About the Role<\/p>\n
As Senior Project Coordinator at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:<\/p>\n
\tTake lead in project activity forecasting, planning, coordination and execution, managing activity budgets, and leading on logistics.
\n\tTake lead in outreach and onboarding of participants to the project, including vetting and onboarding.
\n\tProvide logistical support for remote activities including workshops and mentoring schemes.
\n\tWork closely with the Portfolio Manager to monitor the project plan and deliverables, keeping documents updated as and when changes take place.\u00a0
\n\tCoordinate activities with teams across the Foundation such as Resilience of Independent Media (RIM) and Access to Law (A2L) and internal operational functions (finance, comms, etc.).
\n\tContribute to the development of impact stories and progress reporting (internally and externally), including gathering feedback from participants.
\n\tSupport the project lead in identification of potential and emerging risks and issues which could impact the successful delivery of the project. Escalate critical concerns. Contribute to development of mitigation strategies.\u00a0
\n\tSupport knowledge sharing and learning for the programmes team by sharing lessons learnt and contributing to discussions to increase wider team understanding.\u00a0
\n\tActively support external project communications in collaboration with project lead, communications team, and project donors.
\n\tIf needed, take lead in the management of key project partners ensuring partners adhere to project plan and financial and narrative reporting and receive support when required.\u00a0
\n\tWorking closely the project lead to coordinate the work\u00a0commitments\/contractual\u00a0obligations of project consultants.
\n\tLiaise with project stakeholders in the management of events and on-going support.
\n\tContribute to project budget oversight through monitoring of project expenses and tracking budget allocations as necessary. Collaborate with the finance team to ensure financial compliance.\u00a0
\n\tSet up and manage vendors\/consultant procurement as per policy, manage payment of invoices, and ensure all backing documentation is logged.<\/p>\n
About You<\/p>\n
To be our Senior Project Coordintor, you will likely have:<\/p>\n
\tAt least 3 years work experience in a similar role, coordinating a range of activities with a number of internal and external stakeholders.
\n\tExperience of building trusting working relationships across organisations with common goals, and working constructively with a diverse range of people\u00a0
\n\tExperience of managing a range of project related risks.
\n\tExcellent organizational skills, juggling a number of competing priorities.
\n\tExperience of administrative or finance processes and excellent numerical skills\u00a0
\n\tAbility to implement projects utilizing a context sensitive approach.
\n\tA pro-active self-starting and problem-solving attitude, including paying attention to detail and being good on follow-through.
\n\tExperience organizing events and training sessions, in-person and virtual.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tExcellent interpersonal and communication skills \u2013able to establish and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally, with people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds\u00a0
\n\tCompetency in Word, Teams, Outlook and Excel. Experience with databases (e.g. Salesforce) would be an advantage
\n\tWillingness to travel\u00a0internationally\u00a0
\n\tFluency in English.<\/p>\n
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