Chief Operating Officer / Operations Lead

Compact Version

10 aug

**DETAILS**

**(m/v/x)**
**Organisation:** Elzéard Foundation
**Location:** Cross-border region.
Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
**Employment:** Full-time position
**Salary:** Competitive salary, depending on experience
**Start:** To be discussed

Help bring a living landscape back

Elzéard Foundation is looking for a Chief Operating Officer to help build the organisation behind the restoration of a wilder, healthier and more connected landscape.

We are working to reconnect fragmented landscapes so that wildlife can move, plants can spread, soils can regenerate and water systems can recover.
Across Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, Elzéard is building a network of restoration sites that show how ecological recovery, regenerative land use and local livelihoods can reinforce one another.
As Chief Operating Officer, you will help turn this ambition into enduring capacity: bringing focus to people, projects and resources; strengthening how we work; and ensuring that good ideas become work on the ground.
We are not looking for a conventional corporate manager. We are looking for an operational leader who understands that the organisation exists to serve a living system: someone who brings clarity, rhythm and accountability, while preserving Elzéard’s ecological integrity, relationships and capacity to evolve.
What you bring
Significant experience in operational leadership, team leadership and organisational development
A pragmatic, hands-on approach combined with strategic insight
A talent for creating clarity around roles, processes and collaboration
Fluency in Dutch and English; French and German are a plus
An affinity with our mission of ecological restoration, rewilding, regeneration and long-term stewardship
What we offer
A pivotal role in a small, committed and multidisciplinary core team, with direct influence on how Elzéard continues to organise and develop. You will work closely with the founders and strategic leadership, with the scope to gradually take on an independent operational mandate.