Head of the Environment Division

Laplace Expert Ltd; Strasbourg; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Council of Europe in Strasbourg seeks a senior environmental-policy manager to lead the division, shaping coordination between legal rights, governance, institutional strategy and external representation.

The candidate should have eight years of overall experience, at least three in environmental governance or policy, proficient English with basic French, and member-state citizenship.

The closing date is 25 November 2026, and the posting emphasizes strategic authority and divisional leadership.

Qualifications

• Eight years overall experience in environmental governance or policy.
• English language proficiency and basic French.
• Citizen of a member state.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Council's environmental-policy division, coordinating between legal rights, governance, institutional strategy and external representation.

Job description

Role and operating setting: Consider the operational scope before the job title: Manage the Council's environmental-policy division, shaping coordination between legal rights, governance, institutional strategy and external representation. Council of Europe is the named hiring/listing organization. The location shown is Strasbourg.

Evidence-based fit criteria: What the published candidate profile actually supports is relevant master's or experience alternative; eight years overall and three in environmental governance or policy; English and basic French; member-state citizenship. Any further credentials would require a current employer-side verification.

Contract, pay and application timing: The vacancy advertises 25 November 2026 as its closing date. Where the source gives only a calendar date, this overview does not invent a closing hour. No salary range is claimed here because a figure was not substantiated by the reviewed announcement.

Who this is best suited for — Laplace assessment: Senior environmental-policy managers able to align strategic advocacy with people and budget oversight have a plausible fit.

Potential challenges — Laplace assessment: The organization is seeking both subject-matter authority and divisional leadership, not just technical environmental expertise.

Overall opportunity assessment — Laplace analysis: This is best evaluated against real deliverables: manage the Council's environmental-policy division, shaping coordination between legal rights, governance, institutional strategy and external representation. The current employer application mechanism was not independently established in this review.

Laplace Expert provides this independent overview and does not act on behalf of Council of Europe. Rights in the original announcement remain with the respective rights holders. If Council of Europe contacts Laplace Expert to request removal, we will remove this listing.