Programme Assistant
Front Line Defenders is recruiting a Programme Assistant
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Contract: Full-time, 1-Year Fixed-term Contract
Reporting to: Head of Wellbeing & Resilience
Salary: Grade I (€30,326 - €43, 006)
About the role
Front Line Defenders is recruiting a Programme Assistant to support Front Line Defenders' Wellbeing and Resilience team (WB&R) and the Protection Grants team to deliver upon the objective of providing practical support to human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk.
This entry-level role will provide administrative support to the WB&R team with the delivery of the Wellbeing and Resilience Programme of work including: tracking and triaging requests; drafting agreements; liasing with HRDs; supporting transfers, working with Operations team colleagues on key logisitics; and acting as a key liasion for Dublin programme participants while in Ireland. They will also dedicate 15% of their time (1 hour per day) to supporting the Protection Grants Team with uploading applications for grant support to the FLD database.
This role requires experience in adminstrative or programme support roles, ideally in a nonprofit or NGO. The successful candidate will have demonstratable organisational and time management skills, a high attention to detail, and to work well with a wide range of people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences, with empathy and clear boundaries.
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