Community Manager Mining & Metals Industry

Building and maintaining global communities of decision-makers in specific fields – the Forum currently manages over 30 such communities of business, political, academic and civil society leaders.

Promoting dialogue within and between these communities through its global Annual Meetings in Switzerland (Davos), China and the United Arab Emirates, as well as regional summits, industry-specific meetings and workshops on specific issues.

Providing strategic insights to support its communities to respond better and in more proactive, integrated ways to global challenges.

Integrating all communities in joint initiatives, task forces and research projects to solve specific problems – the Forum and its communities currently undertake over 50 such initiatives, mainly in the form of public-private partnerships. In doing so, the Forum works together closely with different international organizations and governments.

As a result of the successful growth of our organization we are now searching for a:

COMMUNITY MANAGER MINING & METALS INDUSTRY

You will be responsible for managing relationships between the World Economic Forum and leaders from the mining and metals sector. You will act as the primary interface between our organization and key industry sector contacts including CEOs, corporate senior executives, related government ministries and subject matter experts to coordinate their involvement in events and engagement in task forces and initiatives. You will create and maintain account plans for our Partner companies, and will design as well as execute industry-related activities such as regional and project meetings.

You will be responsible for growing the membership and partnership base of the Forum’s Mining & Metals community by cultivating key strategic relationships and aligning the projects, initiatives and meetings of the Forum with the strategic concerns of the mining and metals industry. You will also work closely with relevant leading officials from national governments to identify their current and future interests and help translate identified issues and priorities into meeting agendas, workstreams and projects.

You will join the Forum as part of our Global Leadership Fellows Programme (www.weforum.org/glf). As such, you will be fully integrated in the World Economic Forum and benefit from an intensive work and learning experience intended to develop and train future leaders of global enterprises and international organizations.

We expect you to possess demonstrated leadership capabilities, excellent team/communication skills, and a broad intellectual background with a Master’s degree. You have three to five years of professional experience and ideally some business development experience in the mining and metals industry in an international environment. You are fluent in English and at least one other language.

Please apply through our website www.weforum.org/careers and provide us with a cover letter, your curriculum vitae, three references, and an 800-word personal essay on what your motivations are in joining the Global Leadership Fellows Programme and what you would like to achieve in your life.