European Funding Consultant

• Customer-oriented, building strong relationships with innovative companies and the energy sector
• Multidisciplinary teams, i.e. scientific and grants consisting of highly qualified and seasoned consultants who collaborate to optimize our clients'costs
• Industry-specific expertise
• A pragmatic approach to ensure realistic saving opportunities
• Strong company values - a.o. boldness, excellence, humility and passion

• Co-funding detection: you analyse projects and identify most appropriate co-funding opportunities for your clients at national and European level, accurately assessing the feasibility of projects, and liaising with the national teams to assess national opportunities as well
• Actively supporting the scouting activities for new prospects
• Building partnerships: you help our clients to find partners all over Europe, form consortia
• Proposal preparation management: you quickly understand the strengths and weaknesses of a project/business in order to translate it into a convincing grant application, you support other Grants Consultants during the drafting phases, reviewing and co-drafting proposals.
• Client management: you manage and foster relationships with Leyton's clients, including during the proposal preparation phases
• Training and coaching: sharing your expertise, you help colleagues across Europe develop their knowledge and skills regarding (EU) Grants

• Representation: you represent Leyton's strategic interests at various (networking) events
• Communication: you operate as a key-contact internally/externally and towards the public authorities; you contribute to the shaping of new communication tools and their content;
• Business development: you participate in the drafting of commercial proposals and account development actions
• Troubleshooting: you are quick to signal potential issues and find solutions that work smoothly for all parties involved
• Coordination: you are able to coordinate international consortia or across multiple countries of a multinational company

• You have strong experience in client management
• You have at least 3 years of professional experience in European grants such as Innovation Fund, Connecting Europe Facility, European Defence Fund, Horizon Europe, LIFE, etc. - experience with public affairs is a real plus
• You are passionate about societal challenges, innovation, climate, energy and research and have an entrepreneurial mindset
• You are client focused, you have excellent writing skills and interpersonal skills allowing you to adapt in a technical environment interacting with senior executives
• Adaptive and quick-thinking particularly in unexpected situations.
• You are good at solving problems in a creative and constructive way
• You have the ability to work independently and to define and meet specific objectives
• You are rigorous and methodical with a strong capacity for analysis and synthesis
• Networking skills are a plus
• You are fluent in English. The knowledge of other European languages is a plus
• You are available to occasionally travel within Europe

• A young and dynamic working environment that promotes initiative and responsibility
• A great opportunity to expand your network as you collaborate with colleagues and clients from diverse industries

• A human-sized company within a growing international group, allowing direct contact with management level
• Flexible office presence in Brussels / hybrid working
• Multiple career development opportunities
• An attractive salary package and extralegal benefits

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