Project Manager | "No Plans, No Future" EU-funded Project

Core responsibilities:

• Lead the coordination of all project phases, including inception, delivery, monitoring and closure, ensuring outputs are delivered on time, on scope and on budget.
• Facilitate the workflow across legal, comms, operations and policy teams involved in the project, and ensure efficient cross-functional collaboration.
• Serve as the main contact person for funders (CAN Europe) and institutional partners, including municipalities and civil society organisations, in coordination with the External Relations and Development teams where applicable.
• Lead the tracking of outputs, documentation and reporting, including monitoring indicators, risk registers and donor reporting (narrative and financial).

This role supports high-impact, mission-driven litigation aimed at shaping climate governance and protecting human rights, specifically by coordinating a project that gathers information on municipal climate action plans and engages communities to pressure municipalities to develop these plans, helping vulnerable areas better tackle climate change challenges.

Required skills and experience:

• Strong organisational skills, excellent judgment, and the ability to translate complex legal and technical work into accessible updates for internal teams, donors, and partners.
• Ability to anticipate challenges, synthesise information, and ensure that multiple workstreams move forward smoothly in a fast-paced, evolving context.
• Comfortable managing uncertainty and bringing structure and clarity to ambitious climate and human rights litigation efforts.
• Experience thriving in complex, mission-driven environments.

Compensation: 16.33€/hour

• Flexible, remote engagement with direct access to Último Recurso's leadership
• A central strategic role in one of Portugal's most significant climate litigation campaigns
• Formal profile recognition in Último Recurso's external communications and impact documentation

Último Recurso is a climate justice organisation using the power of Law to hold governments and corporations accountable through climate litigation, strategic advocacy, and community legal support to protect people and the planet, with a mission to put legal tools at the service of climate and social justice.