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Reports to: CEO and HR & Admin Director
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Position: Full time
Salary and benefits: DKK 31,500–33,500 per month, depending on qualifications, plus 10% pension and generous holiday package
Join our dynamic team and help keep leadership processes sharp and daily operations smooth!
Are you a dedicated career assistant who thrives on structure, judgement, and trusted proximity to leadership? Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is looking for an experienced, structured, and reliable Executive & Office Coordinator to support both leadership-level processes and the daily administration of our international Head Office. This is a trusted coordination role in a global environmental NGO. You will work closely with the CEO and HR & Admin Director while also serving as the backbone of office administration and internal systems. The role combines executive support and governance coordination with hands-on administrative responsibility. It suits someone with solid professional experience who enjoys both structured routines and thoughtful oversight; and who takes pride in ensuring that important processes run smoothly, accurately, and with care.
About FEE
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.
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 Executive & Office Coordinator, you will play a central role in ensuring that leadership processes, governance coordination, and selected core operational systems function smoothly and reliably.
You will work closely with the CEO and HR & Admin Director as a trusted professional partner. The role requires maturity, sound judgement, discretion, and the ability to work independently within agreed frameworks. You will have meaningful ownership of recurring institutional processes that are critical to how FEE functions at leadership and governance level.
Duties and responsibilities:
Executive & governance support
You will provide high-level, confidential support by:
Acting as a trusted coordination partner to the CEO and HR & Admin Director
Preparing structured briefings, presentations, and background materials
Maintaining overview of leadership priorities, timelines, and follow-up actions
Coordinating Board and senior-level meetings, including agendas, documentation, logistics, and follow-up
Supporting governance and membership processes, including record-keeping and annual cycles
Drafting notes, summaries, and internal documentation when relevant
Liaising professionally with Board members on practical arrangements
Quality-checking selected externally facing documents
Office administration & operational ownership
You will ensure smooth operation of defined Head Office systems by:
Owning and maintaining member records and related systems
Ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and compliance
Coordinating annual membership evaluations and surveys, including preparing summaries and reports
Maintaining shared systems, contact lists, and documentation structures
Coordinating IT equipment, asset lists, onboarding and offboarding processes
Liaising with external IT support and relevant suppliers
Managing office supplies and supporting a well-organised working environment
Monitoring shared inboxes and coordinating internal follow-up
Booking travel for the CEO, HR & Admin Director, and Board members, and preparing simple itineraries when requested
Coordinating signatures, document circulation, and selected HR administration tasks (e.g. appraisal scheduling)
Scope clarification:
This role is focused on executive and governance support and defined operational ownership. It does not provide general administrative support to all teams across the Head Office.Skills & Qualifications:
Solid professional experience (typically 5–7+ years) as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, senior coordinator, or in a comparable governance-support role
Clear motivation to build a long-term career as a professional assistant and coordinator
Proven ability to work independently with judgement and discretion in sensitive leadership contexts
Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
Ability to maintain overview across recurring annual cycles and complex processes
Excellent written and spoken English
Comfortable working in an international and multicultural environment
Strong digital skills, including Microsoft 365 and shared document systems; experience with SharePoint, databases or CRMs, and survey tools is an advantage
Calm, service-minded, and collaborative working style
FEE offers:
A meaningful role in a respected international environmental NGO. This is a trusted position with real responsibility, where you will take ownership of defined processes and contribute to strengthening how we work. You will be part of a collaborative and supportive Head Office team, working in a mission-driven organisation where sustainability is at the core of everything we do.
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.
CompensationThe position will be compensated at 31,500–33,500 per month plus a 10% pension and a generous vacation scheme. The exact salary will depend on prior experience.
Start dateExact start date to be agreed upon.
Application
If you are a professional career PA who values structure, ownership, and meaningful work in an international organisation, we would be delighted to hear from you. Submit your application and resume to hr@fee.global no later than 20 March 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:
Daniel Schaffer, CEO | +45 61 24 80 80 | daniel@fee.global
Rikke Florager, HR & Admin Director | +45 62679590 | rikke@fee.global
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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.
CompensationThe 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 datePreferably 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.