Project Officer Russian-speaking region

The respon­si­bil­i­ties of the project offi­cer include sup­port­ing the admin­is­tra­tion, exe­cu­tion and orga­ni­za­tion of project activ­i­ties in coor­di­na­tion with the pro­gramme coor­di­na­tor for this project. Activ­i­ties will take place in Ams­ter­dam. 

Job responsibilities:

• Mon­i­tor the progress and exe­cu­tion of the project activ­i­ties, as instruct­ed by the Pro­gramme Coor­di­na­tor, and reports on any devi­a­tion and/or stag­na­tion;
• Explains pro­ce­dures etc. to oth­ers with­in the organ­i­sa­tion and to exter­nal par­ties;
• Pre­pares and car­ries out finan­cial eval­u­a­tion of grant appli­ca­tions, con­tracts and reports;
• Pro­vides sup­port to the Pro­gramme Coor­di­na­tor for bud­get prepa­ra­tion and mon­i­tor­ing of expen­di­ture, includ­ing the prepa­ra­tion of inter­nal finan­cial reports;
• Close­ly col­lab­o­rates with the Pro­gramme Coor­di­na­tor when prepar­ing finan­cial reports and audits for sub­mis­sion to the donor;
• Checks com­pli­ance of project bud­get­ing and finan­cial report­ing with donors’ con­tracts and reg­u­la­tions;
• Occa­sion­al trav­el to the offices abroad and to imple­ment­ing part­ners for train­ing and coor­di­na­tion pur­pos­es;
• Com­mu­ni­cates with donors regard­ing finan­cial issues under super­vi­sion of Pro­gramme Coor­di­na­tor;
• Organ­is­es trav­el, accom­mo­da­tion, visas and insur­ance of those involved in project activ­i­ties;
• Plans and organ­is­es gath­er­ings, meet­ings and vis­its in the con­text of projects, both in the Nether­lands and abroad.

We’re looking for an energetic and driven individual with:

• Uni of Applied Sci­ences lev­el of work­ing and think­ing;
• At least 2–3 years’ expe­ri­ence in a sup­port­ing posi­tion in an inter­na­tion­al envi­ron­ment in a non-for-prof­it organ­i­sa­tion;
• Expe­ri­ence in grant man­age­ment and report­ing to mul­ti­ple donors;
• Knowl­edge of project man­age­ment and the rel­e­vant method­olo­gies;
• Good com­mand of Eng­lish and one of the East­ern Slav­ic or Cau­ca­sus lan­guages;
• Expe­ri­ence in col­lect­ing and organ­is­ing of com­plex infor­ma­tion;
• Expe­ri­ence in the logis­ti­cal organ­i­sa­tion of activ­i­ties and meet­ings abroad;
• Expe­ri­ence with exter­nal audit pro­ce­dures and knowl­edge with EU finan­cial rules and reg­u­la­tions for exter­nal action is an asset;
• Knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in the area of media, jour­nal­ism and/or human rights is a strong advan­tage.

We offer

We offer a job in a dynam­ic inter­na­tion­al col­le­gial work­ing envi­ron­ment with a com­pet­i­tive salary. 25 vaca­tion days per year (on a full­time basis), 8 % hol­i­day allowance and a pen­sion plan. Free Press Unlim­it­ed uses fair selec­tion cri­te­ria based on equal oppor­tu­ni­ties. 

Who we are

Across the globe, jour­nal­ists and media pio­neers have tak­en it on them­selves to sup­ply their com­mu­ni­ties with objec­tive infor­ma­tion. Free Press Unlim­it­ed active­ly sup­ports these pro­fes­sion­als in over forty coun­tries, by offer­ing them, among oth­er things, train­ings and tem­po­rary finan­cial and mate­r­i­al aid, and by strength­en­ing their pro­fes­sion­al capac­i­ty. So that as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble gain and keep access to tru­ly vital infor­ma­tion. For many peo­ple around the world, access to reli­able infor­ma­tion is by no means a giv­en. Nev­er­the­less, impar­tial infor­ma­tion is of cru­cial impor­tance to all of us if we wish to sur­vive and devel­op as human beings. 

Interested?

If you are inter­est­ed we invite you to apply no lat­er than June 27th to Tama­ra Lunacek (HR Offi­cer) via the fol­low­ing appli­ca­tion form. Please make sure to upload your Eng­lish CV and cov­er let­ter (prefer­ably in PDF-for­mat). Only can­di­dates eli­gi­ble to work in the Nether­lands are con­sid­ered. 

Apply here