Denmark. 

Contact 

If you have questions about the position, you can contact FEE’s CEO, Daniel Schaffer +45 61 24 80 80 or daniel@fee.global.