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Programme Officer

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£50k - 55k per year
Closing date
21 May 2019

Job Details

A charity are looking for a Programme Officer to oversee the Foundation's law programme.

The programme funds fellowships for lawyers around the world and has a strong network of alumini globally.

The Programme Officer to be responsible for day-to-day coordination of the programme's grant making, program administration and network-building. The position requires some international travel that will include some weekends

Key Responsibilities:
-Contribute to the charity's programme's strategy development
-Develop and ensure compliance with multi-year, multi-currency program budget
-Participate in Foundation-wide cross-programmatic work, including by identifying cross-programmatic aspects and potential in the work of Partners
-Be the primary point of contact for the programme's Partners and other legal grantees, inviting renewal proposals, addressing questions or concerns and communicating board decisions
-Review and process grant proposals to be considered by the board, including scrutinizing budgets, clarifying questions with applicants and overseeing the preparation of grant paperwork
-Monitor and evaluate grants through the review of narrative and financial reports
-Liaise with the Grants Coordinator to ensure timely disbursement of grants and maintenance of grant records in Salesforce
-Oversee global implementation of the Fellowship Program and continuously improve the Fellowship Program
-Manage all communication with fellows including on-boarding, orientation and queries
-Enable the Advisory Committee to keep Alumni and Fellows connected in their regions, to suggest improvements to the Fellowship Program and to engage in planning and delivery of events
-Track the progression of Alumni on an annual basis as way to maintain contact and to assess program impact
-Proactively connect Fellows, Alumni and Partner organizations across the global network where there is synergy and potential for collaboration or exchange of knowledge
-Proactively identify opportunities for Network support, including nominations for human rights awards, publication of political statements, etc.
-Curate Network interactions including face-to-face meetings, calls and social media interactions
-Assist with content planning for, and delivery of events for Fellows, Alumni and senior Network representatives together
-Manage communications for the programmes, including webpage content, social media and blog posts etc.

Skills and Experience required:
-A university degree and at least five years work experience in the social justice/human rights sector
-Project/programme management experience with a successful track record of managing complex, large-scale projects and producing high quality work to deadline and within budget
-Excellent interpersonal skills, with energy an empathy needed to cultivate relationships and earn trust and respect of stakeholders across jurisdictions and cultures
-A strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to implement, follow-through and give attention to detail
-Demonstrated ability to self-motivate and to maintain focus and direction in a dynamic and changing environment
-Ability to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines
-Ability and willingness to travel internationally
-Ideally a background in law and/or excellent understanding of global human rights law and practice
-Language skills would be hugely advantageous in particular French, Spanish and/or Arabic

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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