Programme Coordinator (m/f/nb)

Place of Work: Vienna, Austria, with some international travel required

Duration: Full-time (40hrs/week), permanent

Salary: EUR 37,000 – 42,000, dependent on experience

Starting date: As soon as possible

Please note this position requires you to have a work permit for the EU.

Role profile:

Within the strategic programmes team, you will build the programmatic track record of Light for the World in a thematic area, Country Office and/or with a donor. You will be connected to new developments in programme areas relevant to your portfolio and work closely with colleagues located in our African offices and around the world.

Your role:

· Liaising with donors to solve compliance issues with adequate problem-solving skills and adequate corrective actions in accordance with donor expectations.

· Gathering, monitoring and communicating on donor rules and regulations (from donors’ website, NGO networks, emails and meetings) including during grant proposal kick-off meetings (narrative and budget).

· Analysing financial data and linking it to narrative outputs; proposing mitigation measures as relevant.

· Managing learning through effective documentation, sharing within the programme department, with donors and with the external world as relevant.

· Facilitation of multi-country/ multi-partner steering and coordination meetings.

· Providing structure and processes for the management of the grant.

· Leading steering groups to ensure programme implementation is done according to commitments and in appropriate quality and identify necessary corrective measures.

Your profile:

· Established professional experience in programme and/or project management, ideally within an INGO environment.

· Ability to promote effective programmatic contract implementation, including strong ability to analyse financial data and link it to narrative outputs and proactively propose mitigation measures as relevant.

· Good coordination skills to contribute and lead on the development of proposals to institutional donors or foundations.

· Proven ability to maintain effective working relations in a multicultural environment.

· Hands-on approach, proactive personality, strongly motivated, solution oriented, excellent organizational skills

· Good knowledge of Excel and accurate working with financial figures.

· Interest in development cooperation and Light for the World‘s mandate area.

· Excellent English skills, ideally German; Other languages, e.g. French or Portuguese are an asset.

What we can offer as an employer:

We are offering an outstanding opportunity to bring about change through an international development organisation with strong expertise and a growing profile. We are committed to giving our colleagues space to explore new directions, test new ideas and to excel as individuals through and with their team. We are a professional team that strives towards continuous development. We believe in participatory leadership and expect you to contribute your expertise and ideas. We believe that learning from mistakes is an important way of developing and put emphasis on our culture of learning.
We are looking forward to receiving your application no later than 20^th March 2022. Please apply exclusively online via our application tool on https://www.light-for-the-world.org/support-us/jobs/. As part of your application, please submit a CV and motivational letter, in which you tell us why you would like to join our team and why you consider yourself suitable for the role.
Qualified candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.