Programme Assistant to Civil Rights Defenders in
hace 1 mes
**We are in an expansion phase, which has opened up many exciting job opportunities. Do you have experience in working for human rights in Latin America? Do you want to support political prisoners and human rights defenders? Do you want to be part of a global organization with staff and partners from all over the world. Then you might be the one we are looking for.**
**About the role**:
We recruit assistants hoping they will grow into more senior roles in the future. The Programme assistant will therefore be part of all key processes of the Latin America department. The main working tasks are to assist the Programme Officers and Senior Staff with key administrative tasks in the cooperation with human rights defenders in the region and in the implementation of Civil Rights Defenders Latin America programmes.
- Participate in the design, implementation and evaluation of activities and grants, contributing with ideas, analysis and contacts.
- Write draft requests, contracts, payment orders etc and store documentation in the archive, and make sure that the archive is updated for the auditing process.
- Assist in organizing events, trainings, receptions etc.
- Assist in administration of the office in Bogota
- Contribute with ideas on new fundraising initiatives.
- Continuously build and share expertise on the HR situation in Latin America
- Build individual capacity and experience to assume more advanced roles in the team in the future
The role offers a variety of tasks, including:
- Make payment orders to partners in the region, make sure the documentation is filed correctly and find out new ways of making payments when necessary.
- Draft contracts, requests and other documents for Programme Officers to ad texts and analys to.
- Keep track on al templates of the team and make sure they are up to date with organizational and legal requirements.
- Book tickets, hotels and other logístical parts of trainings, seminars and events organized by the team.
- Make phone and data charges to partners
- Administer evaluation forms and processes after activities.
- Be the contact point of the team to the office administration.
- Be the contact point at the Bogota office for the CRD HQ when it comes to organisation wide activities and initiatives.
- Participate in the teams discussions on the human rights situation in the region, the political developments and the challenges the team and the partners face.
- About you
As a person, you are service minded, prefer to collaborate, lead, motivate, and empower others to reach common goals effectively. You see the long-term significance and further consequences of things and act accordingly. Furthermore, you like to engage in teamwork and contribute constructively, and through clear communication, you ensure that messages are reached and that expectations are clear to all parties involved.
We assume that you share our values.
**To be suitable for this role you have**:
Bachelor's degree in: Business Administration, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Social Work, Education, Political Science, International Relations, Law and similar,
**Relevant Work experience**:0-2 years
**Experience from certain tasks / responsibilities etc**:
- Deep rooted solidarity with human rights defenders at risk
- Experience from Civil Society-work in Latin America
- Documented experience in administration of non-governmental organisations, small businesses, public offices or similar.
- Interest in the human rights situation in Latin America
**Knowledge**:
- Advanced working capacity in Spanish and English
- Book keeping and file storing
- How to work with people under stress and fear.
- Microsoft 365 (Teams, Sharepoint, Outlook, Excel, PPT, Word)
- Google Workspace
**Merit**:
- Capacity to solve complicated problems in a fast and creative way.
- Positive attitude when given tasks
- Desire to learn, assume new responsibilities and advance
**About the employment***:
This is a full-time permanent employment with 2 months probation period starting in January 2025 or according to agreement. As an organisation, we strive for diversity, and we see your background, experience and personality as a contribution to the organisation. You will be based in Bogotá, Colombia, and you will have a Colombian employee contract.
**About us**:
Civil Rights Defenders is a politically and religiously independent international human rights organisation. We defend people’s civil and political rights in some of the world’s most repressive regions. We partner with and support human rights defenders in more than 300 organisations in 50 countries on four continents. Together with our partners, we hold those in power accountable when people’s civil or political rights are violated. We also act as Sweden’s civil rights watchdog.
Civil Rights Defenders has around 100 staff members working in various functions towards our vision - a world of democratic societies in which we all enjoy our civil and political rig
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