We’re looking for a Social & Community Impact Director to join on a temporary contract to cover parental leave. The right candidate will be a member of the EMEA Social and Community Impact team focused on delivering impact to the community and the business. We are looking for someone to join us in April 2025 until April 2026.
The candidate needs to have strong experience in leading a community engagement strategy, building and maintaining partnerships (global) and measuring and evaluating impact.
What are you going to do?We are looking for a Director who will be a critical member of our Nike team at our European Corporate Headquarters. You will be working with the Social & Community Impact team for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Your role will require internal engagement with business functions to drive alignment against our 2030 impact targets.
You will oversee the Nike investment portfolio of partnerships across EMEA in support of our mission to create the Future of Youth Sport, aligned with our global impact- and business goals and be responsible for overseeing the budgets, program planning as well as the full grant making cycle.
You will support SCI team members on the planning and execution of their city impact strategies, as well as lead EMEA wide sport for development programs, with a specific focus on girls and coaching.
It is expected that this person will establish strong connections to a variety of Nike functions and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for integration and collaboration. Finally, you will support the SCI EMEA team to help local teams plan for powerful storytelling, internally and externally.
Based in Hilversum, the Netherlands, this role reports to GM of Future of Youth Sport, Global SCI and collaborates closely with the EMEA SCI and Global SCI team. The role will partner cross functionally with the Kids Construct, Womens Construct, Sports Marketing, Brand Marketing, Communications, Legal, Finance & Operations and Communications amongst others.
What do we offer?- Nike maintains a hybrid working model, 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.
- 25 vacation days if you work 40 hours per week a full year
- Commuting allowance of €0.23 cent per km/max of €23 net per office day
- Work from home allowance of €5 per day on days you are working from home
- 8.33% holiday allowance
- Participation in pension plan, fully covered by Adecco in the first year
- 25% discount in the employee store
- Free access to the online learning platform Adecco Academy
- Access to the gym facilities on campus
Where will you work?NIKE EHQ is based on an inspiring campus in Hilversum. A dynamic, energizing place to work that reflects the values and spirit of the brand. Colleagues from all over the world and located in and amongst numerous parks, cycling lanes and running tracks.
What do we ask?Demonstrated experience in:
- A proven track record in managing, developing and delivering an impact strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals
- Managing multi-sector partnerships, including with NGOs, sporting associations and governments
- Measure and communicate impact – contribute to the development of a measurement framework and data collection (Salesforce)
- Pro-active and self-starter attitude with the ability to work across multiple different projects at one time
- Support city-based teams with grant making processes and strong project management skills to achieve team results;
- Experience of supporting and leading cross-functional initiatives by networking, building relations, taking a collaborative approach and influencing others;
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with external partners and collaborators, and within Nike;
- Knowledge of the social impact, corporate responsibility and sports sectors, especially community- and school-based sports programming;
- Experience of a corporate environment working with brand marketing and communication teams
- Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills with proven ability to structure and deliver content that inspires and engages others;
- Comfortable using of presentation tools such as Keynote, Powerpoint
- Fluent in writing and speaking in English
Are you interested?Apply now via the green button. If you need more information about the team, the company, the role; feel free to send an email to nike@adecco.nl. We will be more than happy to support!