Project Coordinator

European Alternatives
  • Location
    Anywhere in the EU, Austria
  • Sector
    Commercial
  • Experience
    Early Career / Mid Career
  • Posted
    Mar 02

Position description

We’re recruiting a Project Coordinator to manage our new project “Next Time”. Next Time aims at encouraging and facilitating the active engagement of European citizens & residents in the context of the next European Elections (Spring 2024).

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

European Alternatives is recruiting a Project Coordinator to manage its new project “Next Time”. Next Time aims at encouraging and facilitating the active engagement of European citizens & residents in the context of the next European Elections (Spring 2024) through:

  • Capacity building: the project coordinator will set an open call for participants and tailor a six-session training programme for those selected participants;
  • Multimedia citizens’ engagement actions: you will accompany the selected participants into implementing their own actions such as citizens assemblies, workshops, a podcast series, artistic outputs;
  • Representing European Alternatives at external events;
  • Administrative and Financial oversight of the project, in collaboration with the Finance and Administration Manager;
  • Ensuring the visibility and dissemination of the project, with the support of our Communications Officer.

The project will be implemented in at least the following 7 countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia.

Qualifications

  • Project management experience (2-3 years), preferably involving multiple partners;
  • Experience in working/assisting on the implementation of EU-funded projects;
  • Proven interest in community-building and empowerment of disadvantaged/marginalised groups;
  • Ideally, experience working in remote teams and maintaining strong working relationships with remote colleagues;
  • Experience working in Eastern Europe and in-depth knowledge of local context;
  • Strong organisational and administrative skills;
  • Capacity to travel regularly (25-30% of working time);
  • Excellent command of spoken and written English.

IT IS A PLUS IF YOU HAVE…

  • Knowledge of civic engagement engagement sphere;
  • Competences in communication and social networks management;
  • Knowledge of other languages.

Application instructions

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