Academic Programmes Coordinator

Our Academy is a collaborative arena for lifelong learning, helping to build critical capabilities for innovation and transformation. We are training the next generation of urban mobility practitioners, needed by the urban mobility ecosystem of the future. Our programmes are intersectoral, interdisciplinary, international, and entrepreneurial.

Our main vehicles are:

  • Master School
  • Doctoral Training Network
  • Competence Hub
  • Education Capacity Building

The jobholder will report to the Academy Programme Manager and work in close cooperation with the Head of the Master School based at Ghent University and the Head of the Doctoral Training Network based at the Technical University of Munich.

The Academic Programmes Coordinator will be required to develop effective working relationships with a variety of teams and departments across the different universities participating in our academic programmes to continually enhance existing programmes and academic delivery and support the planning and development of new programmes and formats, including the new Fellowship model.

Our academic programmes are developed in line with the EIT Label quality framework and focus on innovation and entrepreneurship education and training (https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/education/eit-label). S/he will also contribute to improve the student experience and provide administrative support to recently launched student programmes and initiatives such as the Student Entrepreneur Support and the Urban Mobility Consultancy. 

Main tasks and responsibilities:

  • Supporting the implementation of the new ‘Innovation and entrepreneurship Fellowship programme’, ensuring alignment with the approved EIT Label model.
  • Supporting with defining the framework for a new innovation and entrepreneurship master programme and identifying the EIT internal processes required to implement it, including setting up and running open calls and calls for EIT Urban Mobility partners and assisting in consortia formation and project selection.
  • Establishing effective relationships with current academic partners, closely working with them to achieve the objectives and strategy in all our academic programmes and initiatives. Identifying potential new partners and support with initiating new business partnerships.
  • Assisting the Master School Office and the Doctoral Training Network Office to deliver important student related events such as the kick-off, the annual forum, and the graduation ceremony.
  • Proposing and driving initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability and student volume.
  • Contributing to the successful implementation of the Student Entrepreneur Support and the Urban Mobility Consultancy, supporting with selecting the projects and drafting the contracts.  
  • Monitoring implementation in line with business plan, budgets and set targets. 
  • Providing regular monitoring and contributing to the regular EIT Label assessment reports.
  • Providing regular reporting on the progress of the activities, the fulfilment of the deadlines, the production of output, issuance of the deliverables and the consumption of resources.
  • Driving synergies between the different activities part of the academic programmes and initiatives portfolio.
  • Ensuring optimal synergies between segments of the EIT Urban Mobility Academy, the rest of EIT Urban Mobility, and the EIT Community.
  • Supporting the Academy Programme Manager and the Academy Management Team with overall administrative tasks.

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for Academic Programmes Coordinator

Application form for Academic Programmes Coordinator

Deadline for applications:  14 April 2023

Location: Barcelona (Spain)

Request for Proposals: Impact Ventures consultancy services – Venture selection and growth specialist

EIT Urban Mobility is investing in startups within its Impact Ventures team. In order to realise value in this proposition, EIT Urban Mobility is “de-risking” these ventures by supporting the management and growing the value of these companies by guiding them in funding programmes such as Acces2Finance, G2Markers, partnering and business development.

These Impact Venture objectives are driven by both a team of professionals at the Head Office and by Investment Portfolio Managers, hereinafter referred to as IPM, at the regional Innovation Hubs of the organisation.

In 2023, EIT Urban Mobility requires consultancy services in two domains: at headquarters level to help the team in Europe-wide activities and at regional level at Innovation Hub West. EIT Urban Mobility doesn´t yet have an IPM at Innovation Hub West. Therefore EIT Urban Mobility is looking for a provider with experience to manage the onboarding and arrival of the IPM and, at the same time, cover certain tasks to accomplish the objectives of this role at a part-time interim basis.

Both role and goals are in line with the overall objective:

Impact Ventures supports and funds top start-ups and scale-ups with the ultimate goal of creating sustainable and more liveable cities.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 30 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

AIG communication, dissemination and exploitation officer (Innovation)

The Action and Impact Groups (AIG) support EIT Urban Mobility partners identify and access non-EIT funding opportunities for research and innovation activities in the field of mobility e.g. Horizon Europe, Digital Europe.

The AIG communication, dissemination and exploitation (C&D&E) officer will report to the AIG manager. S/he will focus primarily on the delivery of externally awarded projects under the Horizon Europe programme. As EIT Urban Mobility continues to attract external funding, the team ensures all contractual obligations of awards are met with quality content on time and on budget.

This specific role is one of the core functions, dedicated mainly to communications, dissemination and exploitation actions in the field of mobility & energy, covering topics such as logistics of e-mobility batteries, 2nd life use of batteries, energy storage and circular economy. The position will involve communication and presentation of results/findings to industry actors, policy makers and the European knowledge and research community. In addition to that, s/he will have an active role within the Innovation team, providing support to the creation of written and visual content and organising in person and virtual workshops/events for industry, research, and policy stakeholders.

Main tasks and responsibilities include:

  • Write content and make technical and scientific material accessible to different target audiences
  • Design and deliver communication plans
  • Set up and maintain social media channels for European funded projects on digital platforms, mainly LinkedIn
  • Organise and facilitate in-person and online stakeholders’ workshops/forums
  • Create infographics and videos to disseminate results using online platforms
  • Write press releases and official communications material
  • Support with in-person and online event planning, as needed, for the Innovation programme
  • Manage WordPress sites, making regular updates to content and writing news items
  • Prepare and manage event participation, using Eventbrite, sending general invites, drafting event content ensuring GDPR compliance, and working closely with other units
  • Manage the communication/relationship with speakers, before and during events
  • Capacity to engage exploitation, commercialisation and marketing launch strategies
  • Use of graphic design and video editing tools and softwares
  • Work with external providers/companies in the design and development of communication and dissemination materials

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for AIG communication, dissemination and exploitation officer

Application form for AIG communication, dissemination and exploitation officer

Deadline for applications:  7 April 2023

Location: Barcelona (Spain)

AIG climate-neutrality officer (Innovation)

The Action and Impact Groups (AIG) support EIT Urban Mobility partners identify and access non-EIT funding opportunities for research and innovation activities in the field of mobility e.g. Horizon Europe, Digital Europe. The AIG programme also manages EIT Urban Mobility participation in Horizon Europe and other European open innovation projects.

The AIG climate-neutrality officer will report to the AIG manager. S/he will focus primarily on the proposal development and delivery of externally awarded projects, mainly under the programmes Horizon Europe and Digital Europe. As EIT Urban Mobility continues to attract external funding, the team ensures all contractual obligations of awards are met with quality content on time and on budget. This specific role is dedicated primarily to work on the NetZeroCities project supporting the European Commission’s Cities Mission to deliver 100 climateneutral and smart cities by 2030. The position will involve activities related to city-to-city knowledge transfer, replication, and transferability of (mobility) solutions, and other communication, dissemination and exploitation tasks. In addition to that, s/he will have an active role within the AIG team and other Horizon Europe projects in implementation.

Main tasks and responsibilities include:

  • Manage deliverables, milestones and reporting
  • Presentation skills and speaking capacity
  • Relationship building, networking skills
  • Bid writing, evaluation and assessment capacity
  • Preparation of proposals under Horizon Europe and Digital Europe
  • Stakeholder management, & community maintenance
  • Best practice identification & mapping and general desktop research
  • External relations and communications
  • Design and deliver funded / sub-funded programmes
  • Facilitation of workshop skills

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for AIG climate-neutrality officer

Application form for AIG climate-neutrality officer

Deadline for applications:  7 April 2023

Location: Barcelona (Spain)

Request for Proposals: Professional congress organiser

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub South and EIT Urban Mobility S.L.U are aiming to identify a supplier to provide support for different types of events organised, co-organised and participated by both EIT Urban Mobility Hub South and EIT Urban Mobility, as per definition listed in section 2.2 of the request of proposal document (see below).

EIT Urban Mobility Hub South operates in Southern Europe, being responsible for the market development in the countries Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Bosnia, and Albania. Headquarters EIT Urban Mobility organises, co-organises, attends and participates in different events in some of these countries to strengthen the relationships between partners and create new business opportunities. These events play a vital role in the life of the above-mentioned organisations. EIT Urban Mobility aims to generate brand-awareness and create possibilities of exploring and opening new markets to develop new connections and networks and position EIT Urban Mobility as leader in the mobility sector.

Even though most of the service requests mentioned in section 2.2. are related to the logistical part of an event, creativity and new ideas are extremely valuable and will be considered as a plus. The selected supplier must have an active approach, propose ideas and discard others if it does not fit the needs of the event. Overall, EIT Urban Mobility Hub South and EIT Urban Mobility are seeking a problem-solving, dynamic, motivated and passionate supplier with a flexible, adaptive and resourceful approach.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 24 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

Request for Proposals: Mobile communications provider

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is aiming to procure the yearly contract with a telecommunications services company to provide mobile network and internet services in all European countries.

EIT Urban Mobility currently has over 90 employees, mostly based at the Headquarter office in Barcelona (Spain) with 65 SIMs in use and over 60 handsets acquired between 2020 and present day. For the present year is planned to increase the number of employees, so it will be required to provide additional SIMs and mobile phones.

There are two work packages (WPs) included in the present request for proposal. Each WP will be invoiced separately. The first one is the provisioning of mobile subscriptions for all EIT Urban Mobility employees.  The second WP includes the purchase of SIM-unlocked smartphones with warranty and support services included.

  • WP 1: Spanish mobile phone subscriptions (only SIM card, unlimited calls and 30GB/month data)
  • WP 2: Pool of SIM-unlocked smartphones (1 Android model and 1 iOS model) for buying on demand with warranty and support service included

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 24 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

Request for Proposals: Survey implementation and database management for HEI Initiative Alumni project

The EIT’s HEI Initiative – Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education, is a pan-European project that aims at helping higher education institutions to build capacity to teach innovation and entrepreneurship. The EIT’s HEI Initiative organises annual calls for proposals, inviting European higher education institutions to design institution-wide action plans in which they have to train and mentor a minimum number of students, academic and non-academic staff in entrepreneurship and innovation fields, and also support start-ups through services like mentoring and consultancy.

In the context of the EIT’s HEI Initiative, EIT Urban Mobility is leading the creation of the HEI Initiative Alumni community, connecting the students, academic and non-academic staff trained, as well as the start-up founders supported. As a first step towards the establishment of this community, we will design a survey addressed to the HEI Initiative alumni in order to collect some data on them with the double objective of creating a database that will allow the KICs to have a direct communication with the Alumni, and of being able to analyse their profile, interests and expectations to build a strategy for the future of the community.

The focus of this Request for Proposals is on two specific tasks of the HEI Initiative Alumni work package:

  • the implementation of the survey, including the identification of the most suitable survey tool and the purchase of the tool licence.
  • the creation and management of the alumni database in 2023, including the identification of a solution that will be easily manageable internally in the following years.

Candidates should note that the questionnaire for the survey will be designed by EIT Urban Mobility.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submission: 7 April 2023 16:00h Central European Time

Request for Proposals: Pool of moderators and event facilitators

By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility is in need to extend the services for “Selection of moderators and event facilitators”, that was published on the EIT Urban Mobility website from 16 December 2022 until 27 December 2022 to create a pool of experts in this field.

EIT Urban Mobility republishes the RfP, with the aim to further build the pool of experienced moderators and facilitators.

Please note: Tenderers who have already participated in the first launch, should abstain from participating in the second round as this is meant to be an extension of the existing pool of moderators and facilitators.

Events are an important component of EIT Urban Mobility’s communications strategy and play a pivotal role and channel for disseminating the success and impact of EIT Urban Mobility. Relevant events range from internally organised events such as the annual EIT Urban Mobility flagship event (Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress); to smaller, governance and business cycle generated meetings such as the General Assembly. Several core events are organised by the headquarters; those that relate to our business cycle of project development and to our programmes, Academy, Impact Ventures, Innovation and Market Development, others by our Innovation Hubs (regional offices) and those belonging to programme activities, in most cases, by our partners.

  • Internal events such as matchmaking events and workshops, serve to build cohesion within EIT Urban Mobility partnership and to keep partners informed and involved to motivate them to contribute to all ongoing EIT Urban Mobility activities. Internal events also serve to enhance synergies, for mutual learning, collaborations, and shared value creation.
  • External events include events organised by EIT Urban Mobility and its Innovation Hubs which are open to non-partners and events where EIT Urban Mobility has an active role. Organised by the KIC itself may be networking events, events at local level to connect with the citizens, thematic events related to specific areas of expertise, hackathons, etc.
  • Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress, EIT Urban Mobility’s annual flagship event, taking place yearly in November in Barcelona (Spain). The congress is co-organised by Fira Barcelona and taking place alongside a well-established event, Smart City Expo World Congress, thereby creating a congress of global reach for maximum impact.

EIT Urban Mobility wishes to appoint several external moderators/facilitators to support our work across a portfolio of activities covering Innovation, Impact Ventures, Education, Citizen Engagement, City Club, Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), Market Development and its Innovation Hubs (regional offices). Independent external moderators/facilitators may assist in a wide array of activities such as events, meetings, workshops, etc. Skills, professional experience, and expertise linked to any of EIT Urban Mobility’s priorities are welcome. All services will be under request.

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Request for Proposals.

To apply, please send the completed tenders submission and declaration form.

Deadline for submissions: 30 March 2023 at 16:00 Central European Time.

Call for Expression of Interest: Academy experts

EIT Urban Mobility is looking for external experts to lead on the operational development and deployment of the EIT Urban Mobility Quality System for Non-Degree Education and Training, the quality control system for our professional education courses.

We plan to implement a manual process first (paper format) to start the testing phase and, in parallel, identify/develop a self-assessment platform that can be bespoke to the needs and specificities of the EIT Urban Mobility Quality System for Non-Degree Education and Training. The manual process will give us important input for the development of the self-assessment platform. Courses launched from 2024 will be using the self-assessment platform.

We look for experts to lead on designing the templates the course providers need to fill out, as well as developing guidelines and recommendations for course providers on how to complete the different actions of the three-step approach. Also, the external expert(s) will be required to identify and oversee the customisation of the self-assessment platform, ensuring that all the features of the three-step approach are integrated in this platform and that the guidelines and recommendations for course providers are included there. 

All information, including the detailed scope of work, deliverables, and terms & conditions can be found in the Call for Expressions of Interest.

To apply, send a completed Expression of Interest – applicants declaration form + CV to procurement@eiturbanmobility.eu with subject [Application for Experts Academy]

Deadline for submissions: 24 March 2023 at 23:59 Central European Time.

EIT Community Officer

EIT Urban Mobility is part of a network of nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) addressing societal challenges such as climate change (EIT Climate-KIC), industrial innovation (EIT Manufacturing) or digitalisation (EIT Digital). Through the KICs, EIT strengthens cooperation among businesses (including SMEs), higher education institutions and research organisations, forms dynamic pan-European partnerships, and creates favorable environments for creative thought processes and innovations to flourish.

Cross-KIC refers to a collaborative project initiated by the EIT to bring together multiple KICs from different domains to tackle a common challenge and drive innovation across Europe. The aim of these projects is to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing, and to drive innovation by bringing together diverse expertise and resources. As EIT Community Officer you would facilitate and drive one of these collaborative projects – EIT Artificial Intelligence Community – in collaboration with other KICs.

The role would involve managing the participation of the company (Innovation Hub South, representing EIT Urban Mobility) in the EIT Artificial Intelligence Community cross-KIC project, including overseeing project planning and execution, budget management, and stakeholder engagement. Additionally, the position would involve supporting the City Development Manager in activities related to Data Spaces, including participation in Gaia-X Spain, managing stakeholders, conducting use case assessments, and scouting funding opportunities.

Main tasks and responsibilities regarding the EIT Artificial Intelligence Community cross-KIC project include:

  • Drive the execution of EIT Urban Mobility’ activities in the project.
  • Monitor and report of these activities.
  • Conduct one-to-one reviews with key industry/city/academics on their innovation portfolio, issues and needs.
  • Coordinate best practise exchange within the project.
  • Create effective messaging on the EIT Artificial Intelligence Community activities to ensure more effective dissemination.
  • Joint organisation and participation in high level events.

Main tasks and responsibilities regarding Data Spaces-related activities include:

  • Provide overall support in all activities related to Data Spaces, including project management, planning, and execution, and ensuring that all initiatives align with the company’s overall goals and objectives.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders involved in Data Spaces initiatives, both internal – such as EIT Urban Mobility Special Interest Group (SIG) on Data Spaces – and external – such as Gaia-X Spain and the pan-European Gaia-X Data Space Business Committee.
  • Conduct assessments of potential Data Space use cases.
  • Proactively scout for funding opportunities in the Data Space arena.

City development for Innovation Hub South (30% of the workload):

The main goal of Innovation Hubs of EIT Urban Mobility is to bring together public and private sector stakeholders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to create a more sustainable, efficient, and accessible mobility system. The main objectives of Innovation Hub South are thus to foster collaboration, drive innovation, and promote sustainable mobility solutions in southern-European countries (Portugal, Spain, France, Malta, Greece, and Cyprus).

Cities are at the heart of everything we do. We facilitate cities to deploy new solutions with the help of private sector and education partners to transition to a decarbonised and equitable mobility and transport system in Europe.

Main tasks and responsibilities regarding city development for Innovation Hub include:

  • Establish and ensure strong relationships with local and regional public authorities in all countries and regions covered by the Innovation Hub, stimulating their active participation in all KIC activities.
  • Actively facilitate networking and innovation activities in the regional ecosystem and across Innovation Hubs.
  • Establish and maintain business processes of and/or linked to Innovation Hub operations.
  • Proactively support the City Development Manager in identifying cities and regions that could become partners of our innovation community (support in leads management).

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for EIT Community Officer

Application form for EIT Community Officer

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Barcelona (Spain)

City Funding Officers

Two positions, one in Prague, one in Copenhagen.

We are looking to appoint two City Funding Officers; one in Prague and another one in Copenhagen, that report, respectively, to the Director/Head of Innovation Hub in Prague and Copenhagen in daily reporting; and to the Head of City Partnership and AIG Manager for operational functions. 

Expanding upon existing success in European-wide funding actions, the City Funding Officers will be tasked with identifying local, national, and regional funding opportunities related to urban mobility. The City Funding Officers will lead the targeting of identified funding opportunities to support EIT Urban Mobility partners (cities, industry, academia, and SMEs) in their defined geographic region (https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/our-hubs/

Main tasks and responsibilities include: 

  • Map and identify cities, funders and funding programmes in the region. 
  • Develop strong relationships with cities, national and regional funding bodies in their region. 
  • Analysing funding cycles, work programmes, and tracking upcoming calls linked to mobility.  
  • Master the legal, financial, monitoring, and operational complexity of each priority funding body.  
  • Develop concept notes, timelines and project proposal outlines to initiative partner engagement. 
  • Design and facilitate workshops for partners to respond to funding opportunities.  
  • Become a trusted advisor to our Leading Cities in their geography. 
  • Support in the development of new cities partners in the region  
  • Continuous mapping of cities’ opportunities in the region  
  • Matchmake between existing and new EIT Urban Mobility partners 
  • Complete financial planning and costing for bid proposals. 
  • Write and coordinate bid proposals to close.  
  • Meet targets for bid success in open calls in their region. 
  • Assess and evaluate any emerging Horizon Europe bids and transfer to HQ.  

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for City Funding Officer

Application form for City Funding Officer

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Prague (Czech Republic) and Copenhagen (Denmark)

Start-up Digital Services Officer

EIT Urban Mobility Impact Ventures aims to become the reference impact investor in urban mobility start-ups. Sustainability, team diversity and core Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) business values are the cornerstones of our investment thesis that focuses on early-stage companies. Together with investments, Impact Ventures leads the activities related to programmes and services that provide support to start-ups. 

ABOUT THE JOB

In order to support the vision of creating more liveable urban spaces by focusing on the European entrepreneurship ecosystem, EIT Urban Mobility is opening a call for applications for a Start-up Digital Services Officer for Impact Ventures. The Start-up Digital Services Officer will take ownership of EIT Urban Mobility’s Impact Ventures value added services, including the Growth Lab community platform and additional services offered to start-ups (e.g. customised support).

The Start-up Digital Services Officer will be responsible to: 

  • Take ownership and accountability for value added services focused on urban mobility start-ups; 
  • Align the value-added services offering with Impact Ventures strategy for the long-term financial sustainability of EIT Urban Mobility; 
  • Manage the Growth Lab community platform; 
  • Coordinate with Impact Ventures (Investment Portfolio Managers and Investment team), other EIT Urban Mobility units (e.g. Communications, Finances and Legal) and externals (e.g. SW providers, perks partners) to keep that platform up and running, integrated, and aligned with Impact Ventures’ strategy; 
  • Lead the animation of the platform (e.g. contents, interactions with members, management of the partnerships for perks); 
  • Cooperate with the team working on the Growth Lab community platform (content creation and graphic design); 
  • Generate and qualify leads, build a sales pipeline and sale additional services (e.g. customised support offers) to the members of the Growth Lab community platform; 

The Start-up Digital Services Officer will report to the Programmes and Services Manager at Impact Ventures, EIT Urban Mobility’s headquarters. More information on Impact Ventures activities and programmes: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/impact-ventures/ 

How to apply

Call for applications and guidelines how to apply for Start-up Digital Services Officer

Application form for Start-up Digital Services Officer

Deadline for applications:  30 March 2023

Location: Barcelona, Spain