External Funding Manager (m/w/d)

The Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) is an international, non-profit think and do tank. Together with companies, policy makers, and civil society actors, the CSCP pursues its mission to mainstream sustainability towards enabling the good life for all. With its collaborative approach, the CSCP accelerates change based on the special expertise of the Centre in the following areas: Lifestyles & Behaviour, Infrastructure, Products & Services, Business & Entrepreneurship and Policy. Read more about us on our website www.cscp.org/about-us

The CSCP offers a dynamic and stimulating team, diverse tasks and international development opportunities, the chance to work on future-oriented sustainability issues and the opportunity to make a real impact with your work in a renowned organisation. We promote the compatibility of family and career with part-time work and home office solutions. Flexible working hours allow you to plan your personal life alongside your career at CSCP.

In the past few years, we have continued to strengthen our team in line with expanded growth of activities at the global level.  This position is an interface between the dynamic field of sustainability research and CSCP´s business administration.

Starting date: 1^st July 2026
Working hours: up to 80%
Fixed term: 2 years, an extension is intended
Location: Wuppertal, Germany

Your tasks:

As part of an international team of interdisciplinary experts currently working on over 40 externally funded projects, you will be the central point of contact for financial and administrative project support. This ranges from support with costing at the project application stage, project set-up after commissioning, project controlling, ongoing communication with the project team and third-party funding providers to project accounting, keeping cost records, preparing the project for audits and audit support. You will be part of the project team and actively and continuously supervise the projects. In a dynamic organisation with flat hierarchies, you will report directly to the management.

Your abilities:

• You have completed training/degree in business administration and/or organisational administration.
• You are at ease working with figures, you have an eye for accuracy and accountability for your work.
• You have several years of relevant professional experience, ideally in an international working environment.
• You have experience in the financial and administrative management of publicly financed projects.
• You have strong communication and organisational skills
• You are a team member who can maintain professional assertiveness when required.
• You are a proficient in MS Office programmes (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• In addition, knowledge and experience in dealing with DATEV and in grant and public procurement law would be an advantage.

Language skills:

As German and English are the working languages of the CSCP, very good written and spoken German and English skills are required.

Remuneration:

We apply the collective labour agreement of the federal states (TV-L) NRW.

Application deadline:

Please send your complete application documents by latest 30 May 2026.