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IKEA Foundation Stakeholder Engagement & Convening Specialist Leiden Full-time Permanent employee Apply for this job Your mission The Stakeholder Engagement and Convening Specialist enables high quality external convenings and internal learning events by supporting their design, coordination, participant engagement, and follow through. The role helps ensure convenings are well prepared, smoothly delivered, and create meaningful opportunities for participation, learning, and shared understanding across the partner ecosystem and organisation. Working closely with the Convening and Engagement Lead, Event Planner and colleagues across Learning and Impact, Communications, and Programmes, the Stakeholder and Convening Specialist supports end to end convening delivery. The role contributes to effective engagement and learning outcomes by coordinating event preparation, supporting facilitation, maintaining strong communication with participants, and ensuring insights and actions are captured and followed up consistently. The role reports to the Convening and Engagement Lead and is a full‑time position (38 hours), based in Leiden, the Netherlands. Responsibilities - Convening design and programme support: Support Convening and Engagement Lead in translating convening objectives into agendas, session designs, materials, and facilitation plans that enable meaningful engagement and action. - Convening coordination and delivery: Coordinate end to end preparation, delivery, and follow through for external convenings, managing timelines, materials, and logistics to ensure smooth and well run events. - Participant and stakeholder engagement: Act as a point of contact for participants, speakers, and facilitators. Ensure reliable reporting preparation, briefings, and clear communication before, during, and after convenings. - Documentation, learning and follow through: Capture notes, insights, and agreed actions, and support post con...