Part-Time Projects & Events Officer

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International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: €2,080.90 EUR / monthly
  • Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 13/10/2024
  • Location: Belgium
LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC
About IGLYO

IGLYO — The International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation is a member-based youth and student network, with over 115 Member Organisations in 40 Council of Europe countries. IGLYO’s vision is a world where we, young people in all our diversity, are able to express and define our own sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and variations in sex characteristics, and are able to participate fully in all aspects of life, rise to our full potential, and enjoy respect and positive recognition.

Roles and responsibilities
Project Management

  • Coordinate selected activities under an EC-funded project
  • Liaise with project partners and project stakeholders
  • Manage the budget assigned to the project
  • Make sure that project deliverables are well documented and reported to the EC in a timely manner
  • Support the communications team in sharing updates about the projects on IGLYO’s channels
  • Coordinate with other members of the IGLYO team who are involved in the projects’ implementation

Event coordination

  • Manage the organisation of events of different size and scope, from high-level policy conferences with 200+ participants to statutory events for IGLYO member organisations, to online training events
  • Arrange the logistics and communicate information to participants
  • Support the communications team in sharing updates about the events on IGLYO’s channels
  • Coordinate with other members of the IGLYO team (Staff and Board Members) who are involved in the events’ implementation.
  • Document and report on the events

Other

  • Draft educational materials based on provided research
  • Implement communications plans related to the projects or events

Personal specifications

At IGLYO, we recognise how many barriers and obstacles people from marginalised communities need to overcome to acquire many of the specifications listed below. We are trying to balance the best interest of the organisation with a fair equitable hiring practice. With this in mind, IGLYO will provide training and support to the hired individual to the best of its abilities during the first year of employment. 

This role requires horizontal work across all of the teams and IGLYO and therefore the ideal candidate is first and foremost organised and excellent at teamwork and communication. 

Required

  • At least 2 years of experience in project coordination 
  • Experience in event management 
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and to organise workload, resources and priorities effectively
  • Experience managing a budget 
  • Excellent spoken and written English
  • Excellent IT skills with experience of using Google Drive and Microsoft office 
  • Willingness to work occasionally outside regular hours including weekends during events 
  • Knowledge of LGBTQI rights movement 

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