Community Engagement Manager

The Innovation Foundation is seeking a Community Engagement Manager to design, build, and nurture a dynamic ecosystem of stakeholders that supports innovation, collaboration, and long-term impact. This role is central to creating meaningful connections across diverse communities, ensuring strong engagement, shared value, and sustained participation. You will play a critical role in strengthening relationships with experts, partners, and practitioners, enabling collective progress in the evolving world of work.

• Curate, develop, and activate a diverse community of stakeholders aligned to organisational priorities and impact goals.
• Design and evolve an integrated ecosystem of experts, working groups, fellows, partners, mentors, advisors, and alumni.
• Identify emerging stakeholder groups and adapt community strategies as needs evolve.
• Create compelling value propositions that attract, engage, and retain high-quality community members.
• Build and maintain sustainable engagement pathways that enable collaboration and shared value creation.
• Develop a deep understanding of community needs, motivations, and expectations.
• Track engagement levels and community health metrics to inform reporting and strategic decisions.
• Continuously evolve community structures based on insights, feedback, and organisational direction.
• Strengthen systems and infrastructure to support scalable community engagement.
• Improve onboarding, engagement, and recognition processes for community members.
• Enable effective knowledge capture and sharing across the community.

• 5-7 years of experience working in complex, global projects

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, global communities or stakeholder ecosystems.
• Strong ability to work across diverse groups, cultures, and disciplines.
• Proven experience engaging both online and offline communities using digital tools and platforms.
• Background working with start-ups, innovation programmes, incubators, or accelerator environments.
• Experience building processes and systems that support delivery at scale.
• Skilled in facilitation, human-centred design, or design thinking approaches.
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable navigating ambiguity.
• Strong commitment to purpose, social impact, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, execution-focused environments.
• Comfortable working with remote teams and traveling when required.
• Professional fluency in English, with additional languages considered an advantage.

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. The Innovation Foundation is the global corporate foundation of the Adecco Group. Operating as a Social Innovation Lab, we support sustainable livelihoods by creating practical solutions to increase the employability and access to labour markets for underserved populations.

We do this by identifying people who are falling out of the workforce and their unmet needs. We then develop solutions to meet those needs, working with experts and end-users. Our prototypes are then taken out into the world with the right partners on the ground.

Empowered by the Adecco Group, the global Innovation Foundation leverages the vast know-how of a Fortune Global 500 company and the world’s leading talent advisory and solutions company. 

Growth and Development

You will have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, achieving total balance between their jobs and their lives. We offer world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.

Inclusion

We believe in talent, not labels. We focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. Our culture of belonging and purpose ensures everyone can thrive and feel engaged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.

Interview Process

Our interview process includes an initial phone screening, followed by a virtual round of interviews with Hiring Manager, HR team and senior leaders. This process helps us understand your fit within our team and allows you to ask questions about the role and our company. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for learning and development, we invite you to join us in making the future work for everyone.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any additional accommodations or support due to a disability or other special circumstances, please let us know by contacting us. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met throughout the hiring process.

Posting date: 25-01-2026