The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) is seeking candidates for the post of Programme Assistant. The role of the program assistant is to support the Head of National Advocacy and Technical Support (NATS) with the internal organization of the NATS team and to provide administrations and programmatic support to the other members of the team.
About Global Survivors Fund (GSF)
The Global Survivors Fund (“GSF”) was launched in October 2019 by Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2018. Its mission is to enhance access to reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the globe, thus responding to a gap long identified by survivors. GSF acts to provide interim reparative measures in situations where states or other parties are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities. GSF advocates for duty bearers as well as the international community to develop reparations programme. It also guides states and civil society by providing expertise and technical support for designing reparations programme. GSF’s survivor-centric approach is the cornerstone of its work.
Position Requirements
Education and experience requirements
- Equivalent of a Bachelors required, in an area that is relevant for GSF;
- 2-5 years of experience in a similar position desired.
Other requirements
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks and work independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Positive attitude and motivation
- Ability to work under pressure and respect tight deadlines
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Ability to work in culturally diverse teams
- Proficiency with MS Office suite
- Proficiency in English required
- Proficiency in French desired
- Other languages an asset
Position Responsibilities
Support to the Head of NATS:
- Support the Head of NATS and other leading staff in their daily tasks
- Assist with administrative tasks, such as the submission of expense claims to the finance unit, visa applications and travel documents
- Support with the approval of expense claims submitted by NATS team members.
Support to the NATS Programme
- Organize and take minutes at meetings as requested, including NATS team meetings.
- Help organise and maintain NATS files on the GSF SharePoint.
- Support team members to maintain up-to-date management and planning tools to implement country plans (e.g. MS Planner) to enable internal and external coordination within NATS.
- Collect monthly reports in relation to progress for each country, supporting monitoring of KPIs.
- Support the research, drafting and translation of internal and external tools including toolkits and other documents.
- Support team members with external communications on NATS activities.
- Support with the dissemination of project-related information and documents within GSF and externally, including organizing regular informative sessions for GSF.
Work Time
Full time position (40 hours per week) (2-year contract)
How to Apply
Please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@globalsurvivorsfund.org with “Programme Assistant Application” as email subject by Wednesday 10 January 2024. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
