Project Manager - Defending and Advancing Women's Rights

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Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: Not specified
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 10/06/2024
  • Location: Germany
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YOUR MISSION

We are seeking a Project Manager (80-100%) ideally, with a background in human rights or international law, to join us as soon as possible. The position is initially limited for one year, with a possibility to extend.

You will be mainly supporting our work on Women’s and Human Rights. Based in Berlin, our self-starting and resourceful Project Manager will be tasked with
  • Together with the leadership of CFFP, advancing the programme area of "Defending Women's and Human Rights".
  • Independently managing, with the support of CFFP leadership, projects as part of the programme area, including on link between right-wing extremism and anti-feminism, sexual and reproductive health and rights within the EU, building a network of women human rights defenders across the EU and beyond, and countering the international anti-feminist/anti-gender movement, etc.
  • Being responsible for donor reporting, including budget tracking, and invoicing as well as documenting key milestones, impact metrics, and testimonials.
  • Developing new project ideas and fundraising new proposals.
  • Providing efficient and varied administrative and organisational support.
  • Supporting our communications work.
  • Fulfilling other tasks necessary to achieve the organization’s vision and mission. 
YOUR PROFILE

  • Exceptional commitment to social change and a can-do attitude as well as interest in working for a young feminist start-up with a very flexible and sometimes spontaneous work schedule.
  • The following principles are the cornerstones of our culture, which we embody as a team and as individuals: radical focus on our mission, pragmatic optimism on driving change, can-do-attitude, trust, accountability, ownership, and productivity and efficiency.
  • Demonstrable project management skills, in particular several years of experience in multi-year budgeting and reporting.
  • Demonstrable advocacy and networking skills, in particular experience in interacting and building relationships with different political stakeholders, ideally including governments, EU institutions and civil society;
  • Demonstrable fundraising skills from public donors and institutions.
  • Demonstrable ability to identify opportunities to drive (incremental) political change processes;
  • Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to multi-task and to develop meet rapid, multiple deadlines in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.
  • Excellent writing, editing, and analytical skills, including the ability to synthesise complex ideas in an accessible way.
  • Human rights/international law degree (preference) or master’s degree in international relations, global governance, diplomacy or similar plus 4 years of relevant work experience.
  • Fluency in English. Fluency in German is a strong asset. 

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